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TrueAchievements Podcast

168 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings

The news team at TrueAchievements brings you discussion on the latest Xbox games and achievements.

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TrueAchievements Episode 55

February 03, 2017 15:25 - 1 hour - 59 MB

In a TA podcast first, Jack put aside every version of Bioshock 2 and stopped stacking Batman games to try out the latest iteration in the Resi Evil franchise, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, before anyone else, and we were also joined once again by our Editorial Manager, Mark, who shared his thoughts on the recently remastered Bioshock trilogy, Mafia III and Watch_Dogs 2. On today's show, Rich shares details on an exciting new site development that should hopefully be going live later today,...

TrueAchievements Episode 54

January 27, 2017 16:25 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

It's been another busy week of gaming for the TrueAchievements podcast crew. We've streamed another five ID@Xbox games on our new Beam channel, Rich got hands-on time with an early build of DiRT 4 at yesterday's launch event and we've been earning lots of score to stay in GTASC. On this show, we talk about the new Xbox update that is available to some Insiders and what that means for snapped achievements and the TrueAchievements app, Rich gets wood in Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition and w...

TrueAchievements Episode 53

January 20, 2017 15:01 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

Welcome to the 53rd episode of the TrueAchievements Podcast, where despite the lack of any big games so far this year, we've managing to keep ourselves busy with games from our backlogs and the varied line-up of games releasing via the ID@Xbox program. On this week's show, Rich and Jack discuss in detail their impressions of the five ID@Xbox games that they've been streaming over on our Twitch channel and why we're switching things up and moving to our new Beam channel from Monday, we tal...

TrueAchievements Episode 52

January 13, 2017 15:21 - 42 minutes - 38.4 MB

We go through this week's biggest news announcements, what we've been playing to hopefully stay past week one of this year's GTASC, take a look at what games will be coming our way next week, and answer your questions. Links: Scalebound Has Been Cancelled New Xbox One Controller Colors Announced Elite: Dangerous Gets First Alien Contact Injustice 2 Release Date Announced For Honor Closed Beta Weekend Approaches ID@Xbox on Twitter ID@Xbox on Beam

TrueAchievements Episode 51

January 06, 2017 14:27 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB

Happy new year podcast listeners! Hopefully, our double length end of year review show meant that you didn't miss us too much over the holiday period. On this week's show, we take a look at this year's Game of the Year winners, take a look at our 1 Billion achievement unlocks milestone and talk about the games we've been playing over the past couple of weeks. We also go through all of the big stories since the turn of they year, take a look at what games will be coming our way next wee...

TrueAchievements End of Year Review

December 23, 2016 01:54 - 2 hours - 122 MB

For the final episode of 2016, Rich, Jack and I were joined by Editorial Manager, Mark, as we take a look back at all the biggest news stories, site announcements and games from the past 12 months, as well as taking a look at what's to come in 2017. Thanks for listening, sending in questions and providing feedback on the show throughout the past year. We'll see you in 2017. Links: The TrueAchievements Game of the Year 2015 2015 Leaderboards - How Did You Do? I'm Getting Too Old F...

TrueAchievements Episode 50

December 16, 2016 18:56 - 1 hour - 66.4 MB

With the holiday season now almost upon us, today's podcast marks our 50th show (excluding specials) overall, and the final "regular" show of 2016. Have no fear, however, because we will be back next Friday with an end of year special where we'll run down all of the biggest news, games and site updates from the past 12 months with a special guest. On this week's show, we get behind the wheel of the new "Blizzard Mountain" expansion in Forza Horizon 3, discuss the fifth and final episode o...

TrueAchievements Episode 49

December 09, 2016 14:39 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

We've gone ID@Xbox mad this week. Partly due to the fact that Dead Rising 4 was the only big release from the past week, but also due to our new regular Twitch streams of ID@Xbox games. On this week's show, we talk about Dead Rising 4 and some of the strange and wonderful weapon and clothing combos available, the 15 minutes 100% completion that is Energy Cycle, the brutally tough Furi, Wand Wars' couch multiplayer and the very British humour available in Her Majesty's SPIFFING. We also go...

