TrendPimp has put together an article series of 10 videos that protray what they feel are the “Top 10″ glitches in Gears of War. Here is one just for a taste of what they have to offer.
They are very interesting, so I suggest everyone go check them out. Hopefully future updates will make most of these obsolete.
I found this great news on digg.com today, it appears Gears of War is selling great over in Japan.
“This week’s Japanese sales charts are frightening! I can’t understand what’s going on! There’s an Xbox 360 game on the list, meaning this report must have come from the Bizarro World Branch of Media Create or that the Japanese are starting to come around on this Xbox 360 thing….”
So here’s a shout out to all of our Japanese readers out there!
Today a minor patch was issued for Gears of War over Xbox Live. According to Mark Rein the patch only addresses “It is a minor compatibility update. No gameplay or functionality changes at this time.”
This doesn’t fix the VGA display issues that have yet to be resolved since the first update. Hopefully you VGA users will see a fix to that soon!
In case you forgot to download CliffyB’s video walkthrough of the new Gears of War Map Pack on the Xbox Live Marketplace, we’re here to help. Thanks to Microsoft, we have a 720p HD quality copies of the video for you to download and view. We also have put together an easy to watch streaming format below as well, as well as two copies of the video for the Apple iPod with Video and Sony PSP. We are also putting up a 420p copy, but having problems creating it properly right now.
Also, here is the long list of changes that came in the last patch. The list was posted by Mark Rein on the Epic Games Forums.
With all these changes I can say that the game seems to play much better because it feels more balanced than before. I still miss some form of “party” system for Ranked Matches so I can play with friends easily. Otherwise I wont be playing many ranked games, and instead favoring Unranked so I can play with friends.
The new maps are a lot of fun, and seem to be making most fans happy. I hope they have more up their sleeves over at Epic Games for us.
Today Microsoft and Epic Games has revealed that there will be new maps for Gears of War available later this week on Wednesday, Jan. 10.
The new maps, brought to you free thanks to the Discovery Channel, are called Raven Down and Old Bones. Here is a description of these new levels courtesy the press release from Microsoft. Also I attached some photos of the new levels, click on the thumbnails to see the full sized images.
Raven Down: 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: 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.
The Discovery Channel is also giving away 2 MILLION free Microsoft Points in a contest to promote the season premier of their “Future Weapons” TV series. Contest details can be found at www.readyaimfuture.com. I know I’ll be entering, you can never have enough Microsoft Points!
Also according to Epic’s President, Mark Rein, there will be a multiplayer patch released on Tuesday, January 9th, the day before the maps. I expect this to fix the VGA display issue, matched multiplayer connection bugs and probably a few more surprises.
Update 1:00pm CST
I have updated the story with the correct Discovery Channel contest link, it should have been www.readyaimfuture.com. I also added images of the maps to the story above. Also added notes about the game update to come down on 1/9/2007.
