NPD September: PS3 on Top surprise surprise

The combination of a new hardware model and lower price made PlayStation 3 the best-selling home game machine in the U.S. for the month of September 2009 for the first time ever, the NPD Group reported today. Sony was able to sell 491.8K units 32.4K units short from unseated the Nintendo DS with 524.2K units.

Total sales of videogames in the U.S. were $1.28 billion dollars, up 1% from last September.

U.S. Hardware Sales, September 2009:

Nintendo DS 524.2K

PlayStation 3 491.8K

Wii 462.8K

Xbox 360 352.6K

PSP 190.4K

PlayStation 2 146.0K

Top 10 Software Sales, September 2009:

1. Halo 3: ODST (360, Microsoft) 1,520,000


2. Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) 442,900


3. Madden NFL 10 (360, Electronic Arts) 289,600


4. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (DS, Nintendo) 258,100


5. The Beatles: Rock Band (360, MTV) 254,000


6. Madden NFL 10 (PS3, Electronic Arts) 246,500


7. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (360, Activision Blizzard) 236,000


8. Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, Square Enix) 212,500


9. Guitar Hero 5 (360, Activision Blizzard) 210,800



10. The Beatles: Rock Band (Wii, MTV) 208,600

Socom: Confrontation Gets Cold Front PS3 DLC

SCEA Software Product Marketing Manager Scott McCarthy announced exciting news of a Cold Front DLC Pack for SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation on PS3.

According to Scott McCarthy: We are very happy to announce the COLD FRONT DLC pack for SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation.

Loaded with new features and content, this pack brings a brand new snowy Eastern European area of operations into play with two all new maps and three classic SOCOM maps for 16 to 32 players. The classic maps are drawn from some of the most popular SOCOM maps of all time, each built from the ground up for the PS3!

Kit yourself out in snow gear and fight your way through blizzard conditions, joining a team of mercenaries or a squad from one of the world’s top Special Forces regiments including the Russian Spetsnaz.

Try your hand at Arms Run, a new game mode that features dynamically placed missile launchers that must be activated or destroyed, depending on which side you’re fighting for.

Employ the new thermal vision scope weapon attachment to track your enemies’ heat signatures – vital in the dark and useful in daylight for picking out white camouflaged adversaries. In addition, we have new primary weapons to make use of and new attachments.

The pack will include:

• New Russian / Eastern European Area of Operation
• Snow setting complete with snow effects, new snow gear and camo for both the Special Forces and Mercenaries, and thermal vision
• New ARMS RUN gameplay mode
• 5 New Maps: Uprising, Entrapment, Blizzard, Night Stalker, Vigilance
• All new mercenaries characters with new looks and new VO.
• New Special Forces squad, the Russian Spetsnaz
• Gun turrets emplacements
• New music
• All new character specialization/progression system
• Allows players to pick a primary and secondary specialization and unlock new equipment exclusive to those specializations
• New weapons, including: 3 new weapons, 6 enhanced versions of weapons available as part of the new weapons specialization system, 2 new weapon attachments (including the thermal scope), 5 enhanced versions of weapon attachments also available as part of the new weapons specialization system.
• 2 new grenade launcher ammo types (flash and smoke)
• New Trophies
• This pack will be available for download via the Playstation Network for $14.99.

250GB PS3 Slim Now Available for Pre-Order in November

SCEA has officially announced a stand-alone (not part of a bundle) 250GB PS3 Slim model. This latest PS3 SKU more than doubles the storage capacity over the $299 120GB PS3 Model, and for only $50 more.

One day following the 250GB PS3 Slim’s announcement, it’s already become available for pre-order at least one major online retailer.

The world’s largest online retailer, Amazon.com has begun accepting pre-orders for the upcoming 250GB PS3 Slim. Releasing November 3rd, the 250GB PS3 Slim is priced competitively at $349.99. This latest PS3 model will help keep up Sony’s momentum since it released the 120GB PS3 Slim back in early September.

Microsoft: Sony PS3 Sales will never catch up 'For Entire Generation'

Microsoft: Xbox 360 Will Outsell PS3 'For Entire Generation'

Let the shit-talking begin: Microsoft Xbox 360 director of product management Aaron Greenberg threw some serious blows(more like an Haaadooouken)in an interview with Game Informer, calling Sony's anticipated leading September PS3 sales "a short term bump."

