Bungie: New H3 achievements part of title update

by Dustin Burg { Sep 6th 2008 at 2:00AM }

As part of their Weekly Update, Bungie has finally addressed the Halo 3 achievements rumor that sprung up during PAX, confirming that 10 new achievements worth an additional 250 Gamerscore will be added to Halo 3 as part of the (newly delayed) September 25th title update. Achievements that are mostly related to the Legendary map pack and a few 0 Gamerscore achievements that are "Vidmaster Challenges". Check the break for the complete list.

BUT there's one glaring mystery that isn't fully addressed, and that's the other mysterious H3 achievements that were photographed during PAX. In their update, Bungie does admit the 10 title update achievements "aren't the only achievements we're adding" but that "there's not a whole lot else we're going to say" regarding the other achievement content. Sneaky. Suspicious. Juicy.

So, we are guaranteed to get an additional 250 Gamerscore and 10 achievements for Halo 3 later this month, but we're still clueless to when or how Assembly will release, what all that Mythic talk was and why we can't haz Recon. Too many questions and absolutely zero answers.

Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch (0GS) – Get to the rank of Lieutenant in any playlist in the new EXP progression system.
Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 (0GS) – Enter into any ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.
Vidmaster Challenge: Annual (0GS) – After 9/25/08, complete Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.
Double Double (25GS) – On a Legendary map, get two Double Kills during any ranked or social match.
Poor Yorick (25GSs) – On a Legendary map, get 3 Oddball melee kills during any ranked or social match.
Came...From...Behind (50GS) – On a Legendary map, get 3 assassinations during any ranked or social match.
Defend This (50GS) – On a Legendary map, get a flag melee kill during any ranked or social match.
Flag Dropped (25GS) – On a Legendary map, get 2 flag carrier kills during any ranked or social match.
Road Rage (25GS) – On a Legendary map, get 5 Warthog chaingun kills during any ranked or social match.
Look Both Ways (50GS) – On a Legendary map, get a Splatter Spree during any ranked or social match.

[Thanks, to everyone who sent this in]

Tags: achievements, bungie, bungie-studios, halo-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Paul Jones @ Sep 6th 2008 2:16AM

Recon for the new 250gs or doing the new achievements? Well either way it will be fun :D

Procris @ Sep 6th 2008 9:23AM

I doubt they will be giving Recon for any of these new achievements. Recon has always been given out for competitions or promotions. Thats not going to change.

xboxfreak91 @ Sep 6th 2008 2:13AM

Those achievements look like they will be fun to get!

cakey @ Sep 6th 2008 2:20AM

those don't seem to hard and can be done on social maps as well.

legendtaker117 @ Sep 6th 2008 2:21AM

ya, and nay. There soesnt need ot be more than 250 gamerscore added, but I am looking forward to getting the cheevos.

mcwattersm @ Sep 6th 2008 3:59AM

What about Microshaft's extra 250 gs rule? Doesn't apply for M$ produced goods? Lame.

HE4VENSENT @ Sep 6th 2008 4:33AM

what about not being $uch a troll?

jeff @ Sep 7th 2008 1:57AM

When you have DLC you can add up to 250 Gamerpoints per game. Just like Oblivion, Mass Effect, The Godfather, and a bunch of other games have already done.

mcwattersm @ Sep 7th 2008 3:44PM

Yeah.... to a limit of an extra 250. If they're adding 250 now, but that's not the only achievements they're adding they're clearly going over the limit. Unless all their achievements are worth 0....

Andrew @ Sep 6th 2008 4:13AM

I love the ode to Star Wars..

"They came...from...behind!"

Kevin Gass @ Sep 6th 2008 11:10AM

I love the chromehounds reference...Double Double :)

Lilpunkduck @ Sep 6th 2008 4:39AM

well on the bright side this will give people like myself who cant be bothered with the metagame cheevos the cance to pass the 1000 mark and get katana goodness. And doesnt this seem like the prime oppotunity to make legendary free and start announcing the mythic stuff.

HE4VENSENT @ Sep 6th 2008 4:50AM

i'm thinking that only the original 1000GS will get you the katana.

Magetto @ Sep 6th 2008 7:16AM

The metagame achievements are very easy. Just put on a bunch of the skulls and play through on normal.

Brian @ Sep 6th 2008 7:50AM

Listen: The maps which cost money right now are never, ever going to be free. Stop being so poor and pay up if you want them. Even bungie said in a friday update that they will never be free

Lilpunkduck @ Sep 6th 2008 8:02AM

I'm not disputing the fact of their simplicity or ease I'm saying im lazy, well no thats not right. It's the fact I've gone through the campaign a few times now hunting skulls, clearing it the first time, clearing legendary (which doesnt show on my service record???) hitting the terminals for the marathon achievement and what-not. Also I did these bar the terminals on co-op which is what i like about this game as I completed all three of the trilogy co-operatively with a friend of mine and the game seems less of a fun fight without my friend there kicking ass too. The fun of playing the game for a pointing system (that arent achievements) just makes me frustrated/bored.

