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Added by Jeff Gerstmann on Oct. 11, 2009

It's Sunday night, and I've just spent almost the entire weekend playing Borderlands while also finishing up Forza 3 and playing a bit of Uncharted 2. They call this "October" in the world of game reviewing. Lots of exciting stuff is here or coming very soon, and it can be hard to make time for all of it. So it's nice that I've already been able to sink 20 hours into Borderlands, which isn't out for another week or so.

The top 10 list for most popular achievement pages is reflecting the season, too, with plenty of unreleased games like Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and Brutal Legend. You may also notice that there's a PlayStation 3 game at the top of the chart! Cool! More on that later.
Bet you didn't expect to see this up top.
Bet you didn't expect to see this up top.

Top Ten Sets

  1. InFamous (PS3!)
  2. Modern Warfare 2
  3. Unreal Tournament 3
  4. Saw
  5. Halo 3: ODST
  6. Dragon Age: Origins
  7. Risen
  8. Batman: Arkham Asylum
  9. The Beatles: Rock Band
  10. Brutal Legend

I'm pretty sure InFamous and Unreal Tournament 3 are listed above because I linked directly to those pages when we rolled out support for PlayStation 3 trophies on the site. Those pages are still on the site, but we're currently unable to update your PSN accounts. We're doing what we can and hope to restore this feature to the site in the near future. In the meantime, we're still taking your World of Warcraft, Xbox 360, and Steam accounts.

Here are the new sets on the site since the last time we did this. 

You know, I bet this game will end up selling some copies this year. 
You know, I bet this game will end up selling some copies this year. 

New Sets


We also added a slew of PlayStation 3 games while that was up and running.

Lastly, here are your top ten individual achievement pages!
THUMBS UP FOR POINTS BEEP BEEP BOOP BOOOOOP
THUMBS UP FOR POINTS BEEP BEEP BOOP BOOOOOP

Top Ten Indvidual

  1. Halo 3: ODST - Super Sleuth
  2. Halo 3: ODST - Naughty Naughty
  3. Batman: Arkham Asylum - World's Greatest Detective
  4. Garry's Mod - Secret Phrase
  5. Halo 3: ODST - Be Like Marty
  6. Halo 3: ODST - Audiophile
  7. Halo 3: ODST - Good Samaritan
  8. Halo 3: ODST - Campaign Complete: Legendary
  9. Halo 3: ODST - Vidmaster Challenge: Endure
  10. Halo 3: ODST - Vidmaster Challenge: Deja Vu
Man, that's still a ton of ODST up there. If you remember the graph I showed you last week, you saw that you guys peaked on launch day and there's been a pretty substantial drop-off ever since. So I imagine the popularity of these pages has something to do with their difficulty (plus there's apparently some sort of issue preventing some people from properly unlocking that Super Sleuth one).

I'm pretty sure I mentioned this last week, but in case I didn't, we now have the ability to rename secret achievements in the system. It takes a bit of detective work to get them in properly, but it can be done. I've been doing a few here and there, when I get a free moment. We'll probably have to figure out a way for you guys to contribute to that stuff, though, because it's a bit of a slow process when just one dude is doing it. Stay tuned for that.    


37 Comments

AjayRaz
on Oct. 11, 2009
wao, infamous?  
quite a shocker indeed

Toxin066
on Oct. 11, 2009
@AjayRaz said:
" wao, infamous?  quite a shocker indeed "
zing!

ajamafalous
on Oct. 11, 2009
InFamous? Quite the shocker, indeed, huh, Jeff?

Wildfire570
on Oct. 11, 2009
Yeah I was pretty shocked that Infamous is on top, no pun intended!

Metal_Gear_Sunny
on Oct. 11, 2009
I was told by Dave that the problem was out of your hands.  
 
I sure hope trophies came back, because game are coming out!

Pepsicolaboy
on Oct. 11, 2009
Being able to edit the secret trophy/achievements names would be great.
Also, secret trophies need to equal points, rather than nothing - its a priority! Apparently. According to me.
 
Cheers

SJSchmidt93
on Oct. 11, 2009
When will you guys tell us the most earned achievements, not just the ones that get the most traffic on GB?

RedSox8933
on Oct. 11, 2009
I'm shocked that InFamous is at the top....
 
Everyone else is doing it...

rargy is online
on Oct. 11, 2009
Is there going to be some kind of on/off toggle for secret achievements to prevent spoilers?

Jeff
on Oct. 11, 2009
@rargy: We've talked about doing something like that down the line, but there's currently nothing in place to toggle secret achievements.

crusader8463
on Oct. 11, 2009
@rargy said:
" Is there going to be some kind of on/off toggle for secret achievements to prevent spoilers? "


Atomic_Tangerine
on Oct. 11, 2009

So when can you talk about Borderlands?  I guess it's not a huge deal cause it comes out in like a week, but that would be awesome if you could talk about it on the Bombcast.  Stupid NDA!

Druminator
on Oct. 11, 2009
wish i were playing modern warfare now. 3 people on here already have it.

simulation
on Oct. 11, 2009
Interesting

Bouke
on Oct. 11, 2009

I've actually been playing InFamous last week... thats a weird coincidence!

Pageboy
on Oct. 12, 2009
Nice to see Risen on there I'm gonna be downloading that soon as I get my graphics card back from an RMA.

dagas
on Oct. 12, 2009
ODST is actually quite good. At first I didn't like it that much, but now I really like it. Been taking it slow though, still not finished with the game. I really like the music when playing as the Rookie and the night setting with all the flashy neon signs gives a nice vibrant color pattern. And when you look up and see the burning ONI building in the distance, that's one of the most amazing views in video games. Reminds me a bit of when you first see all those ships swarming out of the Citadel in HL2 and you think "wow this is massive scale."

TrueEnglishGent
on Oct. 12, 2009
InFamous, great to see it's getting played. It is a great game after all. 

Ramyun
on Oct. 12, 2009
Oh man! Can't wait for the Borderlands review.

lolzhacked
on Oct. 12, 2009
Kinda funny that's at the top this week, as I just started playing this game again the other day =D


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