Achievement acquired dates are on the fritz

by Dustin Burg { Dec 31st 2006 at 3:30PM }

The other day when Xbox Live matchmaking went down it looks to have affected Achievement acquired dates too. Justin10925 posted on the Xbox.com forums an account of having all of his previous achievements show that they've been acquired a month after they actually were. After Justin10925 got flamed in the forums, we investigated our own achievement stash and lo and behold our Gears of War achievements are a month off. Achievements that were acquired back in November now show an acquired date of December ... doh! If you have an iron-clad memory and can recall specific days/months you acquired certain achievements then please check them. If things are a little wacky please comment, so we can build up evidence on this issue. We say investigate fanboys, investigate!

[Thanks, thw]

Tags: achievements, xbox live, XboxLive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Xyzzy @ Dec 31st 2006 3:40PM

Yup, looks like all of the November achievements were fast-forwarded an entire month to December. :(

Xyzzy @ Dec 31st 2006 3:56PM

Not only are the achievments off a month, but when you check online and look at the last time you played a game, that's fast-forwarded a month as well (for those played in November, at least)

KineticOnline @ Dec 31st 2006 4:04PM

Yes they are messed up. I got COD3 on release (10th NOV) but my first achievement says 10th DEC

wraith eight @ Dec 31st 2006 4:08PM

Yeah, same here. My achievements in November have been changed to November. Odd that the list hasn't been re-sorted. It's still in ordered played, with most recent at the top. The November games are still in the place they should be, but last played dates are in December.

wraith eight @ Dec 31st 2006 4:09PM

^ changed to December, I mean

Tendril @ Dec 31st 2006 4:10PM

I haven't checked out my achievements recently, but under your char info in r6v it has always said my date of service started around a year before the game even came out.

thw @ Dec 31st 2006 4:10PM

Thank you for posting this.

Scott Krueger @ Dec 31st 2006 4:10PM

Not that big of a deal is it... Really.

Hurricanes711 [xbl] @ Dec 31st 2006 4:17PM

ummmm why does this matter? OH MY GOD THEIR A MONTH OLD NOW I LOOK LIKE A NOOBIE....get over it

Virtua Fanboy @ Dec 31st 2006 4:19PM

As long as the gamerscore i.e. the number itself is unchanged and unquestioned i.e. I don't get acused of cheating for some reason, than I don't really care to much.

Krazy Koala @ Dec 31st 2006 4:20PM

Gareth Keenan investigates...

robk @ Dec 31st 2006 4:21PM

haha it says i finished act 5 on insane before i did act 1 on hardcore in GOW

TOMCATS @ Dec 31st 2006 4:28PM

err... The achievements are off by a month.

Jim @ Dec 31st 2006 4:50PM

Yup, that happened to me, too. Like everyone said, it seems to only cover the achievements I got in November. Everything else is about what it should be. (Except I have one achievement with no date on it at all. But I got that one in October.)

JobyS @ Dec 31st 2006 4:55PM

Yup, got me too.. I managed to get the first Viva Pinata APs on 26/12/06, but the hardest ones around 7/12/07...

Definately something wrong here.

masterxbox100 @ Dec 31st 2006 4:57PM

all of mine too...this is really weird!

Dirk Dorkelson @ Dec 31st 2006 4:57PM

My handful of achievements from November 2005 now say I got them in December 2005, as well. Someone out there hates November.

Dragon Almighty @ Dec 31st 2006 5:36PM

BIG QUSTION...will this affect your xbox live???? What I mean is will they cut you off a month earily if you have xbox live gold??????

Mastaglach820 (Xbox MVP) @ Dec 31st 2006 6:15PM

Hey guys, thanks for bringing this error some light.

I fowarded a message (with data) to the appropriate people.

Bearxor @ Dec 31st 2006 6:44PM

GT: Bearxor
Games with wrong achievement dates, all played in November. All of my Dead Rising achievements were done during thanksgiving, when I rented it, it hasn't been played in December.
Gears of War
Dead Rising

Games missing acievement dates:
UMK3
SC:DA
Cloning Clyde