Mythic Achievements for Xbox Insiders will officially roll out starting today, and Microsoft has provided more detail on how its new milestone system works. Designed to celebrate the biggest Xbox achievements that a user has unlocked throughout their PC and console history–and similar to PlayStation Platinum Trophies–Mythic Achievements are earned whenever all original achievements for a game have been earned.
Microsoft added that achievements added later through DLC or updates aren’t required, and once you’ve earned Mythic status, it’s yours to keep forever. This will be applied retroactively, so if you maxed achievements in any Xbox games over the years, expect to see a 15-second notification telling you what a good job you’ve done. Once the full Mythic Achievement system rolls out to the entire Xbox community, player profiles will be updated with a new Gaming tab where they can view their achievements, track their next Gamerscore milestone badge, and revisit games.
This will make it easier to track progress toward earning a Mythic Achievement, as a new progress bar at the top of each game’s achievement list will show exactly how close you are to gaining Mythic status. There’ll also be an option to focus on the original achievements you still need, and achievements added later will receive an “add-on” tag to make the chase clearer to follow. There’s no date yet for when Mythic Achievements will roll out of the Xbox Insiders program to the rest of the Xbox userbase.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma had teased back in August that Mythic Achievements were on the way, but they’re arriving during another round of mass layoffs at Microsoft’s gaming division. Hundreds more people have been laid off across various Xbox departments, various developers have been consolidated under Activision and Bethesda, and the Xbox Game Studios portfolio has also shrunk with the exit of several teams. Ninja Theory’s future looks uncertain, while Undead Labs has started downsizing as part of its move to a new, undisclosed owner.
