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STEAM Achievements Added To Giant Bomb

Engineer is credit to team!

By Dave Snider  |  June 12, 2009

Engineer is credit to team!
Engineer is credit to team!
Just a quick note that Giant Bomb members can now link their STEAM achievements to profiles here. Be sure to read the instructions carefully as Valve thoughtfully allows users to create not one, not two, but three possible names for your account on their network. For the record, you're going to want to use the "Custom URL" one that lets you show off your stats on their steamcommunity.com site. For example, Jeff's URL is http://steamcommunity.com/id/giantbombing/. It's that last part ("giantbombing") that you want to enter in. Also be sure to make sure your profile is set to public otherwise we won't be able to sync you up.

The addition of STEAM compliments our existing World of Warcraft and XBOX LIve achievement tracking and generally makes our engineers feel pretty good about themselves. Next, we'll be working on some statistics and global tracking so you can map out your individual gaming history.

As an aside, we're still hoping Sony will open up their trophy system sometime this summer so we can get those linked up as well. In the meantime, enjoy going for those S-Ranks!
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133 Comments
lord_cantion June 12, 2009 at 2:46 p.m.
awsome adding now
Scooperon June 12, 2009 at 2:46 p.m.
It's a shame not all games have Steam achievments. Regardless, great work guys!
CowMuffinson June 12, 2009 at 2:46 p.m.
Oh yeah.
AllanIcemanon June 12, 2009 at 2:47 p.m.
@snide Will add, but how exactly, I don't see the place to create the id?
Venatioon June 12, 2009 at 2:48 p.m.
Cool, I hope that PS Trophies get added soon

Also I dont know if you guys read these comments but I want to let you guys know something, a Mirrors Edge sequel was just KINDA announced, maybe you guys should write up something about that
LangarNon June 12, 2009 at 2:49 p.m.
awesome!
TheMustacheHeroon June 12, 2009 at 2:49 p.m.
YAY!
Ineedanameon June 12, 2009 at 2:50 p.m.
Ah tony the tiger lives here aswell now.
Serkeron June 12, 2009 at 2:51 p.m.
cant seem to get it to work... i set my stuff to public but it still says i have 0 achievements
SuperMoosemanon June 12, 2009 at 2:51 p.m.
Great, finally got some achievements to show off! :)
nohthinkon June 12, 2009 at 2:51 p.m.
if only there was a trophy support...
JJWeathermanon June 12, 2009 at 2:51 p.m.
Sweet. Now I can add those 2-3 achievements to my total!   :P
Kontrapunkton June 12, 2009 at 2:54 p.m.
Whey!!!!! Maybe i should fire up TF2 Again.
mracoon moderator on June 12, 2009 at 2:55 p.m.
Now I can compete with those people with loads of Xbox achievements.
Moureron June 12, 2009 at 2:57 p.m.
Waiting patiently for trophies.  Getting some in preparation right now in fact.
Wildfire570on June 12, 2009 at 2:58 p.m.
Now I have a real reason to play Team Fortress 2 again!
ZeroCaston June 12, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Thank you guys for yet another awesome feature.
CowMuffinson June 12, 2009 at 3 p.m.
@Serker said:
" cant seem to get it to work... i set my stuff to public but it still says i have 0 achievements "
Cause you suck, and have no achievements. :D
MoTheHawkon June 12, 2009 at 3:03 p.m.
It doesn't really work... the system finds my Steam profile and even finds my Steam avatar, but I still get the big red "Whoops" message and says I have 0 achievements.  And yes, my Steam profile is set to Public.

Just a heads up for the bug-fixing crew!  I fully support this feature.
AllanIcemanon June 12, 2009 at 3:06 p.m.
@MoTheHawk said:
" It doesn't really work... the system finds my Steam profile and even finds my Steam avatar, but I still get the big red "Whoops" message and says I have 0 achievements.  And yes, my Steam profile is set to Public.Just a heads up for the bug-fixing crew!  I fully support this feature. "
Same here. Checked it three times!

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