As to brian:
I tend not to buy dlc (less for a map pack) for a game that i no longer play on a frequent basis. I tend to think it could just go towards another game or dlc that adds new story and content to a game. As towards your hostile manner it's not appreciated, yes I would like the Legendary maps obviously the more content the better but frankly I don't see them worth buying right now. Especially when we're approaching such a busy gaming season where my time will go into mirriors edge, gears 2, lego batman and fable 2. As to the fact they shall never be free, what happend to bungie? Halo 2 content became free after certain dates and I always believed theyed do the same for Halo Trois after the main amount of the market who would spend their virtual points on getting the stuff god-knows how much earlier.
Ps: sorry for the essay

DBoyFlex @ Sep 6th 2008 9:19AM

I agree. It would be nice to have a shot at the cheevos, but due to the fact that I have not played halo in over 6 months, there is no way I would buy the maps. For free, yes, and I would attempt the points. Not free? No, I want Fallout and Gears and.... Well, Halo 3 was a piece of poop to me. That is just my opinion and my opinion is what dictates if I spend money on DLC. Halo 3=No.

Gil-Galad @ Sep 6th 2008 5:03AM

So I've been thinking, and possibly in the nether-verse, maybe, just maybe....story-related DLC?

Doll @ Sep 6th 2008 10:51AM

As long as I don't have to get them on Lonewolf, all is good.

@mcwattersm; You're an idiot to think that the same rule applies to Halo. I mean that in the nicest possible way. :)

GoldenPie @ Sep 6th 2008 8:04AM

For the "7 on 7" one, won't that be impossible for those who have more than 7 exp? Or am I misreading something here?

John @ Sep 6th 2008 8:47AM

No, it'll be very easy. Bungie changes the playlists all the time.

Procris @ Sep 6th 2008 9:31AM

Well, your rank/overal exp won't be changing but each playlist is having its own exp/rank with the next title update. So in theory it'll be very simple to get assuming 1 game = 1 exp. Just play 7 games in a playlist and your good. However i'm not sure if its really 7 games = 7 exp or if its 7 wins = 7 exp.

Al2x @ Sep 6th 2008 9:37AM

EXP is different than your numbered rank...EXP will never go down. I'm not understanding a few achievements that are being given out (Vidmaster "Annual"? There aren't ghosts in each and every level...). Plus, sucks that I'm just about homing in on 1000gs. Thought I would complete it fully, now I probably won't have the patience to get some of those wacky achievements. (I've got the OCD where if I get anywhere over 700/1000 gs, I gotta get 'em all)

lynch @ Sep 6th 2008 5:47PM

On the final level of Halo 3 (named "Halo") you can opt not to drive the hogs an instead find four ghosts in a cave. If you complete the level, with iron skull on (you die, everyone goes back to checkpoint. you all die, level restarts) and everyone in the ghosts, you get the achievement.

Sounds pretty tough IMO.

L4MB @ Sep 6th 2008 10:10AM

this is the type of thing that is going to ultimately give XBL superiority to H3 over COD4. Actually providing new content almost a year after the release. what have we got from IW lately? ONE map pack, and maybe a playlist update. Don't get me wrong, I love COD4, i would just like some love in return. One can only stay in a one-sided relationship so long.

Carbonize @ Sep 7th 2008 4:27PM

How is this new content? It's just some additional goals to go for and a lot of the require that you pay Bungie more money just to download a couple of maps (ok maybe it's three). I paid for the maps on Halo 2 when they came out because I played Halo 2 nearly all the time but sorry to say Halo 3 just doesn't grab me in the same way. With what it would cost you to buy every map pack Bungie releases you could just buy a new game.

CoD 5 anyone?

emirabal @ Sep 6th 2008 10:19AM

Looks like i gotta whip out Halo again

T.J. @ Sep 6th 2008 10:22AM

So is it safe to say that if you've already done said tasks to get the achievements, you'll probably have to do them again?

Not that many of those aren't something you may regularly do : two double kills, couple assassinations, etc.

Akukami @ Sep 6th 2008 11:56AM

Bleep~bloop! Look at all these achivables!

Seriously though, these actually seem pretty fun and creative. I'm especially happy they got rid of the annoying "only in ranked" requirement for these. This means those who want to work together with friends for it can and those who want to earn it the regular way don't have to wait till once in a blue moon or try there luck at a special weekend.