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Bungie reveals Achievements for Halo 3

Confirms some of the list leaked last week.

Bungie has revealed a portion of the Achievements due to arrive in the second Halo 3 title update later this month.

All ten of these Legendary Map-based rewards appeared in leaked information aired last week, which certainly bodes well for the other ones.

Bungie also confirmed that an updated build of Halo 3 was running at the Penny Arcade expo, which is where the leaked information originated from.

The 10 official Achievements, totalling 250 Gamerpoints, can be found below. The leaked info, remember, claims 30 Achievements and 250 Gamerpoints will be available in total.

  • 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.
  • Poor Yorick (25 points) - On a Legendary map, get 3 Oddball melee kills during any ranked or social match.
  • Came...From...Behind (50 points) - On a Legendary map, get 3 assassinations during any ranked or social match.
  • Defend This (50 points) - On a Legendary map, get a flag melee kill during any ranked or social match.
  • Flag Dropped (25 points) - On a Legendary map, get 2 flag carrier kills during any ranked or social match.
  • Road Rage (25 points) - On a Legendary map, get 5 Warthog chaingun kills during any ranked or social match.
  • Look Both Ways (50 points) - On a Legendary map, get a Splatter Spree during any ranked or social match.