Speaking to GameSpy's Planet Gears of War, Mark Rein expressed a sense of urgency in delivering the first round of Gears of War "housekeeping" updates. Epic is rushing to complete the game's first patch and send it off to Microsoft for certification. Apparently, the certification team calls it quits for the holidays "relatively early" this month, suggesting that if there's a jam-up in the pipeline, Gears won't be amended until early next year.In the same interview, CliffyB confirmed that the patch will focus on improving online multiplayer, musing, "Xbox Live is an umbilical crackpipe that an entire generation of gamers are rapidly becoming addicted to. The versus is where we plan on extending the fun of Gears". Rein also reaffirmed that some general bugs would be fixed in the update, including the well-documented aspect ratio issue. Full details will be posted on Epic's forums once the patch is complete.
[Via CVG]
