{"id":2171297,"date":"2026-09-30T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2171297"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:00:01","slug":"xbox-mythic-achievements-roll-out-to-insiders-and-are-retroactively-awarded-as-far-back-as-xbox-360-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2171297","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Mythic Achievements roll out to Insiders and are retroactively awarded as far back as Xbox 360 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a 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         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-mythic-platinum-achievement\">rumoured Xbox Mythic Achievements<\/a> &#8211; the equivalent of PlayStation&#8217;s Platinum Trophies &#8211; have been officially announced, and they&#8217;re rolling out for Xbox Insiders now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/09\/29\/xbox-insiders-october-2026-console-features-4\/\">Microsoft announced Mythic Achievements<\/a> yesterday evening and, as expected, they&#8217;re awarded when you earn all the other Achievements for a game &#8211; exactly the requirements needed to earn a Platinum Trophy on PlayStation.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eDBZaSt49RE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mythics are not affected by Achievement-adding DLC (Achievements added after a game&#8217;s release are labelled as &#8220;add-on&#8221; Achievements) and perhaps most importantly, they&#8217;re awarded retroactively, as far back as for Xbox 360 games. That means you could have a fat pile of Mythics as soon as they&#8217;re turned on, providing you&#8217;ve actually Achievement-completed lots of games, that is.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mythics arrive as part of an Achievement tidy-up on Xbox, which brings with it a new Gaming tab for profiles that organises Achievement-hunting progress better. You can also browse friends&#8217; Gaming tabs if you&#8217;re hoping to feel superior to them.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no word on a date for a full roll-out for Mythic Achievements, but you can join <a href=\"https:\/\/support.xbox.com\/help\/account-profile\/manage-account\/xbox-insider-program\">the Xbox Insider Program<\/a> by downloading the Xbox Insider Hub for Xbox Series S\/X and Xbox One, and for PC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A muscular bald-headed humanoid enemy with a big gun roars in triumph. They&apos;re a locust from Gears of War E-Day.\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1.-Toast-Gears-E-Day-1e689e713ada7e9b3d37.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A muscular bald-headed humanoid enemy with a big gun roars in triumph. 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They&apos;re a locust from Gears of War E-Day.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1.-Toast-Gears-E-Day-1e689e713ada7e9b3d37.png\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1920\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-attribution=\"Microsoft Xbox\" data-caption=\"What the Mythic Achivements and new Gaming tab look like.\" data-uri=\"4.-Progress-Gears-E-Day-3435565fc386f23354b1-960x540.png\" title=\"What the Mythic Achivements and new Gaming tab look like.\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Xbox menu screen detailing Mythic Achievements.\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/4.-Progress-Gears-E-Day-3435565fc386f23354b1-960x540.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"960\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"An Xbox menu screen detailing Mythic Achievements.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"4.-Progress-Gears-E-Day-3435565fc386f23354b1-960x540.png\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"960\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-attribution=\"XboxMicrosoft Xbox\" data-caption=\"What the Mythic Achivements and new Gaming tab look like.\" data-uri=\"2.-Profile-history-Gears-E-Day-38a2b1a525ca741eb845.png\" title=\"What the Mythic Achivements and new Gaming tab look like.\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Xbox menu screen detailing Mythic Achievements.\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/2.-Profile-history-Gears-E-Day-38a2b1a525ca741eb845.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"An Xbox menu screen detailing Mythic Achievements.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"2.-Profile-history-Gears-E-Day-38a2b1a525ca741eb845.png\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1920\"><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fullscreen_info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nCaption          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"attribution\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nAttribution          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery-caption\">What the Mythic Achivements and new Gaming tab look like.<\/div>\n<div class=\"advert_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mythics follow a string of incremental Xbox updates from this year &#8211; such as some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-unveils-new-logo\">slight rebranding<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-player-voice-portal\">a player feedback forum<\/a> &#8211; that have had to contend with what&#8217;s been an otherwise incredibly turbulent year for Microsoft&#8217;s gaming division. It started with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/today-marks-an-exciting-new-chapter-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-retiring-amid-major-leadership-shakeup-that-sees-microsofts-coreai-president-taking-over-roll\">longtime leader Phil Spencer leaving Xbox<\/a> early in the year, and was followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">sweeping layoffs and restructuring as new leader Asha Sharma took over<\/a> and sought to make business sense of what she inherited.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-layoffs-activision-rare-halo-ninja-theory\">most recent wave of Xbox restructuring<\/a> occurred last week, with a further 268 layoffs, studio consolidation, and what looks to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ninja-theory-closed-shut-down-xbox-layoffs\">the impending closure of Hellblade developer Ninja Theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-mythic-platinum-achievement\">rumoured Xbox Mythic Achievements<\/a> &#8211; the equivalent of PlayStation&#8217;s Platinum Trophies &#8211; have been officially announced, and they&#8217;re rolling out for Xbox Insiders now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/09\/29\/xbox-insiders-october-2026-console-features-4\/\">Microsoft announced Mythic Achievements<\/a> yesterday evening and, as expected, they&#8217;re awarded when you earn all the other Achievements for a game &#8211; exactly the requirements needed to earn a Platinum Trophy on PlayStation.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eDBZaSt49RE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mythics are not affected by Achievement-adding DLC (Achievements added after a game&#8217;s release are labelled as &#8220;add-on&#8221; Achievements) and perhaps most importantly, they&#8217;re awarded retroactively, as far back as for Xbox 360 games. That means you could have a fat pile of Mythics as soon as they&#8217;re turned on, providing you&#8217;ve actually Achievement-completed lots of games, that is.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mythics arrive as part of an Achievement tidy-up on Xbox, which brings with it a new Gaming tab for profiles that organises Achievement-hunting progress better. You can also browse friends&#8217; Gaming tabs if you&#8217;re hoping to feel superior to them.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no word on a date for a full roll-out for Mythic Achievements, but you can join <a href=\"https:\/\/support.xbox.com\/help\/account-profile\/manage-account\/xbox-insider-program\">the Xbox Insider Program<\/a> by downloading the Xbox Insider Hub for Xbox Series S\/X and Xbox One, and for PC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A muscular bald-headed humanoid enemy with a big gun roars in triumph. They&apos;re a locust from Gears of War E-Day.\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1.-Toast-Gears-E-Day-1e689e713ada7e9b3d37.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A muscular bald-headed humanoid enemy with a big gun roars in triumph. 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It started with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/today-marks-an-exciting-new-chapter-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-retiring-amid-major-leadership-shakeup-that-sees-microsofts-coreai-president-taking-over-roll\">longtime leader Phil Spencer leaving Xbox<\/a> early in the year, and was followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">sweeping layoffs and restructuring as new leader Asha Sharma took over<\/a> and sought to make business sense of what she inherited.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-layoffs-activision-rare-halo-ninja-theory\">most recent wave of Xbox restructuring<\/a> occurred last week, with a further 268 layoffs, studio consolidation, and what looks to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ninja-theory-closed-shut-down-xbox-layoffs\">the impending closure of Hellblade developer Ninja Theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Gears of War: E-Day Xbox Mythic Achievements roll out to Insiders and are retroactively awarded as far back as Xbox 360 games Sharming. 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