
A new set of achievements for Halo 3 has been rumored for a little while, but no one knew any details about it’s contents and the date of it’s launch. It seems like today’s weekly update has fixed that. The updates can be expected this month, but it should also be noted that they keep floating back towards Halo 3’s one-year anniversary. In an update called Title Update 2(basically, a patch), Bungie plans on fixing many under the hood glitches in the game as well as crack down on cheating as well as bringing the following the achievements:
- 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. Continue reading ‘New Achievements for Halo 3 Officially Announced’

Lots of looking ahead to GDC in the news this week, and just in case you have been living under a rock on a video gameless planet somewhere out in the traverse, TWiR is here to fill you in on the biggest (earth) gaming stories that you missed. Strap yourselves in folks, as the GDC excitement factor was kicked up a notch This Week in Rotpod.

Lots of stuff happened this week, and just in case you missed it, TWIR is here to deliver all of the best of it to you in one big ball of gaming related links. From the DMC 4 demo to SSBM Kiosk videos, here is This Week in Rotpod.

You might have been a little lost last week without a ‘This Week in Rotpod’ post to guide you through the most important stories in the gaming world, but due to various complications I just couldn’t put one out. But fret not brave reader, as I have decided to compile the highlights from this week and last week into one miraculous ‘These Weeks in Rotpod’ poststravaganza! Here is all the important stuff that you may have missed:
The News
Rotpod Stuff
Event Coverage

How many times can a Beta signup go sour? Well, I’m not exactly sure; I haven’t been counting the COD4 beta opportunities that have gone out the window due to server issues. Well, at least were in now! Here are the important stories from this week: (gotta get this done and jump back in the beta!)

Yeah, it’s that time again. Here are the big news stories we posted this week:
Editorials:

It’s not quite midnight, but here is this weeks edition of TWIR:
There is the important news that you may have missed this week! Don’t get too depressed about GTA IV, its not the end of the world… I guess.