TrueAchievements Podcast

Welcome to episode 132 of the TrueAchievements podcast! Rich couldn't make it to record this week's episode, but that meant that Jack and I were joined by my fellow Newshound and TA Playlist Podcast regular, Sam, as we discuss all of this week's events from the worlds of TA and Xbox. 

On this week's show, we give you the chance to win an Xbox One download code of your choosing from our giveaway sack (leave us a comment in the thread below to enter), Sam marks his first appearance on the show by dropping some info on Shadow of the Tomb Raider from a recent preview event he attended, I got to play some new Aaero DLC, Jack tries some bull riding in 8 To Glory - The Official Game of the PBR, and we chat about the amusing experience that is Madden NFL 19's Longshot mode. We also discuss this week's biggest news announcements, take a look at what we've been playing over the past seven days, chat about our ID@Xbox streams, look at the games coming our way over the next seven days, and answer your questions, including the question of the week.

• Shadow of the Tomb Raider Preview
• DOOM Coming to Xbox Game Pass on August 10th
• Red Dead Redemption 2 Gameplay Shows a Beautiful but Hostile World
• Mega Man 11 Demo Coming to the Xbox One Next Month
• Star Wars Battlefront II Double XP This Weekend
• Play Multiplayer for Free this Weekend on Xbox Live
• Alex Hunter Joins Real Madrid for FIFA 19
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey's New Video Series Releases Its First Episode
• Prince of Persia, Earth Defense Force 2025 and Sine Mora Now Backward Compatible
• Easy Trophy Lists Are The Vita's Last Lifeline
• Poll Finds 13% of Players Avoid Games with "Odd" Gamerscore Values

Welcome to episode 131 of the TrueAchievements podcast! The gang are back together, as I'm once again joined by both Rich an Jack to look back on a busy week of new games, Xbox news and a very special reveal of how TrueAchievements and TrueTrophies have a physical presence in GAME stores around the UK. 

On this week's show, we give you the chance to win an Xbox One download code of your choosing from our giveaway sack (leave us a comment in the thread below to let us know what you favourite stat on TA is), I begin my now annual leap into this year's Madden NFL, Rich gives us his early impressions of Bomber Crew and Jack plays an interesting new release called Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans. We also discuss this week's biggest news announcements, take a look at what we've been playing over the past seven days, chat about our ID@Xbox streams, look at the games coming our way over the next seven days, and answer your questions, including the question of the week.

• Forza Horizon 2 and Dead Space 3 Now Free with Games with Gold
• Two TrueAchievements Teams Are Now Recruiting
• Prize Crates To Be Removed From Forza Motorsport 7
• August 2018 Xbox Game Pass Additions: HITMAN, Ryse: Son of Rome, and More
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent and Blacklist Now Backward Compatible

Welcome to episode 130 of the TrueAchievements podcast! Jack is away and Rich is croaky from screaming, so it was left to Ollie and I to keep you updates on this week's streams and Xbox news.

On this week's show, we give you the chance to win an Xbox One download code of your choosing from our giveaway sack (leave us a comment in the thread below about anything we discuss in the show), I get excited for new Aaero DLC, Ollie enjoys Guts and Glory and we discuss For Honorheading to August's Games with Gold. We also discuss this week's biggest news announcements, take a look at what we've been playing over the past seven days, chat about our ID@Xbox streams, look at the games coming our way over the next seven days, and answer your questions, including the question of the week.

• GTA Online: After Hours Release Date and Trailer
• Games With Gold Titles Revealed for August 2018
• LIMBO Also Leaving Game Pass on July 31st, 2018
• NBA Playgrounds 2 to Be Published Under NBA 2K Brand
• Fallout 76 Beta Comes to Xbox First This October
• Silent Hill Homecoming and Silent Hill HD Collection Now Backward Compatible

Welcome to episode 129 of the TrueAchievements podcast, where this week Jack and I were once again joined by Ollie as we go through a great week of ID@Xbox streams, our bean dives and have a casual chat about the past week of Xbox and TA. 

