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Halo: Reach – Achievements

The achievements in Halo: Reach are extremely easy. They are split between Campaign, Firefight, and Multiplayer Matchmaking. The Campaign achievements consist of beating each level, beating the game on certain difficulties, and a level specific achievements. The only difficult one here is beating the game by yourself on legendary. The firefight achievements can easily be obtained by creating a custom match and just playing for half an hour. The multiplayer matchmaking consists of extremely easy achievements and then a few rank based ones for getting a higher rank. Overall the achievement list is extremely easy, and quite disappointing compared to the achievements of earlier installments of the franchise.

  • The Soldier We Need You To Be – 25 – Completed the Campaign on Normal difficulty.
  • Folks Need Heroes… – 50 – Completed the Campaign on Heroic difficulty.
  • Gods Must Be Strong – 125 – Completed the Campaign on Legendary difficulty.
  • A Monument To All Your Sins – 150 – Completed every mission in Halo: Reach alone, on Legendary.
  • We’re Just Getting Started – 10 – Completed the 2nd mission on Normal or harder.
  • Protocol Dictates Action – 10 – Completed the 3rd mission on Normal or harder.
  • I Need A Weapon – 10 – Completed the 4th mission on Normal or harder.
  • To War – 10 – Completed the 5th mission on Normal or harder.
  • You Flew Pretty Good – 10 – Completed the 6th mission on Normal or harder.
  • Into The Howling Dark – 10 – Completed the 7th mission on Normal or harder.
  • Dust And Echoes – 10 – Completed the 8th mission on Normal or harder.
  • This Is Not Your Grave – 10 – Completed the 9th mission on Normal or harder.
  • Send Me Out… With A Bang – 10 – Completed the 10th mission on Normal or harder.
  • They’ve Always Been Faster – 25 – Cleared the 2nd mission without setting foot in a drivable vehicle.
  • Two Corpses In One Grave – 25 – Killed 2 vehicles at once with the Target Locator in the 3rd mission.
  • Banshees, Fast And Low – 25 – Hijacked a Banshee during the Reach Campaign.
  • Your Heresy Will Stay Your Feet – 25 – Killed the Elite Zealot before he escaped during the 5th mission.
  • If They Came To Hear Me Beg – 25 – Performed an Assassination against an Elite to survive a fall that would’ve been fatal.
  • Wake Up Buttercup – 25 – Destroyed the Corvette’s engines & escort in under 3 minutes in the 6th mission on Heroic or harder.
  • Tank Beats Everything – 25 – Finished the 9th mission on Legendary with the Scorpion intact.
  • Lucky Me – 25 – Earned a Triple Kill while Jetpacking in Campaign, Firefight or Matchmaking.
  • KEEP IT CLEAN – 5 – Killed 7 Moa during the 2nd mission of the Campaign.
  • I Didn’t Train To Be A Pilot – 10 – Killed 3 of the anti-aircraft batteries during the 8th mission.
  • Doctor, Doctor – 5 – Used a Health Pack to replenish life after taking body damage.
  • That’s A Knife – 10 – Performed an Assassination on an enemy.
  • I See You Favour A .45 – 10 – Killed 10 enemies in a Firefight or Campaign session with the M6G pistol.
  • An Elegant Weapon – 10 – Killed 10 enemies in a Firefight or Campaign session with the DMR.
  • Swap Meet – 10 – Traded weapons with an AI ally in Campaign.
  • A Spoonful Of Blamite – 10 – Killed 10 enemies in Firefight or Campaign with a supercombine explosion.
  • Be My Wingman Anytime – 5 – Let a teammate spawn on you 5 times in an Invasion Matchmaking game.
  • Yes, Sensei – 10 – Earned a First Strike Medal in a Matchmaking game.
  • Skunked – 10 – Won a game of Invasion in the 1st phase.
  • What’s A Killing Spree? – 5 – Earned a Killing Spree in multiplayer Matchmaking.
  • Crowd Control – 10 – Earned a Killionaire medal in Firefight.
  • Knife To A Gun Fight – 5 – As an Elite, killed 5 Spartan players in Matchmaking.
  • Score Attack – 10 – Scored 15,000 points in Score Attack Firefight Matchmaking.
  • Firestarter – 10 – Scored 50,000 points in a Firefight game.
  • Blaze Of Glory – 25 – Scored 200,000 points in a Firefight game.
  • Heat In The Pipe – 75 – Scored 1,000,000 points in a Firefight game.
  • Game, Set, Match – 25 – Completed a Firefight set on Legendary without dying.
  • Make It Rain – 10 – Purchased an item from the Armory that required the rank of Lt. Colonel.
  • The Start Of Something – 15 – Reached the rank of Corporal in the UNSC.
  • An Honor Serving – 25 – Reached the rank of Captain in the UNSC.
  • A Storage Solution – 5 – Used the File Browser to upload a file to your File Share.
  • A New Challenger – 10 – Completed all of the Daily Challenges in a given day.
  • Make It Drizzle – 10 – Purchased an item from the Armory.
  • Cool File, Bro – 5 – Recommended a file to someone.
  • Lemme Upgrade Ya – 10 – Advanced a Commendation to a Silver state.
  • One Down, 51 To Go – 10 – Completed a Weekly Challenge.

