Gears 5 will unlock achievements for its soon-to-be-removed map builder

destructoid.com:

You’d be excused for not realizing that Gears 5 has a map builder, and just as some of us are finding out about its existence, the feature is going away. On Twitter today, the Gears of War developers announced plans to remove the map builder — but with a fun twist. The two related Gears 5 map achievements will be unlocked automatically for all players.

These achievements are related to the Escape mode, specifically:

According to The Coalition, if you already got the Escape Hive achievements before the map builder’s departure, you’ll get an “exclusive banner” and 10,000 coins, respectively.

PSA: We’re removing #Gears5 Map Builder and unlocking its achievements for all players as the team focus on future projects.

If you’ve completed “I Made it All By Myself” you’ll receive an exclusive banner & if you’ve completed “Homegrown Hive” you’ll receive 10k Coins in-game. pic.twitter.com/cPX0tLKQ3s

— Gears of War (@GearsofWar) April 26, 2022

While the tweet didn’t specify an exact timeline, I just hopped into Gears 5 through Xbox cloud streaming and, after hitting the main menu, both achievements popped for me.

I’ve absolutely engaged with map makers and other supplemental content in games purely to round out my achievement/trophy lists. And with games often shedding content in their old age, the completionist community has made a point to always call out time-limited or otherwise questionable unlock criteria so that players are informed with plenty of advance notice. I get why “retired” achievements and trophies aren’t always handed out, but it should be the standard practice; it should be future-proofed, if possible.

So why is Gears 5 ditching the map builder, anyway? Presumably, too few players engaged with community-created