Double XP weekend for Gears of War 2

By Tom Bramwell Published 2 July, 2009

With Title Update 4 to hit beforehand.

Epic Games is planning a double XP weekend for Gears of War 2 to celebrate America's independence from the tyrannical British (guilty).

What's more, Title Update 4 should hit beforehand, according to executive producer Rod Fergusson, meaning that Horde mode will also confer XP.

That's particularly relevant because the other part of Epic's weekend celebration is a change-up to Horde that means Ticker squads (a bunch of Tickers spawning simultaneously) show up more often and every 10th wave will be comprised of nothing but Tickers.

If you haven't played for a while and can't recall, Tickers are those little dog-sized bastards with time-bombs on their backs who run up to you and explode. Remember to melee them for extra gamerpoints (although, er, probably not in ranked Horde, unless you want to wind up your comrades).

According to Fergusson's Gears 2 forum post, it all wraps up on Monday, 6th July, at which point the game returns to normal.

With that said, the benefits of Title Update 4 are of course permanent. Check out the release notes to see what else it introduces.

Oh, and don't forget that the Dark Corners expansion, introducing a new campaign section and several multiplayer maps, launches on 28th July - and that it's going to be cheaper than originally advertised.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • muscleblade #1 3 years ago

    Playing Gears 2 this weekend then. Getting up to Level 25 for sure. Im currently at 23. Havent been playing Gears 2 much since the Exp update.

  • DFawkes #2 3 years ago

    I don't like the soundof the ticker-ific horde mode, but if it's just noe weekend and comes with Horde XP, something I've been begging for, I'll enjoy it.

    Also, being able to start from the current wave in public games should be good. I wouldn't want to with a trusted team, but with randoms I'd rather have this option.

  • Douche #3 3 years ago

    If the host in Gears 2 Mulitplayer wasn't such an uber, unstoppable, killing machine i would play it a lot more. An update is required to correct this problem.

    Looking forward to extra single player missions though.

  • etherfiend #4 3 years ago

    Building the new shed will have to wait then ;)

  • gourry #5 3 years ago

    The public horde additions are much welcome.

    These special weekends do make things a bit more interesting. A whole wave of tickers will be a bit mad, especially on the higher waves. Look foward to giving it a bash.

  • DutchDemons #6 3 years ago

    wasn't the 10th wave comprised of all the bi enemies and those bloodhound+grenadier combo's?

    those made the 10th wave hard, ticker squads seem way too easy...unless they are on top of the regular (big) enemies.

    anyway, gonna play some GoW this weekend then, hopefully this 4th update will bring about the much needed (since launch) change, though i won't hold my breath. still a nice game tho.
    Edited by 1 at 02/07/09 @ 10:08

  • BiggerBFG #7 3 years ago

    any idead what time this starts?