Heads up, COG soldiers. Epic's
Gears of War 2 has just received its highly-anticipated fourth Title Update. The new update not only
adds experience to Horde mode, but also fixes a variety of bugs, according to the update notes on the
Gears forums. Aside from fixing some issues with the new cringe-inducing smoke grenades, the new update also tweaks the Wingman match type, doing away with some of the issues involving weapon spawning and a particularly nasty exploit where players could get credit for two kills while only killing one opponent.
Hopefully, this will fix some of the persistent issues plaguing
Gears of War 2's online component. So, grease up your Lancer and head out into battle. This weekend is
chock full of XP, after all!
[Thanks, Paul!]
{ Jul 3rd 2009 at 1:46PM } 
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The Dark Wayne @ Jul 3rd 2009 1:55PM
How jack thopmson and angry parents didn't find out about chainsawdomy I will never understand
K1LLER HORNET @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:30PM
EPIC,
Use dedicated servers for Gears of War 2!!!
Lag is soooooo annoying,
I'm pretty sure it's worse for people like me that are customers outside of the States.
I'm pretty sure every other game in the top 10 Live played list uses dedicated servers.
Epic = Epic Fail.
AnnoyingPoster @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:03PM
@ killerhornet
totally agree dude, they could have made the multiplayer flawless and got rid of hundreds of bugs if they just spent some money to make dedicated servers.
intead they are paying their staff for nearly a year to come out with title updates spending millions more in development costs.
look at left 4 dead which has a considerably smaller amount of users, yet valve still used dedicated servers for its 360 customers. THAT is why l4d still stays in the top 10 played games and gears 2 is barely hanging on even though it sold millions more copies than other games on the list.
learn from your mistakes and support your fans or you will get fucked next time.
Tann @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:28PM
I still haven't got the first, second or third title update =/
I really need to play this game again.
Crusty Magic @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:46PM
It's amazing to think how long ago this game came out and it's had so many problems.
Sigh, I'll give it another go.
Rick @ Jul 3rd 2009 5:17PM
I've been playing since it came out and barely noticed any of these issues that are supposedly such a plague. Bitching about Gears 2 multiplayer is pretty outdated.
That said, I'm really happy they've added XP to Horde. It's far and away my favorite mode to play online.
emirabal @ Jul 3rd 2009 6:45PM
I have been playing this week to see how much of a difference the update makes. Lets see what we get, also Double XP is gonna be a big push since i love horde so much.
Zakeru @ Jul 3rd 2009 10:12PM
This new update brings a 2 things i don't like even a bit. First, the hammer burst is even more powerful, you need to be really for from the point that is falling to not be killed, even if you are under something it will mostly kill if your too close. The second is the time you stay down when launching a mortar, it takes too long to get up, does it really need to be that way? It was good like it was before.
robotoid @ Jul 6th 2009 3:09AM
I thought I was imagining things! specially the mortar thing is too obvious, I completely hate those changes.
I Al2x I @ Jul 3rd 2009 10:58PM
As a true Gears fan, it's the only game I've been playing consistantly since its release. Sure, this game is absolutely riddled with bugs, cheaters, unsportsmanlike, and lag (to say the least), but when I'm host everyone is actually happy. My 25mb/s connection can actually support people unlike the stupid selector that Epic has in place, that usually selects the person who is still running America Online as the host.
yolarrydabomb @ Jul 4th 2009 3:14PM
Heres a idea shut every computer down expect the xbox.
-Use wired not wireless!
-Get a better internet!
-lag issue solved!
RaQ Holiday @ Jul 6th 2009 11:12AM
The additional time it takes to reload or get up after launching a mortar fruckin' SUX. SERIOUSLY, EPIC, that was NOT a bug that needed to be fixed, wtf?
I've never heard a SINGLE PERSON online complain about the amount of time it takes to reload or launch a mortar. That decision was effing retarded.
Heimbachae @ Jul 6th 2009 12:32PM
christ they changed that!? why do they add/remove things that aren't plaging the game in the first place?? i.e. can't melee out of a roadie run, WTF!!!
kcballa4 @ Jul 9th 2009 7:17PM
Is it just me or is the two piecing not working?