Gears of War Annexes New Update
Gears of War received a lovely update, today. The update included a new multiplayer mode called, Annex. Here's what it involves:
In Annex, gamers seize victory by keeping control over key map locations, or objectives, long enough to collect a winning number of points. Every map contains two to five identified objectives available for capture, with one objective active at a time. Objectives are based on map weapon-spawn locations and have a potential value of 60 points toward either team’s score. Teams collect those points by maintaining ownership of an objective until all 60 points have been distributed. Every second that a team controls an objective, the team gets one point. When an objective falls to zero points, the next objective is selected at random.
Good times! While I was visiting some friends this past weekend, we made a quick run through of Gears. It was enough to convince them to buy a copy for themselves so we can play against or with each other. So, well be checking that mode out soon.
There are a few more improvements, but if you want to read those, you've gotta to make the jump. Just do it!
- VGA Cable Support: Monitor resolution widths greater than or equal to 1280 now render as letterbox. In particular VGA users running at 1280x1024 will now see the game in full 720p (1280x720) resolution in letterboxed form.
- Adjusted Assassination Multiplayer Gametype: Leader no longer has to unlock weapons and now has to be executed to die.
- Adjusted Boomshot: Splash damage to be more effective rendering targets down-but-not-out
- Adjusted Hammer of Dawn: Aiming will be more forgiving of moving targets
- Adjusted Roadie Run: Reduced frequency of accidently grabbing cover while running
- Kill Message Ticker: Ticker can now be seen while down-but-not-out and spectating
- General: Addressed a number of possible exploits in multiplayer
By the way, here's something you might enjoy.
Super Timsy
Posted to Video Games on 9 April 2007
· Comments (2)
Other stuff like this: Annex, Epic Games, Gears of War, Multiplayer, Xbox 360
it sounds exactly like domination mode from the original UT... (which i hope they bring back in UT3!!!)
Haha, thanks for that ytmnd link at the end; it made me smile. Probably funnier for those of us who've played the game, though.
SephyLove: It's similar in that it involves defending a territory, but there are enough differences that I wouldn't call it a rip-off.