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Halo Wars to get Historic Battle DLC pack
Those looking to continue their Halo Wars escapades will be happy to hear that there is a Historic Battle DLC pack on its way
Featured in the Historic Battle pack are 4 new maps for players to wage war on. There will be two 1v1 maps included in the pack entitled Barrend and Blood River, one 2v2 map entitled Memorial Basin, and one 3v3 map called Glacial Ravine.
Additionally, the pack will come bundled with 4 new achievements totaling 100 Gamer Points. Below are said achievements:
• Tour Coming Through: Hot drop 50 squads to your Covenant Leader in a single game on Memorial Basin (30 points)
• Never Leave a Man Behind: Finish a game with 5000 net resources contributed to your teammates on Barrens (15 points)
• Drain Cleaner: Kill 20 enemy squads with a continuous Covenant Leader Power on Memorial Basin (30 points)
• Killjoy: Disrupt 5 active Leader Powers in a single game on Blood River (25 points)
For screenshots of the rest of the maps, hit up the read link below.
Read (Kotaku)
Supposed Halo 3: ODST Achievements Leaked
Website Game-tuts supposedly got an early look at the achievements for Halo 3: ODST and posted it online. I’ve posted it here and if you’re truly concerned with not spoiling the experience of the game I’d advise not watching it. It’s entirely possible that this is something simply ginned up by a savvy hoaxer since things like this abound, but there is the off chance that it’s genuine.
Microsoft reseting gamerscore for more cheaters
It was recently reported on Major Nelson’s blog that Microsoft has found and delt with a new batch of cheaters. Their offense? Using an exploit within Gears of War 2 to artificially boost their Gamerscores. Their sentence? A Gamerscore of 0.
This isn’t the first time Microsoft has had to step in to thwart cheaters in their attempt at a high Gamerscore. If you’ve been with us since March of last year, you’ll recognize a similar case.
Major Nelson also assures us that if you use ethical methods of obtaining your achievements, as in no cheating or glitching, you have nothing to worry about; your Gamerscore will not get reset accidentally.
Fable 2’s See the Future DLC achievements revealed
LionHead has recently announced that the Xbox Live achievements for the upcoming Fable 2 expansion, See the Future, have hit the service.
There will be 13 achievements totalling 250 Gamer Points and other than your normal defeat this guy, score this many points achievements, there are some more colorful ones also included. My personal favorites:
The Fowl Player - 10 Gamer Points
Dress as a chicken and kick five chickens during the Colosseum battles, or see another Hero do so.
The Nutcracker - 10 Gamer Points
Score 25 groin shots, or see another Hero do so.
You can head here to see the full list of achievements.
See the Future will be released for Fable 2 ”sometime in May” for 560 Microsoft Points.
Playstation.com to display PS3 trophies
Sony is taking an example from Microsoft and incorporating a lot of their console features into the website. Recently announced is Playstation.com’s upcoming ability to display achievements trophies one has collected during their PS3 career.
This isn’t the end of the website’s updated functionality though as after this update is released another one will be released at an unannounced time that will allow you “comapre and sort trophies in new ways”.
Read (Playstation Blog)
Halo 3 Achievement Leak Confirmed
Remember those supposedly leaked Halo 3 achievements we told you about not too long ago? Bungie has recently confirmed that they are, in fact, real and will be unleashed on the general public when the game gets updated later this month.
Here’s what Bungie had to say on the matter:
Inevitably, this will be blown out of context, misread and misunderstood, but let’s do it anyway.
For a number of reasons ranging from obvious to sublime, Title Update 2 (which is the new, hip, Xbox 360-version way of saying “Auto Update” or “Patch”), introduces new Achievements to Halo 3. Last weekend at Penny-Arcade Expo we played Assembly on the TU2, which meant that folks would see and buzz about the new achievements. These will be made live when TU2 turns on later this month – the previously announced date may slip a bit closer to the Halo 3 one-year anniversary.
Here’s a look at these achievements which can be earned via the Legendary Maps and Halo 3 Campaign:
- Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch (0 points) – Get to the rank of Lieutenant in any playlist in the new EXP progression system.
- Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 (0 points) – Enter into any ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.
- Vidmaster Challenge: Annual (0 points) – After 9/25/08, complete Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.
- Double Double (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get two Double Kills during any ranked or social match.
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