The Behemoth Teases New Title

Check out the new teaser trailer for Behemoth's upcoming game, which is in such an early build it still has no name.The game is an extremely early build but looks to focus more on the co-op side of things as Behemoth is starting to be known for and seems to have a certain little big planet feel to it. It should be interesting to see what direction they are going to go in for the art style and gameplay. The game is expected to hit XBLA in 2010..hopefully...

iPhone 3.0 Firmware Update FTW!

 

Cutting right to the chase the new iPhone firmware 3.0 set to hit itunes this summer looks to be far better than expected. Packing over 100 new features and tons more for the developers. Here's the rundown of some of the key features.

• COPY AND PASTE :: You double tap on a piece of text and it will automatically places bubble above it with the option to cut, copy or paste the current selection. To bring up the paste option, you just have to double tap again. To make a bigger selection of text, double tap and then drag where you’d like the text to end. You can also drag this text around. To undo a paste, just shake your phone!

• You can now send more than one photo by copying and pasting them into the Mail app.
• 3.0 unlocks  Bluetooth in 2g iPod touches and allows for wireless Bluetooth peer to peer connections for things like gaming file sharing and more.
• Use landscape (wide keyboard mode) in applications SMS, notepad, mail etc.
• New message app supports MMS! (Major gripe about the iPhone fixed!) Send and received photos through the network.
• New 1st party app Voice memos which allows you to record edit, share and email directly from the app
• New calendar support :: gcal Subscriptions, .ics format, exchange
• Stock app added news and more details.
• Search in Mail as well as other applications: Contacts, notes, calendar, iPod
• New Spotlight home screen that will let you search all of your applications.
• YouTube improvements :: allows for  ratings, subscriptions and profiles
• Notes sync with iTunes, Shake to shuffle, WiFi auto-login, Stereo Bluetooth, parental controls, call log, iTunes account creation, anti-phishing, meeting invitations and more.

• Push notification for apps — Alerts appear like SMS, badges show up on the app icon, and audio alerts will be heard in the background. The battery life is said to only decrease by 23% while on other devices using background processes killed the battery life 80% (my favorite addition)

…ill be here counting the seconds to its release…

Gears 2 Map Pack 2 coming March 31, title update hitting March 24

On March 31, the title's second batch of DLC, entitled the "Snowblind Map Pack," will hit the Xbox Live Marketplace , bringing four new maps to the table: Grindyard, Under Hill, Courtyard and Fuel Depot, a remake of a map from the original Gears.

Possibly more exciting then this news, Epic also announced that they will be getting rid of their current ranking system into a “more intuitive, experience point-based system”. Players will earn experience points for scoring in public matches, rising up to level 100 and even unlock achievements at set levels (5, 15, 25, 50 and 100). This update hits Gears about a week before the news maps on march 24th.

Peggle and Crystal Defenders hit the XBLA this week

This Wednesday, Pop Cap Game’s long awaited title Peggle, along with Square Enix’s Crystal Defenders will be hitting the Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft points or $10 each.

Split/Second debut trailer looks to give Burnout a run for its money

Ever Since i watched the movie Death Race, I always wondered what a next gen game similar to that would be like and now it looks like I'm getting my answer. Last night during Game Trailers TV our first look at at Pure developer Black Rock Studio's upcoming racing title, Split/Second was shown. It looks like Split/Second, like Death Race, will be placing your destructive racing action in front of a televised audience for all to see.

Hinted in the trailer Split/Second will also allow players to trigger real time events that have the potential of wiping out your opponent in seconds or even your self if your not careful… Check out the trailer linked below to get a better example of what this game entails.

Spit/Second Trailer on GTTV

One Billion Served!

At exactly 6:36pm PST, in a three minute and nineteen second game of Infection on Foundry, four players participated in Halo 3's one billionth match. That's a crap load of matches and i think its safe to assume those 4 players got recon armor. Some other interesting tidbits bungie released is the fact that halo 2 still has yet to reach the 1 billion mark and that in total there is currently a total Matchmaking Playtime of 2,023,153,340,764 seconds that's over 64,000 years of combined playtime in matchmaking and counting…they go on to shoot out some perspective facts as well, shown below.

64,000 years ago:

• Neanderthal walked the Earth.
• Modern Man had yet to set foot in Asia.
• The Battle Rifle was Hitscan.