"It is not a real concern to us," said Greenberg, acknowledging the likelihood of Sony's top slot sales numbers and adding "This is frankly not a real surprise to us or the analysts that follow this industry."

"What I can tell you is we remain confident that Xbox 360 will not only outsell PS3 for the full calendar year, but for this entire generation. It is similar to a game of baseball, it is not about just winning one inning, but instead being able to win the game by consistently delivering across all nine innings."

Microsoft has had a very strong performance over the past three quarters--it's the only console with year-over-year unit increases in a bad economy--it would indeed take an act of God for Sony to pull ahead in annual sales by the year's close. But as Greenberg says, it's the big picture that matters, and for the moment, Microsoft owns US sales by a unit ratio of roughly 2 to 1

There is one statement that Aaron Greenberg makes that really bugs me, Greenberg states: that success comes down to "much more than just hardware sales...it's about the entire ecosystem and investing in the future." Which is true but Sony has been investing in their gaming future ever since December 2004 and Nintendo a lot longer. Microsoft venture into Gaming is still relatively short compared to Sony and Nintendo. Sony may never catch up to Xbox 360 but they will slowly chop away at Microsoft 360 lead.

Uncharted 2: 3rd fastest-selling PS3 game "Ever"

These latest figures provided by VGChartz confirms that the amazing sequel, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the 3rd fastest-selling PS3 game in the U.S. The only two games to have beaten it are Metal Gear Solid 4 at two and Grand Theft Auto IV at No.1.

Sales in other countries of the game are as follows, 47,000 units were shifted in Japan on its first day, with sales expected to reach 60,000 - 65,000 by the end of the week. There are no specific sales data for Europe, but week once sales should achieve around 400,000 - 500,000 sales.

Mass Effect 2 "kinda,sorta,maybe" coming to PS3

According to Polish gaming Web site Polygamia, Watamaniuk presented two games during the event, one of those being Mass Effect 2. In that section of his presentation, Watamaniuk said the sci-fi RPG was set to hit three platforms: the Xbox 360, PC, “and probably PS3.” Polygamia writes that the man realized his mistake and shortly began backpedaling, saying that the studio doesn’t comment on rumors and speculation. In other words, they don’t comment on stories like this.

God of War III demo out Nov 19 in Japan

The Japanese version of Infamous is being pack with an extra little surprise, Sony is giving out demo codes to download God of War III Japanese demo from the PlayStation Store.

The demo will be available on November 19, about a month after Infamous’ October 15 release date in Japan. Codes can be redeemed from November 19 to February 2010.

Fist of North Star To Sell A Million Domestically

Kenji Matsubara, Tecmo Koei Holdings head honcho, expects great things from the recently announced multi-platform title Hokuto Musou aka: "Fist of the North Star". The game is based on post-apocalyptic martial arts manga Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken). One of the best Anime to ever be released.

"Only in Japan, the game should sell a million copies," Matsubara told the Nihon Keisai Newspaper. According to the paper, the game is expected to launch worldwide, given the international familiarity with Fist of the North Star.

Rumor: PS3 cross-game chat in next firmware

In a PlayStation.com Forums thread about the existing Uncharted 2 chat system, a Naughty Dog staffer with the handle "ReklissAbandon" reportedly said that "the next PS3 firmware update is going to allow cross game chat."

Reported statement made by ReklissAbandon:

"I think they wanted people to have fun and ejoy the show since all dead players can talk to each other no matter what team you are on. But I will suggest it anyway. Not to mention that the next PS3 firmware update is going to allow cross game chat. So if players use that instead of in game communication then they would also be able to communicate enemies positions."

CryEngine 3 Beauty Speed Interaction Trailer HD

Today Crytek released their new CryENGINE 3 all-in-one multiplatform development solution, now available for licensees along with a video of it in action below!

Video after the jump:

Video Games | CryEngine 3 | Beauty Speed Interaction Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Press Release: Frankfurt a. M. (Germany), October 14th 2009 - Crytek GmbH (“Crytek”) is excited to announce that their latest all-in-one development solution CryENGINE 3 is now available for all developers.

