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Historian achievement in Homefront

Historian

Find all 61 News Pickups in the Single Player Campaign

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  • Silver ScorpianSilver Scorpian
    16 Mar 2011 16 Mar 2011
    I just completed my video walkthrough with all the news pickup locations in each chapter. Each pick up is in order and I tend I show a point of reference so each one should be fairly easy to find. Good luck hunting!

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    Claptrap NLIt had to be: Thumps up for you, instead of me. LOL.
    Is it possible that this achievement is glitched? Because I'm sure I've all the collectibles but no achievement.
    Posted by Claptrap NL on 09 Feb 13 at 00:22
    Followed your guide but only ended up with 60/61. Argh...
    Posted on 25 Apr 13 at 20:37
    61 out of 61!!! So happy. I replayed all the levels after getting 60 again. I went in reverse order, 7, 5, 4, 3. Decided to replay 1 instead of 2 based on Tho Roda's comment. It was not there.
    So Chapter 2. I continued to use your videos and as soon as I watched number you find #6, I was like - "Shit! I am pretty sure I missed that one." Ran as fast as I could, saw it glowing, smiled and pressed X. Pop! Oh yeah!
    I know what I did wrong. After collecting #5 I must have not paused the video quick enough as I looked at the screen. Then I must have paused it on #7. #6 and #7 look similar due to the school bus being present in both.
    I am afraid that I cannot give you another positive Silver Scorpian, as you had it a long time ago from me. I do not understand why you received [a] negative(s) for not making a text guide.
    Thank you very much.
    Posted on 28 Apr 13 at 10:59
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  • jamsandwhichjamsandwhich
    05 Feb 2012 05 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2012
    Found this on http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/960374-homefront/faqs/62051
    Credit to redapocalypse04 For making thiis guide
    Chapter 1
    1. After the bus is hit by a semi, you’ll exit it. Before you enter the White Castle building ahead of you, go around to the left side and look on the ground.
    2. You’ll come to a part where you have to fight off a bunch of enemies. After the gas tanks explode and you survive the ambush, you’ll move through two broken walls. You should see a caravan to your left. The Newspaper is on the ground just ahead of it.
    3. Just after the last Newspaper, you’ll be tasked with crawling into a house. Before you do that, look to the right of the hole. This Newspaper is on the ground in front of a window.
    4. After you have to sprint across the street and get over the fence, go left, around the back of the blue house. The Newspaper is propped up on the window sill back here.
    5. After the previous Newspaper, you’ll enter a house. Look in the fireplace for this Newspaper.
    6. In the same house as the previous Newspaper. Before you leave, look on the stairs for another Newspaper.
    7. After you destroy the APC and jump out of the window, go forward a bit and look left. You should see a yellow house. Go to the right of it and lookon a small mound for the Newspaper.
    8. From the previous Newspaper, go two houses to the right and you’ll find another yellow house. This Newspaper is on the porch of the house, near the back fence.
    9. After getting the previous Newspaper, you’ll have to follow Connor into a white house. The Newspaper is on the ground in the garage as soon as you enter. Very hard to miss.
    10. In the same house as the previous Newspaper. Before you exit, look in the left corner for this Newspaper.

