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Rod Fergusson: Forces of Nature Live Stream This Wednesday

Gears of War 3 Forces of Nature DLCThis Wednesday March 21, 2012 at 5:00 PM ET we will be having a live stream with Epic Games Director of Production, Rod Fergusson. The topic of the stream is the Forces of nature DLC coming on March 27, 2012. There are three brand new maps, Cove, Aftermath and Artillery. Two old fan favorites will be making a return, Jacinto and Raven Down. Join us on our official Twitch.TV channel.

Gears of War 3 Forces of Nature DLCFog, snowstorms and tsunamis will make playing these maps quite an adventure. Fans will also be treated to four character models and seven new weapon skins. Two of the weapon skins, which were designed based on community feedback, will need to be unlocked. There is also 250 gamerscore points added with this DLC. We listen closely to your suggestions and feedback and we’re happy to announce that the game mode Guardian will be making a return with the “Forces of Nature” DLC.

Check out this gameplay trailer from Gametrailers. You can also view a preview of the maps HERE

EGFC Old School Event

[EVENT] The EGFC take the Forums Back in TimeThe Epic Gamers Forum Clan will be taking gamers back in time for their Gears of War 3 “Old School” event this Saturday, February 25th from 12:00 PM to 5: PM Eastern. The maps will be old favorites Gridlock, Clocktower, Bullet Marsh, Blood Drive and Escalation. The gametypes will be Warzone and Execution and the teams will be four players. Only the old school weapons will be allowed, so set your loadout to the Lancer or Hammerburst and the Gnasher. All of the old power weapons will be available for pick up.

Gears of War 3 Versus Booster Map Pack ClocktowerTeams will not be selected in advance. On the day of the event, check this post on the Epic Forums and the team will post the gamertags of the host. Then send a message to the host and ask to join. Lobbies will be running until 5:00 PM, so if you don’t get in right away, don’t give up! The team does ask that you sign up for the event though in the thread on the Epic Forums. The players who signed up in advance will be the first chosen.

The team also asks that you only use the following characters:

COG:
A. Carmine
B. Carmine
Classic Marcus
Classic Dom
Classic Cole
Classic Baird
Minh Young Kim
Dizzy Wallin–(not big rig dizzy)
Tai Kaliso
Victor Hoffman

Locust:
Sniper
General RAAM
Drone
Kantus
Theron Guard-(no Savage or Onyx Theron)
Grenadiers-(No Savage Grenadier Elite)
Hunter Elite

For more information or to sign up, visit THIS thread. Click HERE for a World Time Clock if you need help with the time zones.

Gears 3 Live Stream with Rod Fergusson January 16th

Join Epic Games Director of Production Rod Fergusson on Monday, January 16th at 5:30 p.m. EST for a Gears of War 3 Fenix Rising live stream.  We’re collecting questions in advance so be sure to post any  you might have in the comments below.

To watch the live stream, visit the Epic Games Twitch.tv page January 16th at 5:30 p.m. EST. See you there!

Gears 3 Live Stream with Rod Fergusson December 12th

Join Epic Games Director of Production Rod Fergusson on Monday, December 12th at 6:00 p.m. EST for a Gears of War 3 live stream.  We’re collecting questions in advance so be sure to post any questions you might have about Gears 3 in the comments below.

To watch the live stream, visit the Epic Games Twitch.tv page December 12th at 6:00 p.m. EST. See you there!

Gears of War 3 Title Update 2 Release Notes

Hey Gears fans!  At 2 a.m. Pacific tonight we’ll begin rolling out Title Update 2 for Gears of War 3.  While this is in progress dedicated servers will not be available.  Once the update is live you will automatically be prompted to download it if you are connected to Xbox LIVE.

Read our full list of release notes and be sure to join us tomorrow night (11/16) for a live stream with Epic Games Director of Production Rod Fergusson.  The stream will start at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on the Epic Games Twitch.TV page.  If you have questions for Rod about the update, please post them in the comments section below!

 

Improvements

  • A spectator mode option has been added to private versus matches for broadcasting by gaming leagues.
    • One player on each team will be able to choose spectator mode during match set up.
    • The matches will be 4v4 with two spectators
  • The Leader and Vengeful medals are now easier to acquire.
  • The mutators Roadie Comet and Regen Enemies are now easier to acquire.
  • Added an option to disable the HUD during multiplayer games for machinima and video creators
  • Added a visual indicator of the next ring’s location during the last 10 ring points in KOTH.

 

Exploit Fixes

  • The Onyx Field Engineer medal can no longer be prestiged.
  • In Capture the Leader, the overhead Beams on DryDock are no longer accessible.
  • While affected by the Smoke Grenade stun, players will no longer be able to take hostages, pick up weapons or revive teammates.

 

General Fixes

  • If there is a host migration during Horde, the match will resume at the same wave.
  • Also during Horde, the Combat Engineer ribbon can now be achieved once per wave instead of once per game.
  • The Ranked Disconnect stat will no longer increase when quitting a standard Horde or Beast game.
  • The cringe from the Mortar will no longer cause players to drop their primary weapon.
  • The Hail Mary ribbon is now correctly awarded for long distance Boomshot headshots.
  • Maps will no longer be immediately repeated when choosing random map selection.
  • If the host pauses during a private versus match the game will continue for other players.
    • The game will still pause in the Campaign, Beast and Horde.
  • Potential fix for the rare lost progress issue.
  • Potential fix for the rare profile freezing issue.
  • Beast leaderboard screen no longer refreshes while sending challenges





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