Thursday June 14th, sometime around 2:00AM GMT the new Gears of War content update will be available for download. In the US, that's still technically tonight, so Gearheads rejoice!
You'll be able to buff up your gamerscore by 250 points by playing a ton of Annex, as well as the most recent downloadable maps. Any players not willing to drop 10 bucks on the Hidden Fronts map pack can patiently wait for their release on September 3, wherein they will become a free download.
Now what's included among the achievements, you may be asking yourself? What do I need to do to jump-up my gamerscore, and what else is in the update?
You can check Gears of War's Official Website for the full details, but here's a sample:
- New Achievements added! Eight new achievements worth a total of 250 points created for playing Annex and the Hidden Fronts Multiplayer Map Pack
- Improved Roadie Run to reduce getting snagged on cover
- Tweaked up the amount of damage done by the Lancer Assault Rifle in multiplayer
- Fixed split-screen players interrupting the other player’s actions when they die
- Stopped Annex scoring whenever a “Connection Error” dialog box is displayed
- Reduced the duration that corpses remain visible when hosting an Annex match
- Reduced the range of possible Annex bleed-out times selectable by host
- Addressed a number of multiplayer exploits
- Addressed other general housekeeping
Looks like not only will Gears have more to do, but it will be a cleaner experience online. Thankfully, Epic has removed the super-glue from the Locust/COG's that makes them stick to walls so easily, and fixed up some issues online. Sounds good to us. See you online.
