The wait is over, Gears of War 2 has arrived. Ever since the original was released, fans have clamored for this sequel. Developed exclusively for the Xbox 360 by Epic Games, Gears of War 2, which has already garnered several awards, picks up six months after the events of the blockbuster original Gears of War. Players are thrown back into the role of Marcus Fenix, leading the battle for humankind’s survival against the Locust Horde. With innovative third-person tactical action gam…
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During the Gearsiverse panel at Comic-Con, Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski and Ron Fergusson revealed that there will be Gears of War-themed armor of both the COG and Locust variety coming to XBL Avatars soon. One rule that Microsoft imposes on Avatar clothing and models is that they "can’t look inhuman," according to Bleszinski. So they pieced together a workaround set of Locust armor that you can check out beyond the break.

Look for these new Avatar upgrades to be available when the next Xbox Live dashboard update becomes available soon. Meanwhile, we’re going to scurry out to our preview builds to see if they’re already available
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Despite what you’re no doubt going to hear over the coming weeks, ODST’s Firefight isn’t just Horde from Gears of War 2 in first person. No, it’s Horde, COD Zombies and Valve’s undead co-op shooter wrapped up in one Shock Trooper-shaped package.

It throws loads of aliena-holes at you Horde-style

Like Marcus Fenix and fellow beefy space chums’ addictive online game, Firefight pits you and three fellow …

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The much anticipated Downloadable Content (DLC) for Gears of War 2 is about to hit the XBOX 360 Marketplace. Gears of War 2: Dark Corners DLC offers gamers 19 multiplayer maps and a deleted campaign scene titled "Road to Ruin".
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These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Community Games, full versions purchased during the week.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s):

1 Halo 3

2 Call of Duty 4

3 Call of Duty: WaW

4 Gears of War 2

5 Battlefield 1943

6 GTA IV

7 FIFA 09

8 Left 4 Dead

9 UFC 2009 Undisputed

10 Fallout 3

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased):

1 Battlefield 1943

2 The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

3 Ikaruga

4 Worms 2: Armageddon

5 Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers

6 Castle Crashers

7 UNO

8 N+

9 HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT**

10 Sonic The Hedgehog 3
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Throw all personal commitments to the wind and get ready for 24 solid hours of gaming with the GR crew. Join us for Left 4 Dead, Gears of War 2, Killzone 2 and more from 5pm Friday on August 14th to 5pm Saturday the following day. Check back here soon for a complete schedule of how we’ll be spending each precious hour. …

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Marcus Lai of PunchJump writes:

"Retailer Amazon.com this week price cut Microsoft Corp.’s Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360 to under $35 in a new game sale.

On Mon., Gears of War 2 held a sale price of $34.97. The title previously sold at $59.99."
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Joystiq writes:

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!
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Console Monster writes: "We have just added the new Achievements for Gears of War 2 on the Xbox 360. The 13 new achievements add 325 GamerScore to the game making Gears of War 2 the second title to reach the 1750 cap (with Halo 3 being the first).

The achievements relate to the ‘Dark Corners’ deleted scene releasing on the 28th July, as well as the new multiplayer maps.

The list now contains 79 achievements worth 1750 GamerScore…"
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GamerDeals.net writes:

"Whether you passed on paying full retail, or have arrived to the party late, welcome to ‘The Price Drop’.

This week we have one noteworthy video game price drop to report."
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