CryENGINE 3 is the first game development platform for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, MMO, DX9/DX10 that also is truly Next-Gen-Ready - with scalable computation and graphics for all major upcoming platforms.

It provides the complete game engine to create AAA quality next generation games, and includes the redesigned CryENGINE 3 Sandbox™ level editor, a production-proven, 3rd generation “What you see is what you play” (WYSIWYP) - tool designed by and for professional developers.

CryENGINE 3 also introduces CryENGINE 3 Live Create™. It allows developers to work with a single editor, but see and play the results in real-time on PC, PS3 and Xbox360, hooked up to a single dev PC.

The engine takes care of the conversion and optimization of assets in real-time; enables instant, cross-platform changes to any part of game creation and as a result materially increases the speed, quality and significantly reduces the risk of multiplatform development.

“With CryENGINE 3 we are releasing the best development solution available today and tomorrow. With its scalable graphics and computation it is next-gen ready and with new features like CryENGINE 3 Live Create the best choice for game developers and companies developing serious games applications alike. It is the only game engine solution that enables real-time development and can ensure teams are able to maximise their own creativity, save budget and create greater gaming experiences.” said Cevat Yerli, CEO & President of Crytek.

“We’re delighted to launch CryENGINE 3 and we look forward to seeing what developers achieve with our all-new technology. CryENGINE 3 isn’t just about providing our trademark highest-quality graphics and our out of the box AI and physics for the first time on consoles – it also delivers real benefits to all disciplines in games development.

Programmers will create awesome new effects and gameplay; art, design and audio teams can play as they create with the fastest, entirely real-time WYSIWYP pipeline ever, materially reducing development time and risk – even producers, project managers and suits will love CryENGINE 3!

Of course, our international team of more than 20 dedicated support staff are available right now to help our licensees make the most of CryENGINE 3; at their studio or at one of our support centres around the world.” added Carl Jones, Director of Business Development CryENGINE.

CryENGINE® is the underlying technology for Crytek’s critically acclaimed games Far Cry, Crysis, Crysis Warhead and NC Soft’s recently released MMORPG blockbuster AION. It has already been licensed to a number of major game companies around the globe, including several recent serious games training and simulation projects. CryENGINE®3 is the underlying technology for the highly anticipated Crysis®2.

Tekken 6 PS3 Trophies

Tekken 6 will contain 50 Trophies, now at the cusp of an release we get a chance to take a sneak peek at the Trophies, thanks to the thesixthaxis and the master of unlocking, Zule. Tekken 6 made a huge splash among PS3 owners when it was announced that it will be going mulitplatform.

Bronze

Give Your Fists a Rest
Defeat an enemy using a weapon in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Night at the Movies
Unlock a movie in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Treasure Amateur
Collect 50 treasures in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Treasure Enthusiast
Collect 100 treasures in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Enemy Hunting Amateur
Defeat 300 enemies in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Enemy Hunting Enthusiast
Defeat 1000 enemies in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Playing With Fire
Defeat 100 enemies with the Flamethrower in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Heavy Artillery
Defeat 100 enemies with the Gatling Gun in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Ready for Action
Pick up 300 health recovery items in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Brute Force
Defeat 100 enemies with the Lead Pipe in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Thirsty Fighter
Pick up 50 drink items in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Crate Breaker
Destroy 100 wooden crates in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Alien Hunter
Defeat 10 aliens in Scenario Campaign Mode.

King of the Hill
Knock 10 enemies in the water in Scenario Campaign Mode.

A Friend in Need
Rescue your downed partner 3 times in Scenario Campaign Mode (single player).

Combo Amateur
Perform a 10 chain combo in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Combo Enthusiast
Perform a 30 chain combo in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Upgraded Assistant
Upgrade Alisa to the highest possible level.

What’s So Special About It?
Obtain the Special Flag in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Learning is Fun
Clear the tutorial stage in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Moving On Up
Win a Ranked Match in Online Mode.

No Pressure
Win a Player Match in Online Mode.

Fighting Amateur
Play 3 matches in Online Mode.

Fighting Enthusiast
Play 10 matches in Online Mode.

Arcade Addict
Clear the Arcade Battle in Offline Mode.

Team Toppler
Defeat 3 teams in Team Battle in Offline Mode.

