Gears of War update for 14-June-2007

[Mark Rein]

Gamers, Ready Your Weapons. Stop. New Gears of War®
Multiplayer Achievements Added. Stop.

End transmission.

Thursday, June 14, at 2 a.m. GMT, the stakes get even higher as Gears of War releases eight new Achievements for the “Annex” gametype and the “Hidden Fronts” Multiplayer Map Pack on Xbox LIVE®.

In addition to adding new Achievements, worth a total of 250 points, Gears of War developer Epic has improved the Roadie Run controls so players have greater control of their movement and can better annihilate their pestilent enemies. The title update will also help squash multiplayer exploits and provide general housekeeping.

For those who have yet to man up and join the battle, the “Annex” gametype is now available for free and the “Hidden Fronts” Multiplayer Map Pack is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points. All four multiplayer maps will be made available at no cost over Xbox LIVE on Sept. 3, 2007.

Release Notes

• 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

Achievement Details

"THIS! IS! ANNEX!"
Complete 100 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in Annex and capture 3 objectives in each match - 40 points

"Inconceivable!"
Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by fewer than 5 points - 30 points

"Nub Pwn3r"
Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by shutting out the opposing team - 30 points

"You Down With E.P.I.C?"
Win a multiplayer match of 3+ rounds in any game type on 6 different downloadable maps - 30 points

"Green Thumb"
Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Garden multiplayer map - 30 points

"Mind the Gap"
Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Subway multiplayer map - 30 points

"All That Juice"
Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Process multiplayer map - 30 points

"Purdy Mouth"
Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Bullet Marsh multiplayer map - 30 points

[kyle90316]

sweet thanks

[schwol69]

!! cant wait

[Sherminator]

Alright thanks!!!

[kyle90316]

Mark,

do these achievement stats start tongith after update, or will it count previous games?

[Plug]

Can you PLEASE give us a quick rundown of what you guys did with the roadie run?

[Sherminator]

Can you please confirm that you took care of the chainsaw glitch and the weapon sliding. Thanks.

[Mark Rein]

Because somebody will ask these questions, here are some additional facts:

1. Game updates are free, this doesn't cost anything,
2. The game updates automatically, you don't have to do anything to get this update other than have your 360 connected to the internet
3. You don't have to buy the Hidden Fronts pack to get the update.
4. The last five achievements listed are based on maps that come in the Hidden Fronts package so you can't achieve those unless you've downloaded the pack which currently costs 800 Microsoft points but will be free from September 3rd onward.

[Mark Rein]

Originally Posted by Plug

Can you PLEASE give us a quick rundown of what you guys did with the roadie run?

No and we don't give explanations about exploit fixes either in case anyone asks about that

[StarPilot]

"Inconceivable!" is going to be pretty hard to get...I've only finished one round where the final difference was 5 points...