Gears of War 2 Celebrates One Year with a Special Update

Jim "txshurricane" McLaughlin November 6th, 2009 at 1:38 PM    



Merry Christmas.

One year of chainsaw dueling -- that's what Epic Games is celebrating this holiday season, and a nice Gears of War 2 playlist changeup is rolling out for your enjoyment.

Starting right now, players can rack up triple XP in Horde Mode and multiplayer. Plus, all public Horde matches are automatically bumped to Hardcore difficulty, and playlists are being tweaked so that you can find your favorite game more easily. To top it all off, "tactical mode" is available in all game modes, limiting ammo and increasing damage.

The special event lasts until November 16th, so get your Horde on asap!

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10 Total Reader Comments

Biohzrd451 at 08:49 AM on 11.6.2009
Wow very cool, might fire up gears 2 tonight then with the triple xp .
 
Mrxknown_JG at 09:05 AM on 11.6.2009
Wow...didn't we get an update last week before Halloween too?

Couldn't they bundle them together and have the changes occur based on time and date?

Triple XP? Man, makes me wish this was posted earlier so I could rent the game. Otherwise, this will have to wait until next week. Nice though...
 
smurphster at 09:10 AM on 11.6.2009

you would think so... bungie makes all kinds of changes to playlists and such without ever needing an update. maybe gears just wasn't designed with that sort of thing in mind.
 
txshurricane at 09:17 AM on 11.6.2009
Guys, I worded it wrong. It's not necessarily an update that you have to download, although it may be. The source post doesn't specify.
 
Armor Biff at 09:22 AM on 11.6.2009
Probably just some serverside tweaks for this event. Triple XP sounds cool though, maybe I'll reach level 40 someday...
 
Bakken Hood at 12:03 PM on 11.6.2009
All the more reason for me to play more Horde, although if it's bumped up to Hardcore, that'll make wave 50 all the more elusive. Tactical Mode sounds cool though.
 
rayned0wn at 10:42 PM on 11.7.2009
Did it fix the lag? Answer? No. lol
 
rayned0wn at 11:04 PM on 11.7.2009
I'm playing right now...tactical mode = Lancer powered up...everything else sucks. For real.
 
LeRolls at 05:43 AM on 11.8.2009
I better let my Horde buddies know. We may just play a few rounds.
 
Brainp0wa at 02:52 AM on 11.10.2009
Played a private match with the wife last night and the Horde seemed harder to take down than normal. Must be the lack of a VISR mode...
 


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