Earlier this year, it was announced that Gears of War 2 would be getting some DLC in July, 2009. Well, that time is now upon us. Finally, all you crazy Gears fans out there will be able to get your hands on Gears of War 2: Dark Corners.

I was lucky enough to spend some time playing the new DLC before its release against the developers and testers at Epic Studios late last week and can say that my brief time with the new content has easily re-ignited my GoW 2 flame. Dark Corners consists of two elements. …read more

In a press release issued yesterday. Microsoft announced that as of June 4th retail stores will be carrying a bundled Xbox 360 Pro package, that contains both Gears of War and Gears of War 2.

“The ultimate “Gears of War” experience will be available for Australian customers from the 4th of June, 2009 with the upcoming release of the Xbox 360 “Gears of War” bundle. Available at participating stores, the bundle includes an Xbox 360 Pro console, a copy of “Gears of War” and the follow-up “Gears of War 2”. …read more

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The new map pack containing four new maps and 250 new achievement points has hit Xbox LIVE. The Snowblind map pack is available for 800 Microsoft points.

Details from the press release.

• Grindyard is a massive industrial complex located in a junk-processing plant from the days of Sera’s industrial excess. …read more

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Joystiq - are reporting that the exclusive to “GoW 2: Collectors Edition” owners Gold Lancer weapon, which was made available to ALL owners of Gears of War 2 yesterday, was done so in error.

“A Microsoft representative has informed Joystiq that the public availability of the Gears 2 Gold Lancer was made in error. Yesterday, we reported that the exclusive Collector’s Edition weapon had appeared on …read more

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Josh Ortega writter of Gear of War 2, has recently done an interview with Comic Book Resources discussing the GoW comic book that acts as a bridge between the original GoW, and GoW2 video games.

Ortega goes into what he hopes the comic will bring to fans of the Video Games as well as new comers to the GoW world.

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Xbox LIVE’s Major Nelson has released the activity on Xbox LIVE for the week of December 15.

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