TrueAchievements Episode 48

December 02, 2016 14:52 - 1 hour - 63.2 MB

The rush of games has finally slowed down, which meant none of us started any new games this week - well not that we can talk about, unfortunately. Instead Rich spent some more time with Watch_Dogs 2, Jack took a break from regional variants to play some Overcooked, and I returned to Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection before switching to an upcoming new release that's filled with zombies and photographs. On this week's show, we talk about the latest site updates, our exciting new link...

TrueAchievements Episode 47

November 25, 2016 15:24 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

For the first time in a few weeks, none of us have jumped into any new games this past week. Instead Rich and I have been getting some monies worth out of our recent purchases, while Jack has been playing Bioshock 2 across multiple regional releases. On this week's show, we about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, some more impressions of Watch_Dogs 2 and Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection, the latest episode of BATMAN – The Telltale Series, Rich's new found addiction for Froz...

TrueAchievements Episode 46

November 18, 2016 14:26 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MB

It's another week of big releases, and we've once again forsaken our completion percentages to bring you our early thoughts on Watch_Dogs 2 and Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection. On this week's show, we talk about the two games mentioned above, Rich gets into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, and we take a look at some of this year's Golden Joystick nominees. We also go through all of the big news stories from the past week, take a look at the games that will be coming our way...

TrueAchievements Episode 45

November 11, 2016 15:06 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

There are only a couple of weeks to go until the release calendar returns to normality and we can finally start to get some monies worth out of our gaming purchases, but until then the TA podcast crew remain focused on bringing you opinions from all the big releases. This week is no different as both Rich and me both picked up a copy of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. On this week's show, we talk about our opinion of Titanfall 2 after finishin...

TrueAchievements Episode 44

November 04, 2016 15:43 - 1 hour - 61.4 MB

With Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2 and Gears of War 4 releasing over the past few of weeks, and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered arriving today, this week's podcast is a "super shooter special". On this week's show, we rave about the Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 single-player campaigns, Jack talks about his ongoing experience in the Ultimate Head to Head 2 contest, Rich talks about his hands-on with Watch_Dogs 2, we go through all the big news sto...

TrueAchievements Episode 43

October 21, 2016 13:10 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

It's been a slower week for the big new releases, but there's still a lot to discuss as it's been a hugeweek for news with a certain cowboy game being announced and a short trailer showing what Nintendo has to offer next. On this week's show, we talk about Battlefield 1, the end of the Ultimate Head to Head 2 group stage,Red Dead Redemption 2, the Nintendo Switch reveal, our experience with PlayStation VR and all of the big news announcements from the past week. Links: Official TrueAch...

TrueAchievements Episode 42

October 14, 2016 14:31 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

Hello and welcome to episode 42 of the TrueAchievements Podcast. This week's show is a little bit longer than normal, but that's purely down to all of the big titles that have hit over the past week - there's so much to talk about! On this week's show, we talk about Gears of War 4, Mafia III, Mantis Burn Racing, Battlefield 1, the on-going Ultimate Head to Head 2, Viral Event 2016, and all of the big news announcements from the past week, as well as answering your questions. Links: Vir...

TrueAchievements Episode 41

October 07, 2016 12:50 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

Hello, and welcome to episode 41 of the TrueAchievements Podcast. Unfortunately, Rich was very pushed for time when we were recording and had to sneak off halfway through, but thankfully Jack and I managed to soldier on without him and talk about him behind his back to finish the show. On this week's show we talk about the new Xbox achievements rarity integration that we added this morning, week two of Ultimate Head to Head 2. the currently running Viral Event, what we've been playing (...

TrueAchievements Episode 40

September 30, 2016 14:05 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB

Before we go into get this week's show, a quick apology for not uploading anything last week. As Rich had previously mentioned he was away over the weekend, and our backup plan unfortunately didn't materialise. We hope you didn't miss us too much! On this week's show we finally get to talk about Forza Horizon 3, our journey with FIFA 17, BATMAN – The Telltale Series, the first round of matches in the Ultimate Head to Head 2 group stages, all the big news announcements from the past week...

