According to the Epic Games forums, the "Title Update 5" release for Gears of War 2, coming Monday, will bring with it a Halloween double XP weekend. The event is titled "All Hollows Eve" and it will start the morning of October 30th and end November 2nd.
Epic thought it would be cool to adjust the Horde Mode a bit to make it "scary". Here is a quote from Rod Fergusson on details.
"Hey all,
To celebrate Halloween and the release of Title Update 5, we figured it was time for another double XP event weekend.
Of course that means starting on the morning of Oct 30th you will recieve double XP in competitive multiplayer and Horde as well as a team winning bonus.
Beyond that though we wanted to mess with the waves in Horde to try and make it appropriately "scary" for Halloween. So while Butchers seemed on target for the theme, they didn't provide enough umph to make it scary. So we thought, what if any of the many Boomers could attack on any wave and when possible, a full Boomer squad consisting of Grinders, Butchers, Flame Boomers and regular Boomshot Boomers could appear and attack all at once. And of course waves 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 would be nothing but wave after wave of Boomers. Sounds scary and fun to me!
For those of you scoring from home, you may notice that I didn't mention the Maulers (aka the Boomers with exploding flail and shield). That's because for this event we're pulling them out. We figured what is the fun of having a massive Boomer onslaught when you can just plant a shield to block them off. So unless the shield is part of the map, you're on your own!
Have fun and I'll see you online!
Thanks,
Rod."
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written by EliteGamer, October 25, 2009
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