Survival of the Fittest
Earn 10 consecutive wins in Survival in Offline Mode.

Practice Makes Perfect
Inflict a total of 1000 damage in Practice in Offline Mode.

Ghost Vanquisher
Defeat 30 Ghosts.

Love That Money
Collect more than 5,000,000 G.

Silver

Item Connoisseur
Obtain a Rank S Item in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Treasure Master
Collect 200 treasures in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Enemy Hunting Master
Defeat 2000 enemies in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Scenario Expert
Clear all of the stages in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Combo Master
Perform a 50 chain combo in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Fighting Master
Play 30 matches in Online Mode.

Machine Crusher
Defeat NANCY-MI847J.

Gold

No Key For Me
Clear the Millennium Tower stage without the boot-up key in Scenario Campaign Mode.

Gallery Completionist
Complete the Gallery.

Resistance 3 Invading PS3 Soon

Insomniac Games, one of the premiere developers in the industry--looks like they are planning Sgt. Nathan Hale's, third tour on the PS3. Insomniac Games has had a great and celebrated start on one of the most complex gaming systems in the world. They were able to create the current masterpieces Resistance 1 & 2 and the much loved Ratchet and Clank series for the PS3.

The billboard was spotted by forum user “goldsoundz” from the site NeoGAF, who went on to say:

“I saw this billboard today in Shreveport, Louisiana. There are a lot of movies filmed here, and this one is about some sort of alien takeover of Los Angeles; the name of the film escapes me at the moment. Snapped off a few photos of the billboard since I wasn’t sure if the game had been announced yet or not. If not, then I’m surprised Insomniac would be announcing it here of all places.”

Do not know the legitimacy of the Billboard and Sony has not officially announce anything but it's not inconceivable with the recent surge in sales for the PS3 Slim(and if you had a chance to play Resistance 2 the ending points to a Resistance 3). And Ratchet and Clank:A Crack in Time scheduled for an October 27th release.

Insomniac Games would not just sit around Bo-jangling with 2010 shaping up to be very important year for Sony--with great franchise releases planed, for example: God of War III, Gran Turismo 5, FFXIII, Team ICO's new Project, The Agent just to name a few. Why not throw Resistance 3 into the mixed just chalk this up as a rumor for now now stay tune to Video Gamer's Heaven for more information.

Tekken 6 gone gold, features revealed

Namco Bandai has announced that Tekken 6 for (PS3, Xbox 360, PSP) has gone gold and is now making its way to the manufacturing process. The latest installment of Tekken will be packed with an entirely new online and offline gameplay and will feature the biggest character line up ever.

• Ranked Match and Player Match - Rank up or work to improve your fighting skills by battling opponents worldwide in online versus mode with voice chat functionality;

• Data Upload & Download - Create and upload customised ghost characters which accurately replicate your fight style; Any player in the world can download your ghost to take on your virtual self in a one-on-one battle even when you're not online; Upload replays of killer matches to share with friends and opponents around the world.

• Scenario Online Co-op - New feature coming this winter as a free post-launch downloadable update; Jump into intense two player online co-op campaigns against AI controlled enemies and experience the dramatic large-scale action with friends around the globe.

• Leaderboards - Battle Points: online only, split between World, Asia, America and Europe; Rank: overall on and offline ranking, from Beginner to TEKKEN God; Additional rankings include Ranked Match, Scenario Campaign, Time Attack and Survival.

Dantes Inferno dev diary discusses anger

Visceral Games has released a new developer diary of Dante's Inferno (PS3, PSP, and Xbox 360). This time, the developers discusses the fifth circle of hell, anger. Dantes Inferno looks very interesting so far. I wonder how will win? Kratos or Dante in the ultimate battle for Hades. Check out the video after the jump.

PS3 is top selling console in September -- for first time ever?

EEDAR's analyst Jesse Divnich predicts 400,000 PS3s were sold in September, edging out both Wii and Xbox 360 sales (375k and 370k units respectively) .Wedbush Morgan mega game analyst Michael Pachter has also published his September video game sales preview for the US market.

Pachter estimates PS3 console sales of 410,000 units, a 76 per cent increase year-over-year. This should be enough to topple both the Wii (390,000 units) and Microsoft's Xbox 360 (350,000 units).

