Joystiq is reporting that this weekend is another Double XP weekend and title Udpate 4 will be releasing.
To celebrate Independance Day, the folks at Epic Games are going to liberate (see what we did there?) Gears of War 2
from some of its nastier afflictions, through another title update. The
latest update should drop sometime before this weekend, and will bring
some changes to Horde mode. We'll be sure to let you know when the update is ready.
On top of that, it's also going to be another Gears-themed
weekend, as Epic has turned on the XP firehose. During ranked matches
on the public playlist, everyone will receive double the XP, and the
winning team will also walk away with an additional 500 XP (plus, you
know, their lives). Epic has also added some of its own brand of
fireworks to Horde mode as an homage to our own firework-shooting,
independence-celebrating festivities planned for this holiday weekend.
In every wave of the Horde, there will be added Tickers, and on the
10th wave of every Horde match, there will be only Tickers.
The festivities start on Friday morning, and will run until Monday, July 6.
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