Great news!

In the past couple days of the gaming world anyway.

Assassin's Creed 2 has been confirmed.

Yesterday, Title Update 2 for Gears of War 2 hit Xbox Live.

Along with a host of bug fixes come fixes to some of my most hated exploits:

Exploit Fixes

Title Update 2 fixes these possible exploits, where under certain circumstances:

• A player could melee or grenade tag through certain walls.
• A player could equip a shield and a two-handed weapon simultaneously.
• A player could make their shield invisible.
• A player could become invisible.
• A player could do a "super" mantle or "kung fu flip," flying high into the air.
• A player could gain unlimited ammo with the Lancer Assault Rifle.
• A player could fire while roadie running (also known as "crabwalking").
• A player could pick up a weapon while sliding into cover.
• A player could walk forward while firing a deployed mortar.
• A player could force an opponent to be stuck in the down but not out (DBNO) position.
• A player could prevent other players from picking up a heavy weapon.
• A player could pick up a dropped meatflag without having to knock him down.
• A ragdolled player could be killed without ever going DBNO.
• A player could roadie run while firing the Scorcher Flamethrower.
• A player could get stuck while evading, though they could continue shooting in any direction.
• A player could concuss themselves under the stairs on the River map.

There you have it noobs...weapon sliding is a glitch (errr, was a glitch). At least until someone figures out how to do it a different way.