If you've got an Xbox 360, chances are you enjoy seeing the little Achievement Unlocked pop-up that appears after you perform a certain requirement. You probably also find yourself quickly checking to see how many points you got. However, the points haven't exactly had any guidelines to go by, and thus a few of the points have been eschewed to too few or too many, and some people even worrying they might have to pay for content through downloadable services to ultimately unlock some points. So what are the new achievement point guidelines?

From the article:

I don’t think anyone could have predicted the popularity of Gamerscore and Achievements on Xbox 360. For me, it has changed the way I play games. No longer is it about just trying to beat the game from beginning to end; I now find myself wanting to go back and unlock as many of these little achievements as possible. I love how it chronicles my gaming history, by game, by achievement and by date. I can always go on Xbox Live or on Xbox.com to look at my friends and see their history as well, or what they most recently unlocked. We have heard some wild stories among groups of friends who constantly try to one-up their buddies and the back and forth Gamerscore battles.

We also have let developers run wild with how they want to implement Gamerscore and Achievements into their games. This has produced some great things like the “Pacifism” Achievement from Geometry Wars, the “Zen and the Art of Reloading” from Gears of War, the “Six Degrees of Small Arms” and innovative Achievements in Crackdown like the “Body Juggler."

With the ever increasing craze and excitement around Gamerscore and Achievements, we have recently worked with our publishing partners to implement some new policies for new games coming out.

Read the full article over at gamerscoreblog.com