TrueAchievements Episode 39

September 16, 2016 12:33 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

Welcome to the latest episode of the TrueAchievements Podcast with Rich, Jack and I, where we sit down to discuss all of the hottest news and new releases from the past week. On this week's show we talk about NBA 2K17: The Prelude and how not to customise your character, the Forza Horizon 3 demo, Halo 5: Forge (Win 10), Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, Pro Evolution Soccer 2017, this week's big news stories, the multi-genre system voting, next week's new releases, as well as answering ...

TrueAchievements Episode 38

September 09, 2016 15:34 - 1 hour - 66 MB

Today is a very special podcast for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because it marks our 50th show (including specials), but most importantly because we were lucky enough to be joined at the end of the show by a very special guest, Grant Orban from Playground Games, who gave us an insight in to what goes into making a game like Forza Horizon 3. On this week's show we talk about what we've been playing this week, NBA 2K17: The Prelude, Forza Motorsport 6: Apex (Win 10), the UHH 2 Contest,...

TrueAchievements Episode 37

September 02, 2016 17:16 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

Before we get into the content of this week's episode of the TrueAchievements Podcast, I'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone that tuned in during August and contributed with comments, suggestions and questions - it was our best month for downloads by quite a long way. On this week's show we talk about the Battlefield 1 beta, the joys of Professional Farmer 2017, Rich's experience with the recently released Hue, the latest news and new achievement lists from the past week, as w...

TrueAchievements Episode 36

August 26, 2016 12:22 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB

After an extremely busy week at Gamescom filled with great games, amazing people and most likely too many beers, the TA Podcast crew are back in familiar surrounding to record episode 36. On this week's episode, we talk about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, In Between, Ben-Hur again now that Jack has had the chance to experience the joys of chariot racing, the latest news and new achievement lists from the past week, as well as answering your questions and more. Links: September Games With...

TrueAchievements Gamescom 2016 Special Part 3

August 20, 2016 18:03 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB

Guten tag podcast listeners. Yesterday was our last day at Gamescom 2016, and we once again had a full calendar of hands-on gameplay and presentations to attend. Games discussed on this episode are: For Honor, Watch_Dogs 2, EVE: Valkyrie, EVE: Gunjack, South Park: The Fractured but Whole, Prey, Dishonored 2, Steep, Farming Simulator 17, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3, The Surge, Gigantic and Star Trek Online.

TrueAchievements Gamescom 2016 Special Part 2

August 18, 2016 22:20 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MB

It's past midnight local time and our feet our extremely sore from walking over 30,000 steps, but we've remained true to our word and are back for round two of our Gamescom 2016 podcast. On this episode we talk about the amazing Xbox Fanfest that we attended tonight (thanks to Aaron Greenburg and Phil Spencer for hooking us up) and the following games: Sniper Elite 4, Mantis Burn Racing, Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon 3, Gears of War 4, Bioshock: The Collection, NBA 2K17, Pro Evolution S...

TrueAchievements Gamescom 2016 Special

August 17, 2016 15:54 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

It's that time of the year again! The TA podcast crew are in Cologne, and after a busy day of gaming and lots of walking we sat down over a nice cold bottle of Kölsch to record our a special edition of the TA Podcast. Games covered on this episode are: FIFA 17, Titanfall 2, Battlefield 1, Star Wars Battlefront, Gears of War 4, Dead Rising 4, WWE 2K17 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

TrueAchievements Episode 35

August 12, 2016 14:04 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MB

Jack is still away on his holidays, so Ash once jumped into the hot seat to make it a hat-trick of appearances on the TA Podcast. On this week's episode we talk about the early Game of the Year contender, Ben-Hur, Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek, the "Mech Land Assault" DLC in Just Cause 3, all of this week's hottest news, our upcoming trip to Gamescom, answer your questions and much more. Links: TGN First Impression: Momentum The Best of The Best Bioshock: The Collection ...

TrueAchievements Episode 34

August 05, 2016 13:44 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB

With Jack still away on his holidays, we were once again joined by the willing and able Ash for this week's episode of the TrueAchievements Podcast. Unfortunately some technical issues meant that he wasn't around for the whole show (or he lied and went to play more of The Division), but being the pros that we are, Rich and I pushed on regardless. On this week's episode we discuss Rich's TA Hack-a-thon that has already brought four new site developments in four days, BATMAN – The Tellta...

