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The Gears of War 2 25XP event began yesterday and will be going on until September 19th, the day before the launch of Gears of War 3. If you want to play some horde, you'll be facing off against tons of Tickers. It's been awesome playing Gears 2, but I'm ready for next week!

19 Multiplayer Maps for use with Both Horde and Matchmaking and the deleted chapter from the campaign can be yours for only 400 MSP ($5). In other Gears 2 news, The game will become on Demand Title, and will receive 4X XP up until the Halloween XP event featuring 31 XP and A Horde change titled "Chainsaw Massacre".


"This content pack features all 19 downloadable Gears 2 multiplayer maps and a bonus deleted single-player chapter, "Road to Ruin," from the Gears of War 2 campaign. For multiplayer fans, this pack brings together the complete set of Gears 2 multiplayer maps: Allfathers Garden, Canals, Courtyard, Flood, Fuel Depot, Fuel Station, Gold Rush, Gridlock, Grind Yard, Highway, Mansion, Memorial, Nowhere, Sanctuary, Subway, Tyro Station, Under Hill, War Machine, and Way Station—everything in the Flashback, Combustible, Snowblind, and Dark Corners downloadable packs combined."

Link To Content- All Fronts Collection (400 MSP/ 766 MB)

25 Times the XP. Golden Weapons for Everyone. Torque Bow wielding enemies. Yep, this is how I will spend Labor Day weekend.

While PAX-goers enjoy getting a sneak peek at Gears of War 3, Epic hasn't forgotten about those Gears fans at home and nowhere near Seattle and has flipped the switch once again for some Gears 2 XP action. Players will have another shot to get their wings, while those that never got to wield a Golden Lancer and Hammerburst will have a chance from Friday until Tuesday morning.

If you're playing some Horde with friends, just be careful peeking out of cover for explosive arrows wielded now by Drones, and Grenadiers.

Once again you enjoy all this great 25x XP action until Tuesday morning.

The Fourth of July Event Event for Gears of War 2 has started. Today until Next Tuesday, you can earn 8x the experience and Fight off Tickers and Boomers in Horde Mode!

Although the Gears of War 3 buzz is starting to build, Epic hasn' forgotten about supporting their middle Gears title as Gears of War recieves another title update that adds social matches and fixes some more exploits. Check out some highlights below:

Improvements

-Adds a new public multiplayer match option called Social Xbox LIVE (aka player matches), open to anyone who owns all downloadable maps

-You can join Social Matches in progress and can quit any time without penalty, although players who quit a match early don’t receive earned experience (XP) from that match.

-Social matchmaking lets your party join a match in progress. If a match is not found, your party hosts a new match, filling any empty player slots with bots.

-Social Matches automatically cycle to the next map without further matchmaking.
Teams are rebalanced between matches based on XP level without splitting parties.

-If you quit, your spot is taken by a bot until a new player joins the match. That new player can join while the match is in progress.

-If you join a match in progress, you are assigned a team based on XP level and party size.

-If you join a match in progress, you replace a bot at the earliest opportunity: at the first bot’s death for respawning game types (for example, Annex) and at round completion for Warzone, Execution, and Wingman.

-Before the match begins, teams are balanced based on XP without splitting parties.
Renames Private Matches to Custom Xbox LIVE Matches and makes these matches invite-only.

-Adds the ability to join Horde sessions that are in progress.

Exploit Fixes

-Title Update 6 fixes these other issues as well:
An issue that could cause your profile to be overwritten, erasing XP level, and achievement progress.

-An issue that could cause a campaign save slot to be overwritten if you previously chose to continue without saving and then signed in.

Source- Gears of War 2 official forum

Gears of War 2 gets a load of content today with the release of 7 new maps and a deleted chapter, while those who have not bought the previous map packs can get the entire collection of maps for a reasonable price.
















If you already OWN previous Gears Map Packs, you’ll want this:

Dark Corners Multiplayer Map Pack

This downloadable content pack features 7 new Gears 2 multiplayer maps and a bonus deleted single-player chapter, "Road to Ruin," from the Gears of War 2 campaign. In "Road to Ruin," Marcus and Dom navigate the treacherous Locust highway, choosing stealth or blazing action to survive. For multiplayer fans, the 7 maps include a new War Machine, the much-requested Gears 1 map; Allfathers Garden, a heavy-weapons battle at a COG landmark; Highway, a fight deep in the Locust Hollow; Memorial, a battle at the Tomb of the Unknowns; Nowhere, a firefight in an old motel; Way Station, an unpredictable battlefield with parallel paths; and Sanctuary, a reimagined favorite from Gears for Windows.

