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Gears of War Update with New Achievements, Exploit Fixes to be released Today

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Thursday, June 14th, 2007 | Related entries: Gaming

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Today, any and everyone’s favorite Xbox 360 title ‘Gears of War’ will release eight new Achievements for the “Annex” gametype and the “Hidden Fronts” Multiplayer Map Pack on Xbox Live.

Apart from the new Achievements, which are worth a total of 250 points, Epic who is GoW’s developed has gone ahead and enhanced the Roadie Run controls enabling players to have greater control of their movement and allowing them to better destroy their lethal enemies.

In addition, the title update will also help squash multiplayer exploits and offer general housekeeping.

What’s more, the “Annex” gametype is now available absolutely 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 3rd September 2007.

The official Gears of War has listed the Release Notes and Achievement Details. Have a look at them below:

  • 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
  • Name (Gamerscore) - Description

  • “THIS! IS! ANNEX!” (40) - Complete 100 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in Annex and capture 3 objectives in each match
  • “Inconceivable!” (30) - Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by fewer than 5 points
  • “Nub Pwn3r” (30) - Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by shutting out the opposing team
  • “You Down With E.P.I.C?” (30) - Win a multiplayer match of 3+ rounds in any game type on 6 different downloadable maps
  • “Green Thumb” (30) - Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Garden multiplayer map
  • “Mind the Gap” (30) - Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Subway multiplayer map
  • “All That Juice” (30) - Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Process multiplayer map
  • “Purdy Mouth” (30) - Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Bullet Marsh multiplayer map
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