The Gears of War auto update rolled out earlier this morning implementing an updated roadie run (third time's the charm), general maintenance and our favorite ... new achievements. The eight new Gears achievements are wrapped up in the newish content all achievable either by playing the Annex gametype or by playing in the new Hidden Fronts maps (which cost 800 Microsoft points, but will be free in September). Our favorites? Based strictly on their names we love the 300 reference in "THIS! IS! ANNEX!", the nubness of "Nub Pwn3r", and "All That Juice" ... because it made us chuckle. But we're sure we'll achieve "You Down With E.P.I.C?" first, because it looks to be the easiest. Complete description of all eight new achievements is viewable after the break. Annex ... here we come.Achievement Details
"THIS! IS! ANNEX!" - Complete 100 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in Annex and capture 3 objectives in each match. (40GS)
"Inconceivable" - Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by fewer than 5 points. (30GS)
"Nub Pwn3r" - Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by shutting out the opposing team. (30GS)
"You Down With E.P.I.C?" - Win a multiplayer match of 3+ rounds in any game type on 6 different downloadable maps. (30GS)
"Green Thumb" - Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Garden multiplayer map. (30GS)
"Mind the Gap" - Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Subway multiplayer map. (30GS)
"All That Juice" - Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Process multiplayer map. (30GS)
"Purdy Mouth" - Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Bullet Marsh multiplayer map. (30GS)
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6-14-2007 @ 12:18PM
Outinthedark said...
Weren't new weapons supposed to roll around as well? I'm still holding out for the free content come September...Shadowrun can hold me over til then...!
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6-14-2007 @ 12:20PM
NitroFrost said...
Question it never says ranked????
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6-14-2007 @ 12:22PM
Mark said...
Did they fix the ability to go outside the map in Subway? I always hate when people do that.
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6-14-2007 @ 12:43PM
Viridium said...
I'm with NitroFrost - the other 'old' achievements specify ranked play. Is that still required for the new ones?
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6-14-2007 @ 12:51PM
Eleft said...
did they fix the bullet lag?
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6-14-2007 @ 1:05PM
MrJ said...
Over on Major Nelson's website there are complaints about unlocking the new achievements and not receiving the gamer points.
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6-14-2007 @ 1:15PM
Adam Sutherland said...
Is it ranked matches only?
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6-14-2007 @ 1:25PM
L said...
no they can be done in player matchs ^__^
but i would wait for an update theres a bug and you will not get the points =S
Happy to say they have Fix.ed a few of the bugs =D
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6-14-2007 @ 2:13PM
Bleedngreen said...
The new achievements show up on your gamertag but your friends cant see it and you dont get the gamerscore because i got 3 already and they are broken.
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6-14-2007 @ 2:39PM
Jim said...
Mark,
No, they somehow did not fix the Subway glitch. I just played a game where a kid continually left the map so that his team couldn't lose when they started on top. And then, of course, after they won 3-2 after 2 draws from him being the last one alive, they reminded us that we were noobs and bitches.
Ah, I forgot why I lost interest in Gears.
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6-14-2007 @ 2:49PM
mcdeath ob said...
I am very close to buying these maps. Hopefully a combination of GHII, Shadowrun and Forza 2 will keep the temptation at bay....
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6-14-2007 @ 3:39PM
Jon C. said...
Hey guys,
Just wanted to know if the sticky roadie-run problem has been fixed? I won't be able to play tonight so I'm curious if anyone has noticed a difference crouch-running around the maps.
Thanks!
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6-14-2007 @ 4:06PM
Tom said...
@mcdeath ob
*playing harp*
Give in... give in... my friends and I all have the new maps, and we're not a-holes like 90% of the people on XBL... come play with us... one of us... one of us...
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6-14-2007 @ 9:02PM
SteveMB said...
Doesn't that look like the guy from the movie 300?
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6-16-2007 @ 8:14PM
JohnHeist said...
^^ Silly Rabbit..
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6-23-2007 @ 6:57AM
norridge said...
im pissed off man! i play for gow achievements, get over 100 on most of them and now dont get the achievements?? anyone know what is wrong??
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6-27-2007 @ 11:52PM
ANGELO GO LIVE said...
DO U HAVE TO UNLOCK THE NEW ACHIEVMENTS FOR GEARS ONLINE OR COULD U JUST PLAY IT LOCAL NOT ONLINE?????
PLEASE HELP I NEED TO KNOW THIS!!!!
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