Gears of War 2: Game of the Year Edition detailed, priced, and dated.
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Tim Sweeney revealed the budget and manpower it took to develop Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360.
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A slew of new avatar items from Star Wars, BioShock 2 and Gears of War 2 are now available for purchase on the Avatar Marketplace, just in time for the release of the new Xbox 360 Summer Dashboard update. Here are all the new items you can expect to find:
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Hawty McBloggy has found some seriously creepy video game-themed My Little Ponies inspired by Gears of War, The Legend of Zelda, and even Iron Man.
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Speaking with '1 vs. 100 LIVE' host Chris Cashman, Epic Games' designer Cliff Bleszinski hinted that the next entry in the 'Gears of War' series will have a female protagonist -- specifically the one featured in one of Jim Lee's cover art for the 'Gears of War' comic.
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Check the debuts of King of Fighters XII, Puyo Puyo 7, Gears of War 2, Ju-On, Armored Core 3 Portable and more
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VG247 writes: "With the release of All Fronts and Dark Corners, Epic is hosting another Double XP session for Gears of War 2 players.

Only instead of a weekend, it will last all week long and be available to the public playlist and private games as well.

The Double XP week ends August 3, so long into XBL and get to fragging."
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Console Monster writes: "After a lack of Xbox Live Marketplace updates last week, the feature returns this week with some great new content. The long-awaited Gears of War 2 downloadable content is now available, alongside some free Fight Night Round 4 content. There are also some trailers and an array of Rock Band tracks from the likes of Blink-182 and Weezer. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Tuesday 28th July 2009:

Gears of War 2: Dark Corners Multiplayer Map Pack
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Size: 489 MB
This downloadable content pack features 7 new Gears 2 multiplayer maps and a bonus deleted single-player chapter, "Road to Ruin," from the Gears of War 2 campaign. In "Road to Ruin," Marcus and Dom navigate the treacherous Locust highway, choosing stealth or blazing action to survive. For multiplayer fans, the 7 maps include a new War Machine, the much-requested Gears 1 map; Allfathers Garden, a heavy-weapons battle at a COG landmark; Highway, a fight deep in the Locust Hollow; Memorial, a battle at the Tomb of the Unknowns; Nowhere, a firefight in an old motel; Way Station, an unpredictable battlefield with parallel paths; and Sanctuary, a reimagined favorite from Gears for Windows. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts..."
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Microsoft has made the Gears of War 2 expansion All Fronts Collection available for purchase.
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Koku Gamer writes: 'Gears of War director Len Wiseman and writer Chris Morgan have appeared at the Gears of War panel during this year's San Diego Comic-Con with some more details of the movie.'
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During the Gearsiverse panel at Comic-Con, Epic's Cliff Bleszinski and Ron Fergusson revealed that there will be Gears of War-themed armor of both the COG and Locust variety coming to XBL Avatars soon. One rule that Microsoft imposes on Avatar clothing and models is that they "can't look inhuman," according to Bleszinski. So they pieced together a workaround set of Locust armor that you can check out beyond the break.

Look for these new Avatar upgrades to be available when the next Xbox Live dashboard update becomes available soon. Meanwhile, we're going to scurry out to our preview builds to see if they're already available
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The much anticipated Downloadable Content (DLC) for Gears of War 2 is about to hit the XBOX 360 Marketplace. Gears of War 2: Dark Corners DLC offers gamers 19 multiplayer maps and a deleted campaign scene titled "Road to Ruin".
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With the pending release of the All Fronts Collection and Dark Corners DLC, our exclusive video interview with Epic's Design Director Cliff Bleszinski teases a few things Epic might have in the hopper.
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Amazon this week price cut the title Gears of War 2 to under $30 in a new round of video game discounts.
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X360a writes:

"Following a distress signal from the overrun city of Jilane, Delta Squad is dispatched to investigate with the help of a unique "scout" named Alex. The team, with the help of Sigma Squad, will explore one of the darker elements of the Gears universe, and to tell this unique and harrowing tale, series writer Joshua Ortega will be joined by Epic Games president Mike Capps! Further exploring the world of the sensational hit video game!"
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Gears of War 2 has listed the All Fronts Collection, now available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The download includes all 19 downloadable Gears 2 multiplayer maps and a bonus deleted single-player chapter, "Road to Ruin," from the GoW2 campaign.
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These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Community Games, full versions purchased during the week.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU's):
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty: WaW
3 Call of Duty 4
4 Gears of War 2
5 GTA IV
6 FIFA 09
7 Left 4 Dead
8 UFC 2009 Undisputed
9 Fallout 3
10 Rock Band 2

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased):
1 Worms 2: Armageddon
2 Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers
3 THE KING OF FIGHTERS'98 ULTIMATE MATCH
4 Castle Crashers
5 UNO
6 Hasbro Family Game Night**
7 Worms
8 Sonic The Hedgehog 3
9 GAROU -MARK OF THE WOLVES-
10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
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Marcus Lai of PunchJump writes:

"Retailer Amazon.com this week price cut Microsoft Corp.'s Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360 to under $35 in a new game sale.

On Mon., Gears of War 2 held a sale price of $34.97. The title previously sold at $59.99."
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Joystiq writes:

Heads up, COG soldiers. Epic's Gears of War 2 has just received its highly-anticipated fourth Title Update. The new update not only adds experience to Horde mode, but also fixes a variety of bugs, according to the update notes on the Gears forums. Aside from fixing some issues with the new cringe-inducing smoke grenades, the new update also tweaks the Wingman match type, doing away with some of the issues involving weapon spawning and a particularly nasty exploit where players could get credit for two kills while only killing one opponent.

Hopefully, this will fix some of the persistent issues plaguing Gears of War 2's online component. So, grease up your Lancer and head out into battle. This weekend is chock full of XP, after all!
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Console Monster writes: "We have just added the new Achievements for Gears of War 2 on the Xbox 360. The 13 new achievements add 325 GamerScore to the game making Gears of War 2 the second title to reach the 1750 cap (with Halo 3 being the first).

The achievements relate to the 'Dark Corners' deleted scene releasing on the 28th July, as well as the new multiplayer maps.

The list now contains 79 achievements worth 1750 GamerScore..."
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