"We believe that the recent round of price cuts may benefit the PS3 the most in coming months, given that unit sales last year were only 1.5 million for the September -- December 2008 period," claimed the handsome man. "The Xbox 360 has outsold the PS3 for the past 13 months, likely due to a higher perceived value proposition.

"We think that the PS3 will outsell the Xbox 360 in September, and may continue to do so for the rest of the year. Microsoft has the ability to lower price yet again, but we anticipate the introduction of a more feature-packed Xbox 360 in early 2010 (likely with a 250Gb hard drive) at the same $299 price point; we think that Microsoft will cut price only if it begins to lose significant market share to Sony."

Amazon Teams up with Sony To Sell PSN Content

Amazon Becomes First Online Retailer To Sell PSN Content Codes

PlayStation 3 owners rejoice, because Amazon have just announced a new effort with Sony that will allow PS3 owners to purchase PS3 and PSP content codes via Amazon, making Amazon the first online retailer to provide this service

Currently, the Amazon PS3/PSP section contains around 200 pieces of content (games, DLC, etc.), but that number will expand in the near future, as the service goes along. Some of the games available right now are Flower, Pixeljunk Eden, Echochrome and Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters. Amazon’s vice president of consumer electronics, Paul Ryder, said in a statement, “We are excited to expand our current library of video game platform downloads. PlayStation Network games are an important addition and we plan to continue making it easier for customers to instantly enjoy new content as well as their favorite games from the comfort of their living rooms.”

Bayonetta shoots it's way onto Japanese PSN

The PS3 demo for Bayonetta has gone live on the Japanese PSN Store, for those who can't wait for it to arrive on our end. It's still not too late to set up all regional PSN accounts for your PS3.

The demo apparently features an extended version of the Angel Metropolis stage seen in the 360 demo, but doesn't have the Clock Tower level in it, according to PS3Center. It's a healthy dose of 1195MB file of super sexy gun slinging ass kicking action.

We expect Sony to confirm today's UK PSN update any time now. Hopefully it'll be in there too, for those of you too lazy to create a Japanese PSN account.

Blue Christmas: EyePet Delay

Sony is the Grinch that stole Christmas, from legions of fanboy's and girls with the recent announcement that Eyepet will be delayed.

If you were among the many PlayStation 3 owners looking forward to a special holiday season spent playing with your fuzzy new EyePet thingamajig, prepare to be terribly disappointed. GameStop and Amazon both shifted the listed release data for the EyePet from November 2009 to April 2010, and now Gamervision has received the official word from Sony.

"The North American territory has decided to take additional time to focus on the EyePet product and can confirm it will not be available this holiday. EyePet is an innovative and exciting new IP to the PS3 platform and SCEA marketing will spend additional time to continue educating consumers and retail channels, setting the table for a successful product launch. We will provide more details on an updated launch timeframe very soon"

Sony PS3 PSN is Down

Good news Bad news, the bad news the Playstation Network is offline right about now. The good news Sony have just a few words to say about the matter, “Site Maintenance Notice: The server is currently down for maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later”. Apparently the maintenance should be all sorted in a few hours so you’ll have to do something other than play PS3 online. Maybe play it offline?

Trophy Whores: Modern Warfare 2 Trophies and Achievements

For those Trophy Whores out there that cannot play any game unless the they hear that marvelous chime, Infinity Ward has specified the badges you will be earning in Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, and PC) to show off your prodigious skills (or that you have so much time on your hands).

Checking through the lists at PS3Trophies and Xbox360Achievements, we now have a complete list of the 51 trophies in Modern Warfare 2.

warning may contain spoilers.