Bulletstorm’s TGS gameplay demonstration

When MasterAbbott was at Tokyo Game Show last week he was able to get a look at Bulletstorm in it’s full glory in a video demonstration presented by Epic Games. But now everyone has a chance to see it and it is even better due to the fact that it is now being narrated by the game’s producer Tanya Jessen.

In the video we see the “Bouncer” gun which fires an explosive cannonball at your enemies. That isn’t all though because besides being awesome in it’s own right, there isn’t anything stylish about blowing your enemies up with a cannon right? Well you can also control the ball’s bouncing with kicks and send it plowing into your enemies and earn extra style points. We also see a bit of environmental kills thanks to a falling elevator. Not sure about the rest of you but I can’t wait to see Epic Games new step into a FPS and the very interesting ways you can kill your enemies.

Fallout: New Vegas Dev Diary explains the tech and sound of the newest Fallout

With Fallout: New Vegas only a month from hitting shelves Bethesda has been releasing developer diaries to give everyone a sneak peak of what is different between New Vegas and 3. Obsidian themselves are giving us a peak in this diary of the new Technology we will be seeing as well as the sounds we will be hearing in the Mojave Wasteland.

They cover the fact that many things you will be seeing have either been re-tooled or designed from pre-war technology and has a very unique feel to how guns were handled in Fallout 3. Such as some energy weapons having recharging energy cells as opposed to re-loadable ammo of more understandable guns. Such as a machine gun that launches grenades….. Also we see how the sounds will occur in the desert with a bit of gameplay footage demonstrating the echoes of gunfire in the desert.

Catch the video below and be ready to survive the wasteland again on October 19th in the US and the 22nd everywhere else.

HAWX 2’s flight to the PC has been cancelled until further notice

Unfortunately if you have been waiting to play HAWX 2 for the PC instead of picking it up earlier this month on a console system, well you may have to wait quite a bit longer. As it turns out the PC version for Ubisoft’s HAWX 2 will not be released on September 30th.

No release date is currently known though those that have pre-ordered the game have gotten emails from Ubisoft stating that the next release date is November 16th. If this release date is true then the game has suffered nearly a two month delay for unknown reasons; which brings up the question as to why they waited so close to release date to push the release back a month and a half away?

“Who’s That Flying?!” PSP Mini

The latest game from Mediatonic, “Who’s That Flying?!” (think about it for a minute) has a release date of October 12, 2010.  It will be priced at $5.99 and will be available as a PSP Mini.  Players must defend their honor and home world with their laser arm.  Mediatonic also produced the well received, “Monsters (Probably) Stole my Princess.”  The game will feature 15 levels in it’s original story mode and 25 levels in its challenge mode. Also included are “awesome unlockable extras.”

DiRT 3 to Include Gymkhana

The critically acclaimed DiRT franchise is getting another sequel in 2011: DiRT 3.  Ken Block, DiRT 3 consultant and car driver, stars in the latest video that inspired the use of Gymkhana in DiRT 3.  As mentioned in the video, Gymkhana is a discipline that requires drivers to maneuver their cars around numerous obstacles using extreme driving.  In DiRT 3, gamers will be challenged to drive their cars in racing arenas and complete races involving props and jumps that are meant to capture the same freestyle expression of Gymkana.  DiRT 3 will also have twice as many tracks as DiRT 2 and more than 50 cars.  Online multi-player, split-screen play and career mode, as well as the ability to upload your own Gymkhana videos from the game directly to YouTube, will be supported.  Finally, players can also drive Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta 2011 as seen in this video:

Capcom iPhone Games on special for only .99c !!

