American Ninja Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) New content for Gears of War coming this week By: Luke Hepburn 08/01/2007 01:45 pm New downloadable content for the Xbox 360 exclusive ?Gears of War" is on the way and what better way to celebrate the New Year than to meet friends new and old online and greet them with the sounds of a chainsaw? Sponsored by the Discovery Channel, the complimentary new content will be available for download via Xbox Live Marketplace early Thursday morning, January 11. By now most of the current maps have been memorised, analysed and brutalised, but this map pack will feature two new maps including one where players fight around a downed King Raven helicopter. Below, please find descriptions of the new maps:Raven Down:b> A Raven Helicopter has gone down in the middle of a large scale battle with the omnipresent Locust Horde. Gears have taken out the Seeder and gamers join Delta Forces moving into the crash site from all angles to search for survivors. Old Bones:b> In an attempt to eradicate any traces of human history and culture, the Locust Horde has emerged under Sera?s Capitaline Museums and has begun to destroy them brick by brick. Each gamer?s mission is to help the Delta Force recapture the museums before all remnants of humankind?s existence are obliterated. Source: http://www.mygen.com.au/article.php?page_i...29&format=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGS4-SS Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Raven Down looks hectic. Reminds me of Black Hawk Down... which means that it will be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmcv Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) I saw this over at the Xbox.com forums. The article seems pretty legitimate, but I'll take it with a grain of salt until an official announcement is made. But for the record, those images look shaaaa-weeeeeeeeet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted January 8, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 8, 2007 OMG i think i just creamed... LOL Ok... time to clean up some HD space and get my system ready for an all weekend marrathon! People get your dry ice packs and wrap the 360 in a nitrogen cooled blanked cuz if that's true i'm calling out of work on Friday and playing from Thursday straight till sunday!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted January 8, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 8, 2007 Bring. It. On. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoKiller Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Yay, some new maps :D...Been kinda bored with the current maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magik Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 What? bull****! Those are NOT in game!!! :angry: :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 What? bull****! Those are NOT in game!!! :angry::p Looks in game to me :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 yeah looks like the game engine, minus the flicker of course LOL. it will be nice to have more maps, now that i've finally fallen for the MP component. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Looks awesome. Good to see Epic keeping them free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted January 8, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) im quite new to xbox live so will this map pack be a free download or will it require points? also have to say that those maps look awesome...cant wait to try them out! Edited January 8, 2007 by skiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynnoj Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) im quite new to xbox live so will this map pack be a free download or will it require points?also have to say that those maps look awesome...cant wait to try them out! Free. The King Raven map looks AWESOME :pinch: Edited January 8, 2007 by ynnoj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 They look nice indeed! But I want the patch more than ever! I'm so tired of people abusing the glitches. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted January 8, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 8, 2007 wow, great job epic, im not even bored with the old maps yet and you chunk two new ones down for us to play on...how do you expect me to goto class with new maps...new maps i say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magik Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 They look nice indeed!But I want the patch more than ever! I'm so tired of people abusing the glitches. :( Patch details: # Fixed aspect ratio distortion when using VGA cable with 4:3 displays at resolutions higher than 640?480# Fixed voice issue with new players joining Player Match games in progress # Players can now get the Achievement for ?Dish Best Served Cold? when using Troika turret to kill RAAM # Fixed rare situation where host could loop countdown and never start match # Fixed rare situation where players could get stuck after chainsawing in multiplayer # Reduced Grenade Tag melee distance # Enabled ?Strict? NAT check on host to prevent possible connection issues # Optimized server browser queries to return results more quickly and prevent scroll bars from hiding quality of service icons # Reduced number of possible revives in Execution to match Warzone # Removed host name from Ranked match server browser # Disabled security cameras in Ranked matches # Ranked matches now require balanced teams (3v3 or 4v4) # Increased penalty for quitting a Ranked match to -50 points # Added additional cheat detection code Xboxic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted January 8, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 8, 2007 nice one magik! love that they reduce grenade tagging distance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmcv Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Yup, Epic has officially announced the maps and patch: http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=560548 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trong Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! They're removing the host names from the list. I'll never be able to join with my friends now! Nice job on the maps though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 This is excellent. I've been pounding my way through THP8 and CoD3 since X-mas, and now I can go back to playing GoW. -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGashX Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) Yup, Epic has officially announced the maps and patch:http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=560548 Was gonna post that: • Fixed aspect ratio distortion when using VGA cable with 4:3 displays at resolutions higher than 640x480• Fixed voice issue with new players joining Player Match games in progress • Players can now get the Achievement for "Dish Best Served Cold" when using Troika turret to kill RAAM • Fixed rare situation where host could loop countdown and never start match • Fixed rare situation where players could get stuck after chainsawing in multiplayer • Reduced Grenade Tag melee distance • Enabled "Strict" NAT check on host to prevent possible connection issues • Optimized server browser queries to return results more quickly and prevent scroll bars from hiding quality of service icons • Reduced number of possible revives in Execution to match Warzone • Removed host name from Ranked match server browser • Disabled security cameras in Ranked matches • Ranked matches now require balanced teams (3v3 or 4v4) • Increased penalty for quitting a Ranked match to -50 points • Added additional cheat detection code • Additional housekeeping updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiracyX Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I am very pleased that they have an update coming and new maps. I really hope they will release more maps in the future as these two are not going to keep people busy for long but excellent that they are releasing it for free :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGashX Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Mark Rein confirmed that the auto-update will be released Tuesday, January 9th. He also confirmed that the map pack download will also include an introductory video from Cliffy B. The maps will be released on Jan 10th. The patch is tomorrow then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted January 8, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 8, 2007 The maps look excellent, especially the old bones one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreqFace Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) ? Fixed rare situation where players could get stuck after chainsawing in multiplayer I suffered this the first time I played online LOL. I was like WTF? Why can't I move?! Then someone explained it was a glitch. Nice to see it fixed, even though I don't play Gears online much (because I suck majorly at it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted January 8, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 8, 2007 Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! They're removing the host names from the list. I'll never be able to join with my friends now! Nice job on the maps though. I just read that as well!!! WHAT!!! How can they remove the host name from the list??? :angry: :angry: :angry: That seriously is the biggest mistake they could have made. Sure, I am not arguing the fact that it may have been an "exploit" that people would search for their friends names to play with them, in fact I posted about that specific "workaround" once it was shared with me on here shortly after the game was released, but sincerely and truly, what does Epic not understand about the fact that people enjoy playing with their friends??? I really think they are taking the whole concept of being ranked a little to far. They need to add a new filter for "ultra competitive" or something like that and implement it into there. That is seriously a horrible decision on their behalf, and just knocked my enjoyment of the ranked multiplayer down a whole, whole lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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