    Chapter 2
    1. Inside the first house that Boone leads you into. Go into a room behind the woman laying on the couch to find this Newspaper laying on the floor.
    2. After talking to the people in the yard, you’ll have to regroup with Boone,who is standing on the porch of a house. Before you do that, look to the right of the porch for this Newspaper.
    3. After you exit the tunnel, go left around the front of the house. The Newspaper is behind a small tree here.
    4. From the previous Newspaper, you’ll have to go between a house and a whiteshed. When you’re between them, look at the shed and you’ll see that it’s open. The Newspaper is inside.
    5. After the previous Newspaper, you’ll enter a house. From here you’ll have to navigate a street guarded by a sentry gun. If the gun’s spotlight fallson you, it’ll start shooting. The Newspaper is across the street from the house you’re in. There’s a trash can just outside of the house that you can use for cover.
    6. After you clear the backyard and exit the next house, you should see a bus in front of you. Go right and to the side of the house you just came out of. The Newspaper is on the ground.
    7. In the same area as the previous Newspaper, you should see a Flag pole.This Newspaper is right by it.
    8. In the same area as the previous two Newspapers, you’ll find a second bus on the left side. Go inside it to find the Newspaper.
    9. When you get inside the basketball court, find the beaver painted on the wall. Look on the ground underneath it for a Newspaper.
    10. When you exit into the playground, go left and then head back into an alley of sorts. The Newspaper is at the very end.
    11. In the playground, on the right side, there’s a thing that you can climb on with a couple of slides on it. The Newspaper is on it.
    12. Just after the previous two Newspapers, you’ll come to a house. There’s a big blue bowl or kiddie pool type thing in front of the house. The Newspaper is in it.
    13. After you enter the labor camp. When you hit the street, turn right, then look right. You’ll see a blue house. To the right of that house, by some clotheslines and a blue canopy, you’ll find the Newspaper.
    14. Across the street from the previous Newspaper, on the sidewalk, near a sleeping man.
    15. After you meet Arnie, he’ll lead you through a turnstile. Before you go through, turn around and head back, down the “alley” to find this Newspaper.
    16. After you pick up the beacons, follow Connor until he kicks down a piece of metal. Shortly after this, you’ll find the Newspaper laying on the ground in your path.
    Chapter 3
    1. At the very beginning, you’ll go over a low wall. Turn left and you should see a partial wall/fence over there. Go past it to find the Newspaper.
    2. After the previous Newspaper, follow Rianna to the door of the building.Just before you get there, look at one of the handicapped parking spots.The Newspaper is on a pile of rubble here.
    3. After you exit the first building, you’ll drop down onto a balcony. Look on a box to your right for this Newspaper.
    4. After you use the Goliath to blow away a helicopter and two APCs, enter the Hooters building and look behind one of the counters for this Newspaper.
    5. After the previous Newspaper, you’ll crawl through a hole. Before enteringthe next building, look to the right of the door. This Newspaper is next to a vending machine.
    6. Inside the store, you’ll come across a Games section. The hanging sign above it says DVD. Look behind the counter here for the Newspaper.
    7. After you stick the tracking device onto the tanker, head left. You’ll have to go through an open gate that has two signs above it. One says Halt and the other says Warning: Show Identification. Look in the guard shack think to the right of the gate for this Newspaper.
    8. After you run through the burning store, you’ll have to go up some stairs. Before you do that, look under the stairs for the Newspaper.

