As most of you know, Gears of War 2 will be releasing with a code that will allow gamers to download the Flashback Map Pack that contains remade versions of maps from the original Gears of War. While we already knew about Gridlock, the new maps also include Tyro Station, Subway, Canals and Mansion. While having the older maps back is a great and all, I didn't fully understand how incredible they were going to look. Canals in the snow and Mansion without all of the stormy weather? Looking mighty fine. Don't believe me? Then check out all of the comparison images after the jump.

We still don’t have a date on when the new dashboard is actually going to land but it looks like a senior Product Manager over at Microsoft, Andrew Jenkins, may have let the cat out of the bag. In an interview with Current magazine he goes on to say “On the date we release it, it will be a global …

Joshua Ortega is a former comics writer that was brought in by Epic to ‘flesh’ out the Gears of War world. Apparently it wasn’t long before he started asking those all important realistic questions that we as gamers ignore. The one he mentions is, Why does the Gears world have so much ammo lying around? But he could have easily …