Everybody Wants GTA IV For The Xbox 360. (No Surprise here.)

The entire Joystiq Network put up a poll asking it's readers on which platform they will be grabbing GTA on. The results are a little surprising to me, I would have expected that more people would have picked the 360 over the PS3.

In my eyes there is no advantage in the PS3 version, unless you count the "free" PS Network functionality. But I'll pay $50 a year to have a much better on-line experience. Not to mention the 360 version has exclusive DLC and achievements to boot.

Look for GTA IV to hit the streets on April, 29th.

The Xbox Live Dunce Cap.

So as hard as it is to believe, people cheat and lie to gain something as useless as Gamer Points. Achievements are useful in tracking a friends progress in a game, or even for bragging rights but to hack to get 'em? Not worth it. Now Microsoft is taking action against this cheaters, what will happen you ask?

A LIVE player who obtained their gamerscore in this abnormal way will

• Find their gamerscore reset to zero, and
• Be unable to regain all previously earned achievements, and
• Be labeled as a “cheater” for the community to view.

You've been warned.

Humping Will Get You Achievements.

I picked up Shadowrun for the 360 today, and it's got what the kids are calling a "Viral Achievement". Where you can only get said achievement by interacting with someone that has this achievement. So typically the developers of the game will start with it and as they play online they pass it on, cool right? Shadowrun's Viral Achievement is obtained by "humping" the dead body of a player with this achievement. I wish I could say I was trying to get this achievement when I got it...

Halo 3 Achievements.

The Halo 3 achievements have been uncovered, they seem pretty basic: an achievement for beating every level, achievements for beating the game on, normal, heroic, and legendary. Some new ones are achievements for finding skulls on each level. Now there was skulls in Halo 2 and they gave you "powers", some were good (like invis) but most made the game harder... We'll see what the Halo 3 skulls have to offer, seeing as they have such a big focus on the game. Click the link to see all the achievements.

(Via: X360A)

Partial List Of Halo 3 Achievements.

The 7th Columnist has uncovered more code base in the Halo 3 beta. This time around we've got what looks like a partial list of a achievements.

• achievement_complete_mission_jungle
• achievement_complete_mission_base
• achievement_complete_mission_outskirts
• achievement_complete_mission_voi
• achievement_complete_mission_floodvoi
• achievement_complete_mission_wasteland
• achievement_complete_mission_citadel
• achievement_complete_mission_highcharity
• achievement_complete_mission_halo
• achievement_complete_campaign_easy
• achievement_complete_campaign_normal
• achievement_complete_campaign_heroic
• achievement_complete_campaign_legendary
• achievement_find_jungle_skull
• achievement_find_base_skull
• achievement_find_outskirts_skull
• achievement_find_voi_skull
• achievement_find_floodvoi_skull
• achievement_find_waste_skull
• achievement_find_citadel_skull
• achievement_find_highcharity_skull
• achievement_find_halo_skull
• achievement_jungle_training
• achievement_jungle_no_casualties
• achievement_floodvoi_no_flood_victims
• achievement_spartan_recruit
• achievement_spartan_graduate
• achievement_spartan_officer
• achievement_extra_crispy
• achievement_banshee_surface_to_air_kill
• achievement_triple_kill
• achievement_killtacular
• achievement_sticky_x5
• achievement_brokeback
• achievement_tripmine_vehicle_kill
• achievement_flag_carrier_kill
• achievement_kill_frenzy
• achievement_triple_sword_kill
• achievement_mongoose_splatter
• achievement_melee_kill_x5
• achievement_needler_kill_x5
• achievement_sniper_kill_frenzy
• achievement_headshot_kill_frenzy
• achievement_full_warthog_kill
• achievement_temporary_placeholder

None of these seem all that crazy, the typical campaign achievements, and standard multiplayer kills. What stands out is Skull Achievements, and the Spartan Recruit, Officer, and Graduate Achievements? These last three I assume are for your Military rank in H3, as you rank up you get achievements. There surely must be more than just three of these if that's the case though.

(Via: 7th Columnist)

Halo 2 (Vista) Achievements.

Here's the list of all the new achievements for Halo 2 Vista style. Most are pretty standard but there's a few cool viral achievements that everybody's talking about: "Hired Gun" is an achievement you get for killing someone in multiplayer that has beat the single player game on "Legendary". "Flaming Ninja" you get by killing someone with the "Ninja" achievement which is: "in a non-team game, kill 5 people by melee, from behind".

So for all you Halo 2 players out there, how many achievements points should you already have and what would you still need to get?

(Via: 360Fanboy)

• Cairo Station (30 GS) - Complete Cairo Station at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Outskirts (30 GS) - Complete Outskirts at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Metropolis (30 GS) - Complete Metropolis at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• The Arbiter (30 GS) - Complete The Arbiter at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Oracle (30 GS) - Complete The Oracle at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Delta Halo (30 GS) - Complete Delta Halo at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Regret (30 GS) - Complete Regret at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Sacred Icon (30 GS) - Complete Sacred Icon at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Quarantine Zone (30 GS) - Complete Quarantine Zone at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Gravemind (30 GS) - Complete Gravemind at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Uprising (30 GS) - Complete Uprising at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• High Charity (30 GS) - Complete High Charity at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• The Great Journey (30 GS) - Complete The Great Journey at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Warrior (100 GS) - Complete the game on Normal difficulty
• Hero (50 GS) - Complete the game on Heroic difficulty
• Legend (50 GS) - Complete the game on Legendary difficulty
• King of the Scarab (20 GS) - Acquire the Scarab gun on the Metropolis level, any difficulty
• Silent but Deadly (20 GS) - Kill 7 opponents from behind in a row without being spotted, any level, any difficulty
• Demon (25 GS) - Complete any campaign level without dying once on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• Go Ape Shiv (20 GS) - Kill an enraged, berserk Brute by melee, any level, any difficulty
• Stick It (5 GS) - Stick an opponent with a plasma grenade and blow them up
• Counterpoint (5 GS) - Kill the sword carrier
• Carjacking (5 GS) - Steal an occupied vehicle from an opponent and take it over
• Violent Cartographer (25 GS) - Play every available default map and stay in each game until it’s over
• Rainman (25 GS) - Play every available game variant, with at least 3 other players, to the end of each game
• Double Kill (20 GS) - Kill 2 opponents within 4 seconds
• Triple Kill (20 GS) - Kill 3 opponents within 4 seconds
• Killtacular (20 GS) - Kill 4 opponents within 4 seconds
• Killing Spree (20 GS) - Kill 5 opponents in a row in the same game, without dying
• Running Riot (20 GS) - Kill 10 opponents in a row in the same game, without dying
• Sniper Kill (10 GS) - Kill an opponent with the sniper rifle or the beam rifle
• Roadkill (10 GS) - Run over, hit and kill an opponent with a vehicle
• Bonecracker (10 GS) - Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack
• Assassin (10 GS) - Melee an opponent from behind
• Skewer Stopper (20 GS) - Kill the sword carrier after they kill 5 or more times in a row with the sword
• Vigilante (10 GS) - Stop a Killing Spree of another player
• Air Traffic Controller (20 GS) - Blow up the Banshee in flight while manned, with grenades or the rocket launcher
• Decorated Soldier (10 GS) - Get awarded at least 8 different medals in one non-team game
• Ninja (20 GS) - In a non-team game, kill 5 people by melee, from behind
• Flaming Ninja (20 GS) - Kill an opponent that has the Ninja achievement
• Hired Gun (20 GS) - Kill an opponent who has the Legend achievement