Dark Corners will cost 1200 ($15.00) Points and take up 489 MB of Space

Link To Dark Corners-http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0005-0000-4000-8000-00004d53082d?cid=SLink
















If you DON'T already OWN the previous map packs, you’ll want to download this:

Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection

This content pack features all 19 downloadable Gears 2 multiplayer maps and a bonus deleted single-player chapter, "Road to Ruin," from the Gears of War 2 campaign. For multiplayer fans, this pack brings together the complete set of Gears 2 multiplayer maps: Allfathers Garden, Canals, Courtyard, Flood, Fuel Depot, Fuel Station, Gold Rush, Gridlock, Grind Yard, Highway, Mansion, Memorial, Nowhere, Sanctuary, Subway, Tyro Station, Under Hill, War Machine, and Way Station—everything in the Flashback, Combustible, Snowblind, and Dark Corners downloadable packs combined.

All Fronts will cost 1600 ($20.00) Points and will take up 766 MB of Space

Link To All Fronts-http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0007-0000-4000-8000-00004d53082d?cid=SLink

For The Fourth of July, both Epic and Treyarch will have something for fans when they both have Double XP this weekend. Gears of War 2 will also be releasing a new title update, which will allow players to gain experience in Horde mode. Sounds pretty cool, and after every 10 rounds for Horde mode on Saturday, Tickers will fill the map emulating fireworks after you shoot them. Also, Quantum of Solace received a new map pack yesterday called The Camille Map Pack. Check out the Details:



















































"The Camille Map Pack includes four new multiplayer maps inspired by the most recent Bond Films, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace: “Canals,” a claustrophobic section of Venice where constant movement is the key to winning and losing; “Bags” places you in a gloomy area of the Miami airport that will have you frantically trying to find cover from enemy gunfire; “Dam” an outdoor arena that requires teamwork and communication and “Cisterns”, the dark underbelly of Siena that presents ample opportunities for stealth attacks."

The Camille Map Pack will cost 400 Points and take up 155 MB of Space

Link To Map Pack-http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0001-0000-4000-8000-0000415607ff?cid=SLink

Usually priced at 800 Points, You can get these maps now for 560 Points. But Remember: the All Fronts Content for Gears 2 comes out next month, and will have all the current maps for 1600 Points.









Link To Deal-(Sign in As a Gold Member to get the deal)-http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0003-0000-4000-8000-00004d53082d?cid=SLink

Four new winterized themed maps hit this week for Gears of War 2. there was a big title update that brought levels and experience to Gears about a week or so ago and also fixed some match making issues. Here's the details on the new maps:









"This winter-themed pack brings you four Gears of War 2 maps sure to heat up your multiplayer and Horde action. Hunt your enemies down in the snowy day-lit heights or the dark tunnels of Under Hill. The massive industrial complex of Grind Yard gives numerous bunkers for cover, but watch out for snipers high in the flanking buildings. Beware the falling monuments in Courtyard, where wide-open spaces give you plenty of opportunities to gun down your enemies—unless they strike first. And due to fan demand, the popular Gears 1 map Fuel Depot makes its return."

The Maps will cost 800 Points ($10.00) and will take up 83 MB of Space.

Link To maps-http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0006-0000-4000-8000-00004d53082d?cid=SLink

Gears of War 2 has been in the top 10 played games on Xbox Live since it's launch back in November, but the game has had many matchmaking issues that have turned away a few gamers.

Fear not gears players! Epic is releasing a new title update on March 24 that will fix matchmaking issues and also integrate an experience system into the game. Scoring points in public matches will give the player overall experience and increase their level.



Also Announced was a new map pack currently dated for a March 31st release3. It will include 3 new levels called Grindyard, Under Hill and, Courtyard, and will also include Fuel Depot from the original Gears of War. No price for the maps yet, but 800 points sound like a good bet to have ready.




Let's hope the problems with connecting to matches will be alleviate with the new Title update.

Source-Kotaku-http://kotaku.com/5169294/heres-your-new-gears-of-war-2-map-pack-and-experience-system