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Chris Leigh
05 Apr, 2007

New Gears multiplayer mode explained

360 News | "Annex" coming early next week.
We reported on the new multiplayer mode that would be appearing in the next update for Gears of War, "Annex", a few days back, and now developer Epic Games has discussed some of the finer details of the new gametype.

Essentially, it's a Gears version of "King of the Hill". Thus, points are awarded for the amount of time accumulated in the occupation of a designated area (one area will be fought over at once, and each area is worth a maximum of 60 points), and the side (it's a team game only) that reaches a certain number of points first chalks up the victory. Simple. There's some variants to fiddle with - the number of rounds played and winning scores (from 120 to 480) can both be adjusted, as can options for friendly fire.

The new update is to be released on April 9.

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8 Comments
5 years ago
Oh...well that doesn't sound too excitinig. I didn't like king of the hill in Halo 2.
5 years ago
It really didnt sound like they had to rack there brains for that mode, but its something different to the usual i guess. I just didnt know what was wrong with assasination, that was my favourite mode but least played.
5 years ago
It sounds a bit odd. I dont like King of the Hill normally but hey if it is free I will give it a go. They should bring out more maps. Please Epic please
5 years ago
This game needs more maps and achievements. I want to get my seriousoly but im like 7k off, i need other achievements to unlock whilst im working towards that one so i dont get bored!! i have all the others excepet seriously and host 50 matches.
5 years ago
Nuffin wrong with King of the Hill but was it really necessarily to be so mysterious about it a couple of days ago EPIC?
5 years ago
Sounds good. At least it's something different and there are RESPAWNS, no need to wait an entire bloody round.
5 years ago
I'm sure it will be fun for a while but I don't really 'warm' to these game types for too long. I'm a killer, not a hill holder or flag capturer. icon_wink.gif

It will be good to have something new to 'experiment' with in Gears though, definitely. But I have to say, I'm more interested in going for 10k...
5 years ago
Same Nis. Not really excited at all, just more happy about the glitch fixes. More maps similar to War Machine and Gridlock would be great though.
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