TrueAchievements Episode 33

July 29, 2016 13:57 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB

Jack is away this week, so we enlisted the help of Newshound Assistant Manager, Tom Clancy's The Division master and fellow northerner Dat Boi Treezy to take his place. On this episode we discuss The Park, Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series seventhepisode,August's Games with Gold, the Xbox Summer Spotlight, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege being free for Gold members this weekend, answer your questions and much more. Links: TA Merchandise Boom Boom Rocket and Syberia ...

TrueAchievements Episode 32

July 22, 2016 13:02 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB

The UK is currently basking in the one week of sunshine that we have during the summer, but despite that we've closed the office windows and endured the uncomfortably hot conditions to record our record breaking (according to Rich) fourth podcast of the month. On this episode we discuss Tumblestone, Alto's Adventure, Touchdown Hero's, the Xbox One Srelease date, the plethora of Dead Rising games coming to the Xbox One, achievement flags 3.0 and much more. Links: TA Merchandise Ach...

TrueAchievements Episode 31

July 15, 2016 18:01 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MB

Time was our enemy this week. Rich and Jack were both busy working on new site developments until late in the afternoon, and then my children turned my normally short walk from school into a 15 minute hunt for Pokemon, but as promised, we still put aside some time to record this week's show! That's three for three in July, C'mon! On this week's show we talk about Trials of the Blood Dragon, Pac-Man 256, Halo 5: Guardians recent title updates, the stunning Gears of War 4 Limited Edition ...

TrueAchievements Episode 30

July 08, 2016 13:38 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB

As mentioned by Rich on last week's show, the TA Podcast is now being recorded weekly! For you, the listener, it means you get at least twice the number of shows per month, and for us it means we can talk about more time sensitive news items and also forces us to actually play some games. On this week's show we talked about the new free to play title, HAWKEN, my thoughts on Inside, Jack's ongoing search for a decent Certified item in Rocket League, the announcement that all future Micro...

TrueAchievements Episode 29

July 01, 2016 15:34 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

After the E3 madness, we're back to talk about Inside, Rocket League and Minecraft.   Plus, we look at all the big Xbox news from the week!

TrueAchievements E3 2016 Special

June 14, 2016 11:56 - 1 hour - 83.1 MB

Our first live show see us discuss all the announcements from the Xbox, EA, Bethesda and Ubisoft E3 2016 presentations.

TrueAchievements Episode 28

May 27, 2016 12:52 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB

We've been away for far too long, but thankfully the TrueAchievements podcast is back for our May show, with Jack, Rich and myself discussing the latest Xbox news and rumours from the past month. On this episode we share our thoughts on DOOM, the latest CoD: Black Ops 3 DLC, the UHH Finale, the ongoing Leap Frog contest, new Xbox One hardware rumours, the biggest news stories from the past few weeks, and June's upcoming releases. We also discussed the new site redesign that will be going...

TrueAchievements Episode 27

April 29, 2016 14:26 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MB

We discuss the Mirrors Edge Catalyst Beta, the huge issues surrounding the latest Division DLC, and Rich explains why Brick Breaker is possibly the worst retro reboot ever to have been made

TrueAchievements Episode 26

April 15, 2016 11:46 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

Rich, Dave and Jack get together to discuss their exclusive console hands on with Blizzard's new multiplayer shooter Overwatch, and the new content added this week to The Division.   We also discuss in depth Remedy's new masterpiece Quantum Break, and our experiences with TrueAchievements' Ultimate Head to Head Contest

TrueAchievements Episode 25

March 11, 2016 16:04 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB

Rich, Dave and Jack sit down to discuss The Division, Rocket League and Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2, among several other games. We also get to grip with the week's big news, including the shock cancelling of Fable Legends and the possible shuttering of Lionhead Studios.

TrueAchievements Episode 24

February 18, 2016 12:48 - 1 hour - 68.1 MB

We discuss Windows 10 and Xbox One cross-buy and cross-achievement-list, Bike Mayhem 2, Call of Duty Black Ops 3, the dreaded ratio decay, and much much more!

