PlayStation to award players with physical trophies on the launch of FIFA 18 in Australia

The 26 September launch of soccer simulation “FIFA 18” spearheads an Australian **PlayStation** campaign to award a limited number of players with physical trophies for their efforts. [caption id=“attachment_632837” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Getty Images[/caption] A new plan to reward some of the most committed video game players with mantlepiece trophies is being debuted this September by PlayStation in Australia. Taking its cue from platform rival **Xbox** , which introduced an in-game milestoning system called Achievements in 2005, PlayStation’s Trophies encourage players to clear games as fully as possible. Digital mementos of virtual progress, these Trophies serve as a record of player dedication and skill. PlayStation’s system allows game developers to allocate trophies to four pre-defined tiers. Bronze, silver, and gold indicate the difficulty of completing the required task, while a game’s platinum trophy unlocks when every other trophy had been obtained. Actualizing those platinum souvenirs is part of a new competition called PlayStation Plus Platinum Hunters. Four bespoke Platinum Trophies have been created for PlayStation Australia, which is using the replicas to urge a communal focus on four upcoming titles. Following the retail debut of “FIFA 18,” competition entrants have six months to obtain the game’s platinum trophy on PlayStaton 4 and then share a screenshot of it to either Facebook or Twitter, posting it with a #PlusPlatinumHunters hashtag and looping PlayStation Australia’s relevant social network account in on the action; the first to do so wins a replica PlayStation Trophy. The competition series continues with the release of driving game “Gran Turismo Sport” on 18 October, and then world war action game “Call of Duty: WWII” on 3 November. A fourth competition title has not yet been named. PlayStation’s Trophy system celebrates its 10th anniversary on 2 July, 2018.