Halloween brings spooky Gears 2 double XP weekend

by Richard Mitchell { Oct 26th 2009 at 1:35PM }

In celebration of Halloween and the impending release of a new title update, Epic's Rod Fergusson has announced that Gears of War 2 will be hosting a double XP weekend starting this Friday, October 30. In addition to awarding double XP in all multiplayer modes, the game will be featuring an extra "scary" lineup of Locusts in Horde mode. Specifically, Fergusson notes that Horde mode will feature lots of extra Boomers, including some waves comprised entirely of Boomers. An entire squad composed of Flamers, Grinders and good old Boomshot Boomers?

Yeah, pretty scary.

[Via VG247]

Tags: epic, gears-of-war, gears-of-war-2, microsoft-game-studios, xbox-live

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ANTHOLOGY @ Oct 26th 2009 2:22PM

Damn id hate to miss a double XP weekend, but I have a feeling I will be playing The Ballad of Gay Tony instead.

iSwarm @ Oct 26th 2009 3:02PM

Double XP weekends are my favorite especially when they are themed like this!

Muckrak3r @ Oct 26th 2009 4:07PM

Gears2 TU5 is pretty gay. Sticky walk still happens occasionally and to see friendly grenades you have to hit LB, instead of an always-on option.

Double XP weekends are crawling with glitchers, hackers, and bridgers. Sure I score more points than normaly, but my pissed off level is jacked through the roof too.

mycbrad @ Oct 26th 2009 6:04PM

As a 38 rank, this is very welcome. It takes SEVERAL rounds to notch up one rank. Pretty sure I will put the game down at 50.

Price & Fury @ Oct 26th 2009 6:48PM

Yawn.

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