• Platinum Trophy - Earn all other trophies. (Platinum)
• Back in the Saddle - Help train the local militia. (Bronze, 15G)
• Danger Close - Get hand picked for Shepherd's elite squad. (Bronze, 15G)
• Cold Shoulder - Infiltrate the snowy mountain side base. (Bronze, 15G)
• Tag 'em and bag 'em - Find Rojas in the Favelas. (Bronze, 15G)
• Royale with Cheese - Defend Burger Town. (Bronze, 15G)
• Soap on a Rope - Storm the gulag. (Bronze, 15G)
• Desperate Times - Execute the plan to help the Americans. (Bronze, 15G)
• Whiskey Hotel - Take back Whiskey Hotel. (Bronze, 15G)
• The Pawn - Assault Makarov's safe house. (Bronze, 15G)
• Out of the Frying Pan... - Complete the mission in the airplane graveyard. (Bronze, 15G)
• For the Record - Complete the Single Player campaign on any difficulty. (Silver, 35G)
• The Price of War - Complete the single player campaign on Hardened or Veteran Difficulty. (Gold, 90G)
• First Day of School - Complete 'S.S.D.D' and 'Team Player' on Veteran Difficulty. (Silver, 25G)
• Black Diamond - Complete 'Cliffhanger' on Veteran Difficulty. (Silver, 25G)
• Turistas - Complete 'Takedown' and 'The Hornet's Nest' on Veteran Difficulty. (Silver, 25G)
• Red Dawn - Complete 'Wolverines!' and 'Exodus' on Veteran Difficulty. (Silver, 25G)
• Prisoner #627 - Complete 'The Only Easy Day... Was Yesterday' and 'The Gulag' on Veteran Difficulty. (Silver, 25G)
• Ends Justify the Means - Complete 'Contingency' on Veteran Difficulty. (Silver, 25G)
• Homecoming - Complete 'Of Their Own Accord', 'Second Sun', and 'Whiskey Hotel' on Veteran Difficulty. (Silver, 25G)
• Queen takes Rook - Complete 'Loose Ends' and 'The Enemy of My Enemy' on Veteran Difficulty. (Silver, 25G)
• Off the Grid - Complete 'Just Like Old Times' and 'Endgame' on Veteran Difficulty. (Silver, 25G)
• Pit Boss - Run The Pit in 'S.S.D.D' and finish with a final time under 30 seconds. (Bronze,10G)
• Ghost - Plant the C4 in 'Cliffhanger' without alerting or injuring anyone in the blizzard. (Bronze,10G)
• Colonel Sanderson - Kill 7 chickens in under 10 seconds in 'The Hornet's Nest'. (Bronze,10G)
• Gold Star - Earn 1 star in Special Ops. (Bronze, 20G)
• Hotel Bravo - Earn 4 stars in Special Ops. (Bronze, 20G)
• Charlie On Our Six - Earn 8 stars in Special Ops. (Bronze, 20G)
• It Goes to Eleven - Earn at least 1 star in 11 different Special Op missions. (Bronze, 20G)
• Operational Asset - Earn all 3 stars in at least 5 different Special Op missions. (Bronze, 20G)
• Blackjack - Earn 21 stars in Special Ops. (Bronze, 20G)
• Honor Roll - Earn at least 1 star in each Special Op mission. (Bronze, 20G)
• Operative - Earn all 3 stars in at least 10 different Special Op missions. (Silver, 30G)
• Specialist - Earn 30 stars in Special Ops. (Silver, 30G)
• Professional - Earn all 3 stars in at least 15 different Special Op missions. (Silver, 30G)
• Star 69 - Earn 69 stars in Special Ops. (Gold, 90G)
• Downed but Not Out - Kill 4 enemies in a row while downed in Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• I'm the Juggernaut... - Kill a Juggernaut in Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• Ten plus foot-mobiles - Kill at least 10 enemies with one Predator missile in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• Unnecessary Roughness - Use a riot shield to beat down an enemy in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• Knock-knock - Kill 4 enemies with 4 shots during a slow-mo breach in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• Some Like it Hot - Kill 6 enemies in a row using a thermal weapon in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• Two Birds with One Stone - Kill 2 enemies with a single bullet in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• The Road Less Traveled - Collect 22 enemy intel items. (Bronze, 10G)
• Leave No Stone Unturned - Collect 45 enemy intel items. (Bronze, 10G)
• Drive By - Kill 20 enemies in a row while driving a vehicle in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• The Harder They Fall - Kill 2 rappelling enemies in a row before they land on their feet in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• Desperado - Kill 5 enemies in a row using 5 different weapons or attachments in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• Look Ma Two Hands - Kill 10 enemies in a row using akimbo weapons in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• No Rest For the Wary - Knife an enemy without him ever knowing you were there in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)
• Three-some - Kill at least 3 enemies with a single shot from a grenade launcher in Single Player or Special Ops. (Bronze, 10G)