Post by FrkUout on Mar 20, 2009 21:55:12 GMT -8
Here's the info:
If you tire of brutishly halving your enemies in the same boring Gears of War 2 locales, a recent Epic Games announcement will likely thrill you to death -- on March 31, the title's second batch of downloadable arenas, titled the "Snowblind Map Pack," will find its way onto Xbox Live, bringing four new maps to the chainsaw party: Grindyard, Under Hill, Courtyard and Fuel Depot, a remake of a map from Gears the First. No price has been announced -- we're assuming it'll be around the same 800 price point of the "Combustible Map Pack."
Arguably more exciting than this, however, was Epic's announcement that the oft-discussed retooled ranking system will be coming to the game the week before "Snowblind" drops -- a title update on March 24 will (mostly) eschew the criticized TrueSkill system in favor of a more intuitive, experience point-based system. Players will earn experience points for scoring in public matches, rising up to level 100. They'll even unlock achievements at set levels (5, 15, 25, 50 and 100) -- we also hear that "Cole Train" evolves into "Cole Barge" at level 60. Gotta curb stomp 'em all!
New Achievements coming with the title update:
Rookie Gear 10
Earn enough multiplayer experience to reach level 5 (Public only)
Seasoned Gear 20
Earn enough multiplayer experience to reach level 15 (Public only)
Battle-Tested Gear 30
Earn enough multiplayer experience to reach level 25 (Public only)
Battle-Hardened Gear 50
Reach level 50 and play a match on each of the 4 Snowblind Map Pack maps (Public only)
Veteran Gear 75
Reach level 100 and win a match on each of the 4 Snowblind Map Pack maps (Public only)
Never Eat Red Snow 20
Complete waves 1 through 10 on all Snowblind Map Pack maps in Horde (any difficulty)
Icy Dead People 25
Complete waves 1 through 50 on any Snowblind Map Pack map in Horde (any difficulty)
Frigid Body Dynamics 5
Play a multiplayer match on each of the 4 Snowblind Map Pack maps (any mode)
The Weather Outside Is Lethal 15
Win a multiplayer match on each of the 4 Snowblind Map Pack maps (any mode)
If you tire of brutishly halving your enemies in the same boring Gears of War 2 locales, a recent Epic Games announcement will likely thrill you to death -- on March 31, the title's second batch of downloadable arenas, titled the "Snowblind Map Pack," will find its way onto Xbox Live, bringing four new maps to the chainsaw party: Grindyard, Under Hill, Courtyard and Fuel Depot, a remake of a map from Gears the First. No price has been announced -- we're assuming it'll be around the same 800 price point of the "Combustible Map Pack."
Arguably more exciting than this, however, was Epic's announcement that the oft-discussed retooled ranking system will be coming to the game the week before "Snowblind" drops -- a title update on March 24 will (mostly) eschew the criticized TrueSkill system in favor of a more intuitive, experience point-based system. Players will earn experience points for scoring in public matches, rising up to level 100. They'll even unlock achievements at set levels (5, 15, 25, 50 and 100) -- we also hear that "Cole Train" evolves into "Cole Barge" at level 60. Gotta curb stomp 'em all!
New Achievements coming with the title update:
Rookie Gear 10
Earn enough multiplayer experience to reach level 5 (Public only)
Seasoned Gear 20
Earn enough multiplayer experience to reach level 15 (Public only)
Battle-Tested Gear 30
Earn enough multiplayer experience to reach level 25 (Public only)
Battle-Hardened Gear 50
Reach level 50 and play a match on each of the 4 Snowblind Map Pack maps (Public only)
Veteran Gear 75
Reach level 100 and win a match on each of the 4 Snowblind Map Pack maps (Public only)
Never Eat Red Snow 20
Complete waves 1 through 10 on all Snowblind Map Pack maps in Horde (any difficulty)
Icy Dead People 25
Complete waves 1 through 50 on any Snowblind Map Pack map in Horde (any difficulty)
Frigid Body Dynamics 5
Play a multiplayer match on each of the 4 Snowblind Map Pack maps (any mode)
The Weather Outside Is Lethal 15
Win a multiplayer match on each of the 4 Snowblind Map Pack maps (any mode)
