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Double XP weekend in Gears of War 2 News

Xbox 360 News by Oli Welsh

15 May, 2009

Epic's giving the Gears of War 2 multiplayer scene a fillip with a double XP event this weekend.

From 9am GMT today [that's 10am British Summer Time, 11am in the rest of Europe - Official Eurogamer Time Monitor] until 1pm GMT on Monday, you'll get double the experience points for every kill and capture, so you'll rank up that bit faster.

Something to keep you going until the weighty Dark Corners DLC arrives, anyway. More Gears 2 stuff on the Gears 2 gamepage.

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Dizzy
15/05/09 @ 08:11
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And ranking up does what?
muscleblade
15/05/09 @ 08:13
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"And ranking up does what?"

The same thing as in other games + new achievements. Maybe i will rank up to 25 this weekend then.

Innes
15/05/09 @ 08:14
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Game totally spoilt by local hosting. I beg they have dedicated servers for gears 3.
Xerx3s
15/05/09 @ 08:17
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Only large battle games such as frontlines use dedicated servers.
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Smuggo
15/05/09 @ 08:26
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Left 4 Dead uses dedicated servers, and that only has a maximum of 8 players per game. It's rarely unplayable due to lag.
Quint2020
15/05/09 @ 08:35
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Cool, maybe I'll try to get to 20 this weekend.
Innes
15/05/09 @ 09:28
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@Xerx3s dont you mean only games on xbox? on pc dedicated server is a requirement, why should we expect less just because it is on a console, especially when gears is meant to be a flagship title.

And yes Left4dead uses dedicated servers so please STFU
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smernicki
15/05/09 @ 09:35
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shame that it's nigh on impossible to find a game thanks to the broken matchmaking

fuck you epic
Dizzy
15/05/09 @ 10:40
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"@Xerx3s dont you mean only games on xbox? on pc dedicated server is a requirement, why should we expect less just because it is on a console, especially when gears is meant to be a flagship title. "

ORLY?

Dawn of War 2 has P2P servers on PC. All Blizzard games as well. Etc... etc...

That being said.. I think FPS games should use dedicated servers for ranked games.
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Mayhem64
15/05/09 @ 10:48
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Can't say I've ever had much issue finding a game online. And with this, perhaps the short slog to 50 will be even shorter...
smernicki
15/05/09 @ 10:53
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since release i've managed to find about 5 decent horde games and that's it

dig it out every few weeks and try again only to sit and stare at the screen for 20 minutes waiting for it to match me with people

then i quit this process and play something else
Lexx87
15/05/09 @ 10:56
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Well it hasn't started yet so...
Onny
15/05/09 @ 11:01
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This is news? Halo 3 does Double XP playlists EVERY weekend.
doragor
15/05/09 @ 11:10
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@ Onny

Well, Gears doesn't do double EXP every weekend. So I guess it's news.
Bravestinsane
15/05/09 @ 14:09
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Wow havn't played this in a couple of months now, still think it's a good game.

Might as well give it a shot
Kyledanutmeg
15/05/09 @ 14:53
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I'm surprised anyone still plays this after 3 updates and then the unplayable lag oh and the cheek to release maps straight after it's released.
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15/05/09 @ 15:06
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^^

Havent played GoW2 online very much, but STILL there are plently of people who are chuffed to do this regularly, if its make them happy then who to complain?

That said, certainly hopes that MS and Epic hear the gamers cries for dedicated servers and should be used, ranked matches or for FPS (fast game) etc.

Just agreed with my mates today that we ll do Horde tonight and go up to level 50 for first time hopefully! Still a good blast of fun and probably why still is popular.

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