Capcom are having a huge sale on their Apple iPhone games.  8 of their most popular games are now only $.99 for a short time only.   If you haven’t already done so, pick up these fantastic titles now before they go back to their normal prices.  Honestly, Resident Evil 4, 1942, Mega Man II and Dark Void for less than a take away coffee at Starbucks you really can’t turn this sort offer down.  Click on the links below to be taken to the iTunes store.

Resident Evil 4 $4.99  =>  $.99
1942: Joint Strike $1.99  =>  $.99
Mega Man II  $2.99  =>  $.99
Dark Void Zero $2.99  =>  $.99
Cash Cab$4.99  =>  $.99
Cash Cab: Las Vegas$1.99  =>  $.99
Are You Smarter Than A 5TH Grader? 2010$1.99  =>  $.99
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2010 $1.99  =>  $.99

Lets us know what you’ve picked up !!

New Shaun White Skateboarding Trailer Lands

Ubisoft have released a new trailer for upcoming skateboarding game, ‘Shaun White Skatbaording’. Just in case you didn’t notice, the game is endorsed by world-renowned extreme sports specialist Shaun White, and features a variety of skater moves that he’s hand-picked.

This latest trailer gives us an idea of the core gameplay elements, showcasing the tasks you will be expected to undertake and the ‘make you own line’ system.

The game releases on Wii, Xbox 360, PC and PS3 on October 29th, 2010.

LittleBigPlanet 2 Delayed until Early 2011…

Some disappointing news for gamers who planned on picking up LittleBigPlanet 2 this year. Media Molecule have announced that the highly anticipated title will be getting pushed back a few months and into January of 2011.

Here is the official statement from the Official Little Big Planet website:

23/09/2010
Important news regarding the release date of LittleBigPlanet™2

LittleBigPlanet 2 is a crazy dream, a dream to allow players to make whatever kind of game they want, but also to play though a great adventure of drama and excitement, power-ups, and cinematics. But like all of the most ambitious ideas, it can be a considerable challenge to turn these dreams in to fun games. We’ve all been working like powered-up space ninjas and we’re almost there, but because we love what we’ve made, and we love our little sack-friends, and most of all we love all our fans out there, we couldn’t let you all get together until we knew we were giving you the best experience imaginable. Which is why we’ve taken the hard decision to delay the worldwide release of LittleBigPlanet 2, originally slated for later this year to January 2011.

We know this will come as disappointing news for all you LittleBigPlanet fans, and believe us, we are disappointed too. We are a tight-knit team and we take enormous pride in our work, so to raise the bar we’ve set with the original LittleBigPlanet, a game that has been so embraced by all, we’ve agreed to allow ourselves a bit more time to deliver the experience that our great fans and community deserve. We are truly sorry, but hope you understand that we have to build the best possible game, as it is the foundation of our community.

On the upside, we are going to find a way to give more of you a taste of LBP2 prior to launch, so stay tuned.

Thanks for your continued love and support, it won’t be long – we promise.

While this is sad to hear that the sackboy creations can’t start this year it sounds like quality is the main reason for the delay and Media Molecule seem very sincere that the finished product will be even better than before. I for one would rather have a perfect game than a nearly perfect one and as dedicated as the developer is to the project and the fans of the title, it looks like this may be a bit more of good news rather than bad in the longrun and LittleBigPlanet 2 is sure to be a worthy sequel of waiting for when it launches early next year.

Sanuk’s “Spot the Differences” Headed to the WiiWare!

One of the most popular Iphone apps and Playstation Minis titles, Spot the Differences, is now slated to release on the Wiiware download service. Packed with 150 scenes, 3 levels of difficulty and 1,500 differences to find, ‘Spot the Differences’ looks to be the most complete difference game on the platform. Aimed at all audiences, it offers a journey through odd and attractive scenes on various themes: Landscapes, Pets, Playtime and Yummy.

3 single-player game modes are available: Arcade, Select Pictures and Time Attack. The game also features a Wii-exclusive multiplayer mode, where up to 4 friends or family members can compete against each other and see who finds more differences!

To me, this title looks to be perfect for any Wii owner to download and sharpen the brain and have some fun addictive gameplay at the same time while also using the new multi-player to get everyone in on the action.  150 is also a HUGE amount of content that will be sure to add to hours of intense searching for games young and old. There isn’t a solid release date as of yet but I would expect one very soon to be announced from Sanuk Games.