New Gears of War achievements reward the dedicated

by Ross Miller { Jun 13th 2007 at 3:25PM }

New Gears of War achievements are coming June 14 at 2:00 a.m. GMT, which for those in the US means tonight at 10:00 p.m. EDT. A newsbrief on the GoW page outlines the eight new achievements for the Annex gametype and the Hidden Fronts multiplayer map pack.

These achievements are not for those looking for a quick way to upgrade their gamerscore, however, and are primarily for those who want to show off that they've logged in hundreds of hours of game time. Achievements are listed after the break.

Also included in the download is a patch that fixes a number of bugs in the game and multiplayer. The Annex gametype is currently available for free. The Hidden Fronts map pack is 800 MS points now but will go free September 3.

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy; thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Gallery: Gears of War - Annex

Gallery: Gears of War - Hidden Fronts map pack

Annex-related achievements:

THIS! IS! ANNEX! -- Complete 100 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in Annex and capture 3 objectives in each match (40 points)
Inconceivable! -- Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by fewer than 5 points (30)
Nub Pwn3r -- Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by shutting out the opposing team (30)

Hidden Fronts-related achievements:

You Down With E.P.I.C? -- Win a multiplayer match of 3+ rounds in any game type on 6 different downloadable maps (30)
Green Thumb -- Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Garden multiplayer map (30)
Mind the Gap -- Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Subway multiplayer map (30)
All That Juice -- Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Process multiplayer map (30)
Purdy Mouth -- Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Bullet Marsh multiplayer map (30)

Tags: achievements, epic, gamerscore, gears of war, GearsOfWar, microsoft, xblm, xbox live, XboxLive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

edog lost @ Jun 13th 2007 3:41PM

and what of the bugs? Are they going to make it so I don't have to listen to 10 year old kids racialy berate the other players?

Christopher7xii @ Jun 13th 2007 3:45PM

Dude, if they fix the horrid lag issues I get on this game and this game only, I'll be happy.

Matt B @ Jun 13th 2007 3:46PM

That is not a bug, it's a feature!

Zaidyn @ Jun 13th 2007 4:04PM

300 reference? 1337sp33k? expected.

Bu a Princess Bride reference? Inconceivable!

Jake @ Jun 13th 2007 4:11PM

This game was made too fun. I've logged well over 100 hours of multiplayer and still have a lot of fun with the game. Epic, make your shooters fun, but not super fun. mkay, I need to try more other stuff.

To the person whining about little kids. Every time to play with someone that is decent, tell them so and send a friend request. Pretty soon, you are only playing with people that you think are cool and people that they think are cool. Inconceivable!

Though I do wish that games were somehow grouped by age. Under 18 in one set of games, over 18 in another. Little kids don't want to play with adults and adults sure as godamned hell don't want to play with those little dumbasses.

T-MeK @ Jun 13th 2007 4:12PM

"I do not think that word means what you think it means" ;)

http://ionglow.com

Miles @ Jun 13th 2007 4:13PM

Just fix the weapon slide for real this time. It literally took less than a day for people to do it again last time.

Gee Dubya @ Jun 13th 2007 4:30PM

Ha, I thought the headline read "New Gears of Wars achievements reward the dickheaded."

I'm sure they will.

Gross Greg @ Jun 13th 2007 4:35PM

@2 I posted this earlier today, but thought it might be worthwhile to repost:

Here's a MAJOR hint to fight lag: Instead of playing a quick match, go to custom match and check the bars for each one - 3 bars = good connection/no lag, and 1 bar = crap connection/lagfest. At this point, you can choose a match with a bunch of players already in, and in most cases it is even faster than the "quick match" option.

If you're still laggin' in every game, better look at your ISP. I have (slow) DSL and the strategy I explained above has completely eliminated all lag save for people quitting out in the middle of a match.

Ninja Penguin @ Jun 13th 2007 4:37PM

"Mind the Gap" made me laugh.

Jason @ Jun 13th 2007 4:54PM

Yeah, this game is great, but I can't stand playing with people I don't know anymore. Luckily I have enough friends with xboxen to field a team of 4. No longer will I have to listen to teammates dropping N bombs and/or begging me to help them get achievements, kids being chastised by their parents in the background, or try to understand spanish so I can tell my teammate to give me backup.

Christopher7xii @ Jun 13th 2007 6:19PM

Eh, I pay comcast for the top tier connection. I get awesome rates with my p2p for up and downstream. It's something that only occurs in this game for some reason.

I'll try fucking with the connection preferences though. Majority of the time I play custom matches with my friends and we have an awesome connection for everything else.

Thanks for the suggestions, but trust me, it's something with the game.

Phil @ Jun 13th 2007 6:48PM

Do the games you have already played count towards these achievements? That's the question I want answered.

How cool would it be to turn on the game and get your gamerscore to jump up about 120 points. Woooooo

fawazr @ Jun 13th 2007 7:02PM

The lag in this game is mostly due to a lack of dedicated servers. So although you may be geographically close to whoever is hosting, the slightest hiccup in his connection and everyone gets that "CONNECTION ERROR" window for about 2-3 seconds. And when someone decides to leave the game by powering down his system, everyone gets the error window that seems to last for about 15 seconds. Add to that everything is host side and the lag in Gears of War can be horrendous at times.

reductant @ Jun 13th 2007 7:16PM

This game is not fun for me because I'm #1 I'm not a jerk like most of you and #2 I'm not good at it. Most online play is a waste simply because MS doesn't know how to match people up properly.

Brandon @ Jun 13th 2007 8:12PM

I'd play this game more if it worked. I've only logged a few matches because when I hit the Join Game icon, I get an error saying I lost connection to the host. (N)

And @ #5, Jake

I think that would be a good feature to put in games. The only problem is that I'm 15 and would rather not be with immature people in my age group. But whatever.