GoW Update & Achievements tomorrow

by David Dreger { Jun 13th 2007 at 9:30AM }

Major Nelson gives word that Gears of War's upcoming title update will be available at 2:00 AM ~~GMT~~ PDT, June 14th. ~~Technically, that's still today in North American timezones~~. Either way, the update will have 8 new Achievements with a combined worth of 250 Gamerscore, relating to the Hidden Fronts map pack and the new Annex gametype. It also will refine the Roadie Run (again), and fix some exploits in the multiplayer. If you're dropped Gears for some other titles, will this draw you back in?

Tags: Auto Update, AutoUpdate, Epic, Epic Games, EpicGames, G o W, Gears, Gears of War, GearsOfWar, GOW, Hidden Front, Hidden Fronts, HiddenFront, HiddenFronts, Title Update, TitleUpdate, Update

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

DjDATZ @ Jun 13th 2007 9:37AM

ok...how does this work? dusty's posting about shadowrun videos that are too expensive and knuckles is posting about new gears of war content...did i miss today being labelled as opposite day?

maybe i'll pop this into my drive one last time...just to take a peek at the achievements...and then...probably at the end of this week...unless the achievements really draw me in...i'll be trading it in at eb.

Malleus @ Jun 13th 2007 9:47AM

Well I love the multiplayer in this game but two things were really annoying: 1)How much and often lag affects the playability of the game and 2) All the glitchers. If they actually fix the glitchers this time (unlike the last patch which only fixed it for a couple days till people figured out new ways to do the same glitches) I would certainly consider returning to the multiplayer.

Eddy @ Jun 13th 2007 9:47AM

woah this was unexpected! i was expecting these like nxt month or something

Mike Schramm @ Jun 13th 2007 9:58AM

Weren't they going to make the addon pack free at some point? Are we there yet?

dunnypop @ Jun 13th 2007 9:58AM

I've been playing this on and off. recently I started playing a lot with friends, which is a lot of fun... we're not good enough to find glitches, but still, sweet! I can't wait.

reductant @ Jun 13th 2007 10:01AM

They should make the online achievements more attainable by the occasional gamer. These impossible achievements requiring you to be a master at the game are reserved for people with jobs that require little dedication and thus they waste most of their time playing video games.

Bravo6 @ Jun 13th 2007 10:20AM

I would be happy with the achievements being obtainable in player matches as well instead of ranked only.

Raymond "Rayeh" Dubisky @ Jun 13th 2007 10:51AM

Gears is a great game when you're playing with friends, but all the immature fucking kids ruin it.

manifest @ Jun 13th 2007 10:54AM

Hope they fix the FPS-lag issue hosts experience on Annex... it's a big deal.

Tarl @ Jun 13th 2007 10:58AM

Amen to Manifest. Fix the host issues. Then I'll come back.

hollister @ Jun 13th 2007 11:05AM

I'm still playing this game and i gave gotten every online achievements except for seriously. The single player got boring after i beat it once, so i still don't have all of those, but these achievements are online so I will def be getting these in about a week or two. I still love the multiplayer in this game. FIX THE GLITCHES!

Dragod @ Jun 13th 2007 12:07PM

Actually, the only way to make the host issue go away, is to have a dedicated server. When I picked up Halo 2 for Vista, I was told that I could install the "Dedicated Server", though I didn't understand what it was, so I installed it to check it out. After reading some about it, I realized that what it does is run the whole game off of another computer, that way there is no host, only people all running off of their computers + a boost from the one computer that no one is playing on, but actually loading the maps and such.

This is actually the problem with Xbox Live, we host our own games. It all depends on the connection speed of the host, and the efficiency of their Xbox. If either Microsoft or Epic hosted their own servers it would solve the problem, though it would probably cost us about $5-10 more to maintain per year.

Just think about it, it'll all make sense.

ccc @ Jun 13th 2007 12:37PM

Finally yes.
@4 Maps will be free in september when the game no longer matters.
@any1 else, Play with me. My host will take all ur lag away. I have a very, very fast connection. Every1 I play with that I dont know, the first thing always said is either a question or a statement being......Where do U live? Or I have no bullet lag at all.As long as U live in the US ur gonna like the way it plays.

ccc z

MrJ @ Jun 13th 2007 1:13PM

Achievement Details

Name Description Value
"THIS! IS! ANNEX!" Complete 100 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in Annex and capture 3 objectives in each match. 40 pts.

"Inconceivable!" Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by fewer than 5 points. 30 pts.

"Nub Pwn3r" Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by shutting out the opposing team. 30 pts.

"You Down With E.P.I.C?" Win a multiplayer match of 3+ rounds in any game type on 6 different downloadable maps. 30 pts.

"Green Thumb" Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Garden multiplayer map. 30 pts.

"Mind the Gap" Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Subway multiplayer map. 30 pts.

"All That Juice" Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Process multiplayer map. 30 pts.

"Purdy Mouth" Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Bullet Marsh multiplayer map. 30 pts.

Gross Greg @ Jun 13th 2007 1:16PM

Here's a hint to fight lag: Instead of playing a quick match, go to custom match and check the bars for each one - 3 bars = good connection/no lag, and 1 bar = crap connection/lagfest. At this point, you can choose a match with a bunch of players already in, and in most cases it is even faster than the "quick match" option...

...and for the record, I've never played a game that seems to drive such a rift between casual and "pro" gamers.

pinksage @ Jun 13th 2007 1:53PM

I play Gears, but not as much as I used to. This is due to the horror that is the roadie running in the game. This will drive me back to playing hours and hours on end. I CANNOT WAIT!

razer @ Jun 13th 2007 2:06PM

I understand Epic's approach when not wanting to put the Achievements in a Player Match, but come on! Not everyone want's to go online with a bunch of strangers(most of the time jerks) and spend hours on end trying to get some of these achievements. Let us get the same achievements with our friends in a Player Match! I think it will also improve the Ranked matches so you don't have a bunch of achievement whores stealing kills, etc trying to get these achievements.

Also, I really wish they would release some DLC that extends the Campaign mode. Epic is just too online focused. UT3 will be be the same way. Which is fine, expect I was really hoping Epic would put together something great for Single player with Gears.

Chris @ Jun 13th 2007 3:08PM

It wouldn't make sense to put kill-based achievements in a player match. If that happened, people would just create custom matches catered towards whatever achievement everyone is trying to get. Want the Longshot & Headshot achievement? Easy: make a 19 round match and replace every weapon with Longshots. People already try that in Ranked Matches, its just a much slower, more tedious process which dissuades most players from trying it. Also, implementing such a feature now would rob the glory of the achievement from those who have gotten it legitimately.

I'm glad us GoW players are getting Annex achievements. My buddy and I completely demolish people in Annex. I love it. Though, I wish these achievements would have come with the Annex gametype in the first place because I doubt the achievements will be retroactive to my previous games. Oh well, I'll just have to play more.

ccc @ Jun 13th 2007 3:21PM

@17

Are U saying the single player game is.....unimpressive? And what is the big deal with the roadi run? I have never had a problem using it after any update. Sometimes but very rarley do I get stuck on something I dont want to. Fix the glitchers for good. Make it so U cant fall out the map. And change the Longshot active reload and make it way way harder to get that reload active.

POD Unr3al @ Jun 13th 2007 4:12PM

Hey guys, Major Nelson got the time wrong, here is the quoted correction...

"Edit: Correction…the title update will be released June 14th after 0900 GMT/0200 PT.
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