New Gears 2 DLC expands campaign News
Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell
Microsoft and Epic have announced the Gears of War 2 "Dark Corners" expansion pack, which will be sold through Xbox Live and as part of a new DLC bundle-in-a-box called the All Fronts Collection.
Dark Corners and All Fronts will both go on sale worldwide on 28th July. All Fronts, which also includes the Flashback, Combustible and Snowblind map packs, will cost GBP 14.99 / EUR 19.99, while Dark Corners will cost 1600 Microsoft Points (GBP 13.60 / EUR 19.20).
Dark Corners, then, consists of seven multiplayer maps, but it also includes a new campaign chapter called Road to Ruin, where Marcus and Dom return to the Locust Hollow (they just can't get enough). Players can either blast it out with the Locust or opt for stealth.
The new multiplayer maps, meanwhile, are Allfathers Garden (the sacred grounds of the Coalition founders), Memorial (a battle in the Tomb of Unknowns, with Boomshot control paramount), Sanctuary (tight paths, blind corners and corridors), War Machine (abandoned train station), Highway (underground road system), Way Station (a minefield of hidden grenades, apparently) and Nowhere (long sight-lines in the middle of nowhere for the Longshot to feast on).
Epic has also said that Dark Corners will offer new Achievements - "in fact, more than any previous Gears DLC" according to producer Rod Fergusson, taking the total available from Gears 2 and its add-ons to the ceiling of 1750G.
You can check out screenshots in our Gears of War 2: All Fronts gallery.
Announcing the bundles, Microsoft said that Gears of War 2 has now sold over 5 million units worldwide, bringing total sales of the two Gears games to more than 11 million. Not too shabby!
Inevitably though, with an unusually high Xbox Live price, there's been some debate on the boards. Fergusson explained: "In the past, like other games, we've charged 800 Points for 3-4 multiplayer maps. This time we are doubling that to 7 maps and including a new single-player chapter (a deleted scene if you will) for the price of 1600 Points. As a one to one comparison that seems fair."
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Couldn't Epic have split the campaign and multiplayer stuff and sold them at lower prices?
I've no interest at all in the multiplayer (especially now I'm reverted at last to a Silver subscriber) but I'd have bought the campaign chapter. Mind you, I still need to finish Gears of War 2's campaign first! |
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thenastypasty
07/05/09 @ 07:59
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1600mp for a chapter that should have been in the game anyway and 7 maps for a multi-player that is still not fit for purpose,Epic can go and fuck themselfs.
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The one good thing about Wii is developers don't try to rape the user base with extra content every few months. I've lost track of how many 360 and PS3 games I've got that have DLC, maps, extra trophies and achievments a few weeks after release, it's a joke. Milk away but I'm not biting anymore. This is just another case of developers having no respect for their fans. Gears 2 is finished, we don't need a extra chapter. I killed the bad guys now go and make a bug free sequel if you're up to the job. Or has all the money you're making from raping your fans made you not care anymore.
@Coin-Op Please speak for yourself..."raping your fans"? And I thought rape was a forceful action not voluntary. Nobody's forcing you to buy anything. You're always bitching, complaining or criticizing something, Coin-Op. You must be loads of fun to live with...o.0 |
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muscleblade
07/05/09 @ 08:15
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325 new achievement points. Hope there is Horde Achievements for multiplayer maps. Horde rules.
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RedSparrows
07/05/09 @ 08:37
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Iherd there was a pack being released with all the DLC in it, somewhere on the forum.
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The pricing baffles me.
The people that supported Epic and bought the 2 previous packs for 800 points each, and now wants the new maps and chapter have to pay another 1600 for a total of 3200 ($40). The people that didn't support Epic and didn't buy the 2 previous packs, can now buy the 2 previous packs and the new maps and chapter and pay $20. Way to support the fans that support you Epic. |
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@nbnz
In fairness, all content looses its value / gets reduced over time and while I agree it is a bit of a kick for those who bought the map packs originally, its just the way things work. Also bear in mind that at least one of those map packs was free anyway to a lot of people as the game came with a free code. Buy a game on release day, you'll pay full price. Wait a while and you'll likely get it cheaper. |
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Ashen-Shugar
07/05/09 @ 09:19
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Any new Gears campaign levels mean instant purchase for me.
Not too concerned with multiplayer levels and would prefer they separate multi and campaign levels in to separate packs, but there's no way I can pass up more hot manly campaign action! Intrigued to hear about stealth too, will be a welcome addition to the Gears arsenal. |
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fiery_jackass
07/05/09 @ 09:35
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hmm hmmm. I can see why people who've already shelled out for combustible/snowblind might feel a bit miffed. Personally I'd rather they worked on the netcoding to improve the remarkably inconsistent multiplayer experience. A recent reduction in allowable ping seemed to improve matters somewhat (at least, it reduced the incidence of inept pairing with Mexican/West Coast hosts): unfortunately it also seemed to blight matchmaking times and it seems to have been reverted.
It is a *deeply* irritating online experience, flipping between profanity-laden frustration and everything-works-bliss, mostly the former.
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LiveForever
07/05/09 @ 09:41
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Epic must be swimming in money. Milking the xbox360 community for all their worth.
This sadly is a trend being set by Ms and soon enough all games on 360 will be like this. Bye bye xbox live we've had some good times. Epic = new EA
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andywilkie35
07/05/09 @ 09:46
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I'm with Darren, I've got no interest in the multiplayer stuff but wouldn't mind the extra chapter. Not gonna pay 1600mp for that though! Ah well
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Stealth section? Thats not what GOW is all about.
I feel like they had a checklist of FPS cliches - Boss fight? Tick. Vehicle section? Tick. Stealth section? Nah, its not very good - lets leave it out the main game and release it later as DLC I'm a huge GOW fan but this is not what I was hoping for from the single player DLC. |
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Ninja_Tino
07/05/09 @ 10:53
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£15 is a great deal, unless of course you've got the previous maps. I don't, so woo for me. Dom and Marcus as the Theron guards looks crazy but here's hoping the stealth is entirely optional.
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The way I read it, is that you can buy All Fronts which is ONLY all the old maps in one go, OR you can get Dark Corners which has ONLY the new maps and this new campaign section.
So if you already own Flashback, Combustible and Snowblind you need only get Dark Corners. If you already own one or two of the previous packs you'll probably still be able to get them individually, but if you have none then the All Fronts pack might be a good deal. Personally, I've not even used the free code that came with it. Gears sucks monkey balls on multiplayer. |
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Definitely sucks they aren't splitting out the extra chapter from the MP maps. I haven't really played this online much, so don't care much about the maps but I'm definitely looking forward to a new chapter.
It's about effing time someone added something to the SP portion of their games! Of course, everyone complains anyway - but I say HOORAY, and, more please! |
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Personally I felt that neither the Combustible and Snowblind packs added anything really extra to the orginal game. I did buy them both, but 'kicked myself' afterwards for buying theSnowblind pack in particular for @800 ms points which I thought was dead ordinary.
Once I'd done the Hoard achievements on each I moved on. I loved the campaign but found the general multiplayer experience of GOW2 tedious with the exception of Hoard where everyone worked together. If the extra level was MS400 I'd buy it but not MS1600 for yet more hoard maps. There's a recession on you know! |
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COUNTERpyro
08/05/09 @ 08:44
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jesus christ, why does everyone on this site have talk down about anything, who cares if there charging that much, i no i would!!!!!!!! just shut up and dont buy it if your poor. And i think the stealth is a really cool twist.
Die hard Gears fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOW 4 LIFE |
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