What you need to know
- Some developers publish "achievement spam" games on the Xbox Store that only take minutes to complete, with achievements that can be earned with little to no effort at all.
- Microsoft is cracking down on these games with new rules added to its Xbox game certification requirements.
- Moving forward, new Xbox games must have achievements that take more than a few minutes and require adequate player engagement to earn.
- Aabs Animals, a 2013 game recently released on Xbox in which players do nothing but stare at a cat and get achievements for it, is an example of the type of game Microsoft is taking a stand against.
