Rumors of new Halo 3 achievements seen at Pax have been all over the internet with pictures to back it up. Bungie has proven these rumors to be true with their announcement of the Halo 3 Title Update 2. The update should be coming this month and includes bug fixes, playlist ratings, and the aforementioned map-pack oriented achievements. All of these will be earned playing either the Legendary maps or campaign mode.

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LittleBigPlanet’s creators, Media Molecule, have recently announced a contest to get your created outfit for Sackboy in the game as free DLC shortly after the games release. The only requirement is that all applicants must be atleast 13 years old, go to the Official LittleBigPlanet site, draw a costume on the Sackboy template that’s provided, and email their creation to Media Molecule. A winner from Japan, Europe, and America will be chosen to have their creations included in the DLC. Good Luck!

After a slight set back, the beta for the upcoming Socom: Confrontation is finally up on the PlayStation Network for download to beta testers. Gamers who completed one of the ways to get into the beta should be receiving their keys in their e-mail as we speak. Qore subscribers should be able to access the beta a few days later on September 8.

Activision has announced that anyone who reserves Call of Duty: World at War for the Xbox 360 or PC will be granted access into the multiplayer beta scheduled for sometime in October. The beta however is not available to PlayStation 3 gamers. Though reserving the game isn’t the only way for players to get into the beta. They can also try their luck in a lottery for beta keys on the official Call of Duty site.

Earlier today Harmonix officially announced that the update to allow the transfer of songs from the original Rock Band to Rock Band 2 has gone live. The transfer will cost $5 (400 MS Points) and allows for 55 of the original games tracks to be transferred. According to the press release, due to licensing issues a few of the original games songs will not be transferable including “Enter Sandman” by Metallica, “Run To The Hills” by Iron Maiden, “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath, and “Monsoon” by Tokio Hotel.

The group over on Siliconera.com have acquired an official list of games to be shown at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show. One surprising game on the list is King of Fighters ‘98  for Xbox Live Arcade. The title has seen different arcade releases and has been ported to many consoles including SNK’s Neo-Geo, the Sega Dreamcast, and the PlayStation. The game was most recently seen on the PlayStation 2 release of KOF ‘98: Ultimate Match a few months ago. No release date or pricing has been announced, but expect to hear more info at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show.

According to a recent Eurogamer article, an insider close to Rockstar North has disclosed that the “exclusive” downloadable content for Xbox 360 version of GTA IV is still on track to be released sometime this November. The source also stated that the content will be comprised of two ten-hour episodes which include new achievements. As of right now all of this information is rumored to be true and we will have to wait for an official announcement from Rockstar to be sure.

A demo is set to be released on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network tommorow for Disney Interactive Studio’s, Pure. The game is being developed by Black Rock Studio (formerly Climax Racing, the developers of Moto GP and the ATV Offroad Fury franchise on the PlayStation 2) and features a risk/reward system not seen in the genre where taking risks such as pulling off mid-air tricks can give you a boost. The game has received much acclaim from its showings at E3 and other recent trade shows. You can check out the demo tomorrow and the full game September 23.

According to a post on the Official PlayStation Forums, a beta test of LittleBigPlanet should be hitting sometime this month.

“There will be a limited public beta test for LittleBigPlanet in September. If it will be possible to “sign up” for this test, full information on how to do so will be made public in advance of the test. Similarly if the test is going to be conducted in an invitation-only we will let you know ahead of time.”

They didn’t really announce how one would be able to get into the test or any other details at all. However I’m sure the millions of PS3 owners around the world would do just about anything to get an early play test at the PlayStation 3’s most eagerly anticipated title.

We have all come to love a certain browser. Whether it is Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, or the mass of others, we have all come to love the small things that make them standout. Google has decided its tired of standing by the wayside and is bringing a new choice to the browser war tomorrow, Google Chrome. The announcement was actually somewhat forced after a leaked comic featuring the browser and its features was put online and Google decided to go ahead and make an official announcement. Not much has been said about the browser other than it has been created from scratch and is looking to make browsing the internet a more streamlined experience. Will it overtake the king of open-source browsers, Firefox? Probably not, but it wont hurt to have a little competition. Check tomorrow for the download link.

UPDATE: Google Chrome is now up for download. Get it here: www.google.com/chrome