Mass Effect 3 Achievements Unlocked and Leaked

                             


                                  WARNING MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW!

Over at Xbox360Achievements.org a list of achievements for the upcoming Mass Effect 3 were leaked. If you don't want to have your game spoiled I suggest you don't take a look at this list for it has some really gooey secrets shown. Notice this list is also just for the 360 as the PS3 official Trophy list has not been release just yet.

Driven – Return to active duty. (5g)

Bringer of War – Chase down an assassin. (10g)

Mobilizer – Bring a veteran officer aboard. (15g)

World Shaker – Destroy an Atlas dropped from orbit. (15g)

Pathfinder – Explore a lost city. (15g)

Tunnel Rat – Survive the swarm. (15g)

Party Crasher – Sabotage a dreadnought. (15g)

Hard Target – Call down an orbital strike. (15g)

Saboteur – Disable a group of fighter squadrons. (15g)

Arbiter – Win a political stand-off. (25g)

Last Witness – Extract ancient technology. (25g)

Executioner – Defeat an old adversary. (25g)

Well Connected – Send a warning across the galaxy. (15g)

Fact Finder – Discover an enemy’s monstrous origin. (15g)

Liberator – Stop a Cerberus kidnapping. (15g)

Problem Solver – Evacuate a scientific facility. (15g)

Patriot – Make the final assault. (25g)

Legend – Mission accomplished. (50g)

Shopaholic – Visit a store in the single-player campaign. (10g)

Master and Commander – Deliver most of the Galaxy at War assets to the final conflict. (50g)

Lost and Found – Dispatch 10 probes to retrieve people or resources in Reaper territory. (25g)

Long Service Medal – Complete Mass Effect 3 twice, or once with a Mass Effect 2 import. (50g)

Insanity – Finish the game on Insanity without changing difficulty after leaving Earth. (75g)

A Personal Touch – Modify a weapon. (10g)

Paramour – Establish or rekindle a romantic relationship. (25g)

Combined Arms – Perform any combination of 50 biotic combos or tech bursts. (25g)

Focused – Evolve any of your powers to rank 6. (25g)

Recruit – Kill 250 enemies. (10g)

Soldier – Kill 1,000 enemies. (10g)

Veteran – Kill 5,000 enemies. (25g)

Bruiser – Kill 100 enemies with melee attacks. (10g)

Untouchable – Escape a Reaper in the galaxy map. (10g)

Defender – Attain the highest level of readiness in each theatre of war. (25g)

Overload Specialist – Overload the shields of 100 enemies. (15g)

Sky High – Lift 100 enemies off the ground with powers. (15g)

Pyromaniac – Set 100 enemies on fire with powers. (15g)

Eye of the Hurricane – Kill a brute while it’s charging you. (10g)

Mail Slot – Kill 10 guardians with headshots from the front while their shields are raised. (10g)

Hijacker – Hijack an Atlas mech. (10g)

Giant Killer – Defeat a harvester. (10g)

Enlisted – Start a character in multiplayer or customize a character in single-player. (5g)

Tour of Duty – Finish all multiplayer maps or all N7 missions in single-player. (20g)

Always Prepared – Obtain two non-customizable suits of armour. (10g)

Tourist - Complete one multiplayer match or two N7 missions. (5g)

Explorer – Complete three multiplayer matches or five N7 missions. (15g)

Gunsmith – Upgrade any weapon to level 10. (25g)

Almost There – Reach level 15 in multiplayer or level 50 in single-player. (15g)

Peak Condition – Reach level 20 in multiplayer or level 60 in single-player. (25g)

Battle Scarred – Promote a multiplayer character to the Galaxy at War or import an ME3 character. (25g)

Unwavering – Finish all multiplayer maps on Gold or all single-player missions on Insanity. (50g)

Xbox Live Breached?

If you bought FIFA 2011 or 2012 then watch out, since certain Xbox Live accounts which have played those titles are apparently "being accessed while their Xbox is off, having all points on the account spent, and then having someone attempt to purchase more points from the credit card on file, before moving to the next account".  Many people have reported upwards of $100 or more of loss through the spending of points on DLC and other items.  Microsoft is currently locking down affected accounts for 25 days until further notice, because it's not like people had anything to do anyways.

Microsoft released the following statement, and while they say they have "no evidence" this is clearly happening to people around the Xbox community.

We do not have any evidence the Xbox LIVE service has been compromised. We take the security of our service seriously and work on an ongoing basis to improve it against evolving threats. However, a limited number of members have contacted us regarding unauthorized access to their accounts by outside individuals. We are working with our impacted members directly to resolve any unauthorized changes to their accounts. As always, we highly recommend our members follow the Xbox LIVE Account Security guidance provided at www.xbox.com/security to protect your account.

New Mortal Kombat Game Heading Out In 2013?

If you've been under a rock for the past year then you clearly missed something big. Out of nowhere the Mortal Kombat franchise is starting to return in full force with the release of the most recent game and the web series that cost $2 million to make.

It looks like there will be a feature film reboot of the series and the director of the web series Ken Tancharoen will be helming the project. But that's not the big news here, there's word of another game releasing either with the movie when it debuts in theaters, or when it hits DVD and Blu-Ray.

"Because the Mortal Kombat games and movies are now being made under the same studio roof, the film’s release is expected to be coordinated with the next game. Emmerich and Tusjihara both said they hope the next Mortal Kombat game will come out when the movie hits theaters, or potentially in a single package along with the DVD and Blu-ray."

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to Use New Game Engine

The two best bits of news surrounding Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are that it's coming out next year, and that it's being built on a whole new gaming engine. Bethesda confirmed via tweet that the games engine is "brand new... and spectacular!"

Now while the average gamer may not find this news all that interesting, the gamers who follow stuff like this closely know that this means we won't be stuck with the decrepit "Gamebryo" engine, which has been known for being horrendously glitchy, and has been the structure for Fallout 3 and previous Elder Scroll games, as well as a few others such as Epic Mickey. Bethesda's community man Nick Breckon also stated in a tweet that the engine is being built in company.

I for one am overjoyed to hear this news, both Elder Scrolls IV, and Fallout 3 floored me, but the constant glitching more than once took me out of the experience. Look forward to Skyrim hitting store shelves on November 11, 2011 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.