On this week's show, we give you the chance to win an Xbox One download code of your choosing from our giveaway sack (leave us a comment in the thread below about anything we discuss in the show), we give our early impressions of Earthfall, I regret starting Dovetail Games Euro Fishing and Ollie tells us about his time with The Spectrum Retreat. We also discuss this week's biggest news announcements, take a look at what we've been playing over the past seven days, chat about our ID@Xbox streams, look at the games coming our way over the next seven days, and answer your questions, including the question of the week.

• Xbox One Ultimate Game Sale 2018
• Xbox 360 Ultimate Game Sale 2018
• The 20 Quickest Xbox One and Xbox 360 Completions from the Ultimate Game Sale
• The 20 Top Rated Games from the Xbox Ultimate Game Sale
• Death Squared and Splinter Cell Conviction Now Free with Games with Gold
• The Culling 2 Has Been Culled One Week After Release
• Forza Horizon 4's Second Seasons Stream Focuses On Autumn
• Dante's Inferno And R.U.S.E. Now Backward Compatible

Welcome to episode 128 of the TrueAchievements podcast, where this week Jack and I are joined by TGN coder and super-streamer Ollie, as we take a look back at the past week of Xbox and TA chat. 

On this week's show, we give you the chance to win an Xbox One download code of your choosing from our giveaway sack (leave us a comment in the thread below about anything we discuss in the show), we briefly gloss over England's departure from the World Cup, Jack is baffled by base building in Fallout 4, Ollie reveals his true age as we discuss last week's site poll. We also discuss this week's biggest news announcements, take a look at what we've been playing over the past seven days, chat about our ID@Xbox streams, look at the games coming our way over the next seven days, and answer your questions, including the question of the week.

• Bean Dive 2018 Details
• New TrueAchievements Merchandise Available Now
• Five Titles Leaving Xbox Game Pass on July 31st, 2018
• Select Battlefield 1 and Battlefield 4 DLC Free Until July 17th
• The Sims 4 Added to EA Access
• Summer Changes Everything in Forza Horizon 4
• Rocket League Available Now on Xbox Game Pass
• Overlord And Overlord II Now Backward Compatible

Welcome to episode 127 of the TrueAchievements podcast! Thankfully, the technical issues and time constraints that hampered us over the past few weeks didn't get in our way today, so Rich, Jack and I back to chat about TA and the world of Xbox once again. 

On this week's show, we give you the chance to win an Xbox One download code of your choosing from our giveaway sack (leave us a comment in the thread below about anything we discuss in the show), Rich and I talk about our time with The Crew 2, Jack raves about Rise of the Tomb Raider and we discuss our game of 2018 so far. We also discuss this week's biggest news announcements, take a look at what we've been playing over the past seven days, chat about our ID@Xbox streams, look at the games coming our way over the next seven days, and answer your questions, including the question of the week.

• TA Playlist for July 2018 is Live with Fallout: New Vegas
• Bean Dive 2018 Details
• FIFA 18, Burnout Paradise and More Coming to EA Access
• June 2018 Delistings: R.I.P.D.: The Game, Rio, and More
• We Happy Few Reclassified In Australia With An R 18+ Rating
• Shenmue I & II Remasters Arrive In August
• Rocket League Free Weekend Begins Tomorrow
• Games With Gold Titles Revealed for July 2018
• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and AC Liberation HD Now Backwards Compatible

Welcome to episode 126 of the TrueAchievements podcast! This week's episode is a strange one, so sorry in advance. We had some technical issues with the recording of last week's show with meant we didn't get the audio files until Wednesday, and with time not on our side this morning to record a new episode, we decided to edit last week's files so that you've at least got something to listen to over the weekend. We promise to do better next week!