TrueAchievements Episode 23

February 05, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB

Dave, Jack and Rich sit down to talk about The Division and Homefront Revolution betas, and we get our hands on DiRT Rally.   Plus questions from the TA Mailbag and a look ahead at what we'll be bringing to the site in 2016

TrueAchievements 2015 Game Of The Year Special

January 11, 2016 17:02 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MB

J, Dave and Rich sit down to discuss the winners from the 2015 TrueAchievements Game Of The Year Awards

TrueAchievements Episode 22

November 27, 2015 14:59 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB

TA Podcast: November Edition - Part Two We're back with our second TA Podcast in seven days, and this time around Rich, Jack and myself put aside our hectic social lives in order to bring you our thoughts on some more of this holiday's biggest releases. On this edition, we discuss why Assassin's Creed Syndicate is a fine return to form for the franchise, what Call of Duty: Black Ops III has to offer (or not), our time with Halo 5: Guardians, and the recent new Xbox One dashboard.  

TrueAchievements Episode 21

November 20, 2015 14:48 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

It's that time of year when the AAA titles come thick and fast, and we've played most of them! In this first of two shows on the big games coming out in holiday season, we discuss Star Wars Battlefront, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Need For Speed and Fallout 4. J also tells you why it's finally time to play Destiny if you haven't done so before.

TrueAchievements Episode 20

August 27, 2015 15:40 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB

Dave, Rich and J get back together to go through what we;ve been playing and the latest Xbox news since Gamescom

Gamescom 2015 Day 2

August 11, 2015 09:22 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MB

We're back from Gamescom 2015, and what a great time we had! Here's the thoughts of TrueAchievement, WebChimp UK and Doomful thoughts on Day 2, when we got to see and/or play the following massive titles: Star Wars Battlefront, Fallout 4, Battleborn, Forza Motorsport 6, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, and Need for Speed.

Gamescom 2015 Day 1

August 05, 2015 16:48 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MB

The TrueGaming Network team are in Cologne for Gamescom 2015! We managed to get our hands on all of these games:   Gigantic Forza 6 Worms wmd  Cup head  Anarcute Homefront Pinball fx family guy table Warhammer end of times  Superhot We happy few Wasteland 2 Call of duty black ops 3 Horizon Star wars Battlefront  Mirrors edge Fifa   Unravelled

TrueAchievements Episode 19

July 29, 2015 15:41 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB

With our friends across the water nowhere to be found, Rich and myself sat down with the newest addition to the TrueGaming Network development team, Jack, to discuss what we've been playing since E3, the conclusion of our Leap Frog, the 6th Annual International Bean Dive, and some of our recent site updates. Games talked about during this show include: Batman: Arkham Knight, 

TrueAchievements E3 2015 Special

June 18, 2015 16:42 - 1 hour - 81.9 MB

Dave, J, Michelle and Rich get together to discuss all the big E3 games and announcements - Backwards Compatibility, Fallout 4, Xbox Elite Controller, Dishonored 2, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Halo, Gears, and many, many others!

TrueAchievements Episode 18

May 27, 2015 10:52 - 1 hour - 76.5 MB

An stiff upper lip special this week, as Dave and Rich manage pod duties between them. We discuss RIDE, Battlefield Hardline, Slide Zombies for Kinect and Farming Simulator. Plus we discuss playing bad games for quick achievements and look ahead to E3

TrueAchievements Episode 17

March 13, 2015 13:42 - 1 hour - 64.7 MB

A huge Watcha Playin' section this month gives us a chance to talk about several Zombie-related games, and we cover GDC accouncements and all the ID@Xbox news from Pax. Plus we discuss the recent site platform changes and site updates

TrueAchievements Episode 16

February 06, 2015 14:00 - 1 hour - 87 MB

On this month's show, OBJ, Matrarch and DaveKinectic discuss the awesome new Game Clips feature on the site, your Game Of The Year winners, and various games including Saints Row Gat Out of Hell, Evil Within and Dragon Age Inquisition.

TrueAchievements Episode 15

December 22, 2014 15:47 - 1 hour - 73.1 MB

Christmas Time, Misteltoe and Wine, gamers complaining about games all the time... :) It's the TA Christmas special, and we have a special guest on the show - top newshound and all round good guy DaveKinetic joins us to talk about a host of Telltale games, Shadows of Mordor, Far Cry 4 and the new Forza Horizons DLC. Plus a bumper holiday mailbag!

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