Gears of War 2 - Double XP Weekend

Gears of War 2 Fans aufgepasst! Zur Feier von Halloween und der Veröffentlichung des Title Update #5 hat Epic heute ein double XP weekend  für das kommende Wochenende ankekündigt. Vom 30. Oktober bis zum 2. November geht es auf den GoW Servern also wieder richtig rund und ihr bekommt in allen Modi die doppelten Punkte. Doch die doppelten XP sind noch nicht alles, seht selbst:

To celebrate Halloween and the release of Title Update 5, we figured it was time for another double XP event weekend.

Of course that means starting on the morning of Oct 30th you will recieve double XP in competitive multiplayer and Horde as well as a team winning bonus.

Beyond that though we wanted to mess with the waves in Horde to try and make it appropriately "scary" for Halloween. So while Butchers seemed on target for the theme, they didn't provide enough umph to make it scary. So we thought, what if any of the many Boomers could attack on any wave and when possible, a full Boomer squad consisting of Grinders, Butchers, Flame Boomers and regular Boomshot Boomers could appear and attack all at once. And of course waves 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 would be nothing but wave after wave of Boomers.

Sounds scary and fun to me! For those of you scoring from home, you may notice that I didn't mention the Maulers (aka the Boomers with exploding flail and shield). That's because for this event we're pulling them out. We figured what is the fun of having a massive Boomer onslaught when you can just plant a shield to block them off. So unless the shield is part of the map, you're on your own!

Quelle: Gearsforums.epicgames.com