Free Gears of War 2 multiplayer this weekend

August 2nd, 2009 1 Comment   Posted in Free, Multiplayer, Xbox 360


This weekend, Xbox Live Silver members were given the option of trying out some Gears of War 2 multiplayer for free. The event started Friday and will be ending August 3 at 11:59am EST, so you still have time to get into the action.

If you already have Gears of War 2 (like you should), be sure to check out our Dark Corners DLC review.

New Gears of War 2: Dark Corners screens

July 21st, 2009 2 Comments   Posted in Action, DLC, Media, Xbox 360


With only a week away from release, Epic is teasing fans with a handful of new screenshots for the Gears of War 2 expansion, Dark Corners.

Seven new multiplayer maps will be added with the expansion, along with a new single-player campaign chapter known as “Road to Ruin”.

Both single player and multiplayer content is showcased in these beautiful screens. Dark Corner is scheduled to launch in the Xbox Live marketplace on July 28th for 1200 MS Points.

Gears 2 content pack All Front en route July 28th

May 6th, 2009 No Comments   Posted in DLC, Microsoft, Multiplayer, Xbox 360

Gears of War 2 is one of the Xbox 360’s biggest moneymakers so the onslaught of map packs and the like are no surprise. In fact, hype surrounding the game was so big that it recently managed to surpass a 5 million copies sold milestone.

In leui of this announcement, Epic has announced that they will be releasing a retail only content pack entitled All Fronts which includes all Gears 2 map packs released thus far. However, All Fronts will also include the all new Dark Corners map pack complete with 7 multiplayer maps and the deleted campaign chapter Road to Ruin.

All Front is set to hit retailers on July 28th. If you have a fear of leaving your house or just purchased all of the map packs already, you can buy just Dark Corners off of Xbox Live for 1600 Microsoft Points.

You can hit the read link for a description of the 7 multiplayer maps, courtesy of Joystiq, included in Dark Corners. More »