New Gears of War 2 Patch Available for Download
By subtheorist | Published: January 21, 2009 5:15pm EST
| Big news for all of you Gears of War 2 enthusiasts out there: Epic Games has recently released a massive update to Gears of War 2, and it’s now available for download via Xbox Live. The update, titled “Update 2”, contains a wide variety of changes, improvements, and fixes to the popular third-person shooter. Check out a general breakdown of the changes below. For a complete listing of every change made in Update 2, Click HERE to be forwarded to the official forum post made by Gears of War 2’s Executive Producer. We would also like to take this time to remind you that the Gears of War 2 Online Qualifier is currently taking place on GameBattles. Results of the first Online Qualifier will determine the seeds heading into the first Pro Circuit event of 2009 on April 3rd-5th in the Meadowlands. If you do not plan on competing at Meadowlands, you may still compete in the Online Qualifier and earn Rank Points for events later this year. Registration is still open, and there’s still plenty of time to compete! Click HERE for more information regarding Online Qualifiers!Exploit Fixes: • Crabwalking • Invisibility • Weapon-slide • Melee through walls • Unlimited ammo General Fixes: • Shotgun and Boomshot updates • Meatshield chainsawing updates • Team communication • Insane gamer pic award Balancing: • Planted proximity grenade updates • Increased quitting penalties • Spawn protection • Flamethrower stopping power Improvements: • Annex uses execution rules • Achievement progression in the War Journal • Added 7 DLC-based achievements worth 175 Gamerscore |