On this week's show, we give you the chance to win an Xbox One download code of your choosing from our giveaway sack (leave us a comment in the thread below about anything we discuss in the show) and Jack tells us about last week's ID@Xbox streams. We also discuss some of last week's biggest news announcements, take a look at what we've been playing, and answer your questions, including the question of the week.

• TA Playlist Game for July 2018 Announced
• State of Decay 2 Patch 1.4 is Live
• Xbox Alpha and Alpha Skip Ahead System Update Introduces Fast Start
• Friday the 13th: The Game Developer Confirms No Future Content Will Be Added

Welcome to the 125th episode of the TrueAchievements podcast, where Jack and I were delighted to be joined by our Editorial Manager Mark and our special guest Patrick Maka (aka Maka91) to chat about their experience at this year's E3. 

On this show, we give you the chance to win an Xbox One download code of your choosing from our giveaway sack (leave us a comment below letting us know which game(s) from E3 you are looking forward to playing the most), we speak to Maka about running and growing his YouTube channel, we chat in depth about the games that Mark and Maka played during the show, we finally find out what the "experience" was during the PlayStation press conference, how awkward that Andew W.K. performance at Bethesda was, which game got the biggest cheer during the Xbox showcase and we find out what the Cyberpunk 2077 backstage demo looked like. We also take a look at what we've been playing over the past seven days, chat about our ID@Xbox streams, look at the games coming our way over the next seven days, and answer your questions, including the question of the week.

• Battlefield V
• Madden NFL 19
• Anthem
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Metro Exodus
• Forza Horizon 4
• Dying Light 2
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Just Cause 4
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider
• Trials Rising
• Tom Clancy's The Division 2
• Control
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• HITMAN 2
• OVERKILL's The Walking Dead
• Earthfall
• We Happy Few
• My Time at Portia
• Tunic

Another year of E3 press conferences has drawn to a close, and that means we're back with our annual TrueAchievements E3 special, where we cover all of the big announcements and game reveals from EA, Xbox, Bethesda, Square Enix, Ubisoft and the PlayStation. 

If you want to check out any of the trailers we mention during the show, head over to our E3 hub where you can find all of our extensive coverage, or check out our live blogs below where we've got everything listed in easy to digest snippets of info.

• EA E3 2018 Press Conference Live Stream and Blog
• Microsoft E3 2018 Press Conference - As It Happened
• Bethesda's E3 2018 Press Conference - As It Happened
• Square Enix E3 2018 Press Conference - As It Happened
• Ubisoft E3 2018 Press Conference - As It Happened

Welcome to episode 123 of the TrueAchievements podcast! It's the last show before this year's E3 begins, so we have one last chance to wildly speculate about what we might see over the course of the next week. Will we get a Skate 4 announcement? How can Xbox "win" E3? Have Microsoft purchased Playground Games? What's going on with Crackdown 3? Will there be a Gears of War Battle Royale? We have no idea, but it's definitely fun to talk about. 

On this week's show, we give you the chance to win an Xbox One download code of your choosing from our giveaway sack (leave us a comment in the thread below about anything we discuss in the show), Rich and I talk about our time with ONRUSH, Rich gives us the low-down on the new Far Cry 5 DLC, Jack plays the pinball platformer Yoku's Island Express and we give you some info on all of the ways you can keep up to date with all of the E3 news on TA. We also discuss this week's biggest news announcements, take a look at what we've been playing over the past seven days, chat about our ID@Xbox streams, look at the games coming our way over the next seven days, and answer your questions, including the question of the week.

• Xbox One E3 Week Sale
• Skate 3 Servers Come Back Online
• Skate 2 Servers Also Return Online
• NBA 2K18 and Destiny 2 Free To Play This Weekend With Xbox Live Gold
• Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season Dated
• May 2018 Delistings: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and Chivalry
• E3 2018 Schedule
• Crackdown 3 Delayed to February 2019
• IO Interactive Announces HITMAN 2 Coming This Year
• GTA: San Andreas, Midnight Club: LA and Table Tennis Now Backwards Compatible