Bungie Announces Title Update 2 for Halo 3

Bungie has confirmed that Title Update 2, which is basically the second update to the Xbox 360 game, introduces new Achievements to Halo 3. There are also a few changes that are made to the game itself, other than adding Achievements.

The people at Bungie say that they are adding better online support, with rarer occurrence of crashes, and better server-side support for data collection. It also seems that the ability of the developers to detect cheaters has been improved and that more bans for cheating should occur in the following days. The developers are also thinking of introducing some kind of punishment for people that have a tendency to drop out of a game on a regular basis.

Check out a host of the Achievements that will be added in the new update. Be warned that Bungie says that the list is not comprehensive:

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.

There's no clear release date announced for the Title Update at this point in time, but we're expecting it rather quickly. The people at Bungie are really interested in seeing gamers play with the new Achievements.