The hopefully game-fixing update Epic Vice President Mark Rein promised would be arriving this month seems to be getting close to release : Xbox.com has details of some new achievements that’ll likely be added with the update – a whole 175 G’s worth. Before you achievement “ladies of the night” get excited, us South Africans are about to be shafted …

Some news has made it’s way to us via a tip from one of our readers (Thanks Loki) that the Gears of War 2 Flashback map pack has now become available for download over Xbox Live Marketplace. While some of you may be ecstatic that you will finally be able to download the maps ( with the help of a …

Is it just me or are you also noticing that Gears 2 isn’t getting the same devotion as the original Gears? I am not talking purely about playtime here either, the popular opinion seems to be swaying slowly against Gears 2 and in my opinion it is entirely Epic’s fault. The matchmaking in Gears 2 sucks and they are obviously …

By now, most of you are all aware that Epic has just released a new map pack for Gears of War 2 called the “Combustible Map Pack”. In a move that has gotten a whole bunch of Gears of War fans pretty riled up, Epic decided to release them a mere month or so after the release of the title …

A pretty humorous easter egg in Gears of War 2 has recently been discovered that is sure to bring out a few giggles. This easter egg gives everyone a cowboy hat like Dizzy’s and the results are quite strange to say the least. Epic have said that they chucked it in for fun during a time of pressure so don’t …

A rumour has popped up in the latest issue of EGM magazine that tells of a few features that may be seen in Gears of War 3. From the looks of things, the Gears of War team at Epic have already begun development on Gears of War 3 even though 2 just walked out the door. The original rumour slated …

I made no secret of my misgivings about Gears of War 2 and how I felt let down by the dodgy matchmaking and bad story. However I also remember saying that Horde mode was very good. Well I would like to take that back and say that Horde mode is possibly the best thing since beer on tap. Which is …

Well this is a first, I posted about our Gears of War 2 competition earlier this week but I have a feeling it is a little to complicated as no valid entries have been received… So we are going to back to the old school way of running the comps for now. First come first serve… I have 2 T-shirts …