    Chapter 4
    1. Near the beginning, after Connor knocks over a fridge to get out of the yard, look on the ground to the left for this Newspaper.
    2. After you cross the street and bust open a gate, look on the other side of the swimming pool. The Newspaper is laying next to some debris right next to the pool.
    3. After the Goliath breaks out of the cul-de-sac and you have to protect it from RPG soldiers on the street.garage on the right side of the street. The Newspaper is kind of hidden in the corner next to the open garage door.
    4. After you destroy the tank with the Goliath, look behind you, at the barricade of fencing and debris. The Newspaper is there, next to something that looks like a water heater.
    5. After you drop down into a canal, move forward to the far right corner. The newspaper is laying on a mound with grass on it.
    6. A man will open a gate for you and there will be a bunch of people on the other side. Go to the far left corner. The Newspaper is laying on the ground next to a dumpster.
    7. After you lower the first barricade, turn right and locate the Votypka FootMassage building. There is a dumpster to the right of that building. This Newspaper is hidden next to it.
    8. After the slow-motion part where you clear a room, enter the room to the right of it and look behind the semi-circular counter for the Newspaper.
    Chapter 5
    1. After you clear the first house, go to the left side of it and move to the back. The Newspaper is laying back here.
    2. From the previous Newspaper, go across the street to the old wooden buildingwith an American flag on it. This Newspaper is in here.
    3. There is another old wooden building behind the one with the previousNewspaper. This Newspaper is in it, on the floor.
    4. After Connor gives you a silenced sniper rifle, you’ll move up a dirt path.When the red barn is to your left, look on the left side of the dirt path,near a hay bale, for the Newspaper.
    5. Just after the previous Newspaper, Connor will reach a wooden shack of sorts and crouch down next to it. The Newspaper is in this shack.
    6. After doing some stealth work, you will enter a house and knife a guy. Look on a shelf on the left wall for this Newspaper. It’s next to a table with weapons on it.
    7. After getting the previous Newspaper, you’ll move down towards the river. When you drop down, look to the right of the blue car. The Newspaper is in some grass.
    8. When you break the stealth routine and have to fight a group of survivalists, move up the hill and to the left. There are two white plastic chairs up here, and the Newspaper is behind one of them.
    9. You’ll come to a crashed helicopter and be forced to fight off Koreans and survivalists. Go to the left of the chopper, past a white shed, and look on the ground near the border fencing and a trailer for this Newspaper.
    10. After you take out the last RPG soldier in the windmill, look to your right. There’s a black trailer with a red stripe going around it. This Newspaper is next to it, by the sandbags.
    11. As you make your way up towards the church, there’s a cemetery to your left. The Newspaper is just inside it, by a portion of fencing that’s been laid down.
    12. In front of the church, go to the right side and look by the scaffolding.The Newspaper is on the ground.
    13. After you drop down from the bell tower, look to your right and you will see a red semi. Keep going right and you should spot a red pickup truck.The Newspaper is next to it.
    Chapter 6
    THERE ARE NO NEWSPAPERS IN THIS LEVEL.
    Chapter 7
    1. At the very beginning, turn right and move towards two helicopters parked under some canopies. Now turn right again and head back to a table with the Newspaper on it.
    2. After you deal with the tank, go through the wall it came through. Look in front of the trailer for this Newspaper.
    3. When climbing up the bridge. The second time you go indoors, keep an eye outfor a shelf to the left of some stairs that you need to ascend. It’s after the first flight of stairs. The Newspaper is on this shelf.
    4. After you climb up to the top, go to the opposite side of the bridge. Between the semi and the guard rail you’ll find two boxes sitting next to the rail. The Newspaper is on one of them.
    5. You’ll get knocked off of the bridge and land on a lower level. Just beforeyou ascend the first ramp, look to the left of it and you’ll see some blue blocks on the ground. Jump over them and you’ll find the Newspaper on the broken piece of walkway.
    6. When you get on the AA platform where you’re supposed to defend Hopper, climb up the guard tower to find the last Newspaper.
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    SmokeScreen76Thanks for posting this guide here. I prefer written guides to videos when it comes to collectibles as I find them easier to follow as long as they're well written, and this one is. So thank you!
    Posted by SmokeScreen76 on 23 Jan 13 at 03:12
  • IveABrownThumbIveABrownThumb
    27 Apr 2011 14 May 2011
    Videos attached show collections in order and rather than just watch a video guide showing you but without descriptions then enjoy the banter from Jack and Geoff from Rooster Teeth in their chapter video guides 1-4

    Chapters 5 and 7 are videos made by MonsterAchievements
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    jChaoticThis may be a question for the manual, but is there a way to look at these after you have collected them?
    Posted by jChaotic on 31 Aug 11 at 21:12
    IveABrownThumbas far as i can remember i dont think you can
    Posted by IveABrownThumb on 31 Aug 11 at 21:21
    l BlackBrian7 lJust a heads-up for that last chapters video, collectible 4 and 5 are in the wrong order. I almost restarted the level thinking I missed number 4 but it was actually further in the mission than number 5.
    Posted by l BlackBrian7 l on 27 May 20 at 18:41
  • SSCPSSCP
    26 May 2011 11 Aug 2011
    Video i made for my youtube channel - NeedToAchieve - As with all the videos i make for the channel i upload them here on TA - Check it out for other achievement guides and walkthroughs
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