Let’s start with the maps, according to JoyStiq GoW 3′s senior gameplay designer recently stated that the most-played maps on Gears of War 2 were bright, to cut a long story short the darker the map the less it was played, therefore GoW 3 features a new lighting model which allows developers to create even brighter maps, also dark maps will use blues instead of blacks to keep things less dreary.

It looks as if Epic Games will also mix up how they bring DLC to GoW 3 gamers, when Epci released GoW 2 16-digit codes came with new copies of the game, however a lot of people didn’t bother to claim their free Flashback map pack, perhaps we will see a map pack release a month or so after the game comes out.

Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski has also leaked some information regarding some Gears of War 3 “special unlocks”, you can see a tweet below, details are understandably scarce, however it seems as if Shadow Complex, Unreal Tournament 3, Gears, and Bulletstorm gamers will receive unlockable content, whilst other gamers will have to unlock this content by perhaps completing missions and earning particular achievements.

So there you have it guys, GoW 3 will feature less dark and dingy environments, no DLC codes in the retail packaging and also special unlocks for loyal Epic Games customers.

What do you make of all of this news? Did you want brighter maps? Did you want free DLC upon purchasing GoW 3? What “special unlocks” do you expect? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Rod Fergusson, the Executive Producer of the Gears of War franchise at Epic Games has recently revealed a new Twitter promotion in which the more followers he gets, the higher the XP multiplier will become.

You can see the tweet that explains the promotion here, basically it means for every 500 followers he gets he will add to the XP mulitplayer, currently he is at just over 9000 followers, which means the multiplier stands at 18x.

From what we can see the promotion will only last whilst the San Diego Comic-Con takes place, the official website say it starts on July 22nd and last until July 25th.

If you would like to help this multiplier increase follow Rod Fergusson on Twitter here.

Is this promotion unfair to gamers who played for hours on end to earn level 50?

Source: JoyStiq

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Jon Denton from GamerZines informs us that the new title update now makes it possible to jump in and out of a game – all without disruption. To get the download you will have to have all four map packs, if not then you will spend a huge amount of MSPs – but we would have to say it would be worth it.

Title Update 6 will help to bring some new life to this aging game, and will help to keep fans occupied just until Gears of War 3 is released. Come on, how cool will it be to join a party that has already started – something that we take for granted on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Some other changes to look out for with the new Title Update 6 are improved balancing along with other behind the scenes fixes. More details on these changes can be found on the official Gears of War website

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But they haven’t finished yet, Epic are also planning on a special promotion that will “dramatically” reduce the cost of the “All Fronts Collection,” so you can download all the extra content for less than the 1600 Microsoft points price.

The improvements and fixes list is huge, so much so that we could not possibly fit it in this post, so if you would like to see the entire list of improvements, fixes, and balancing updates check out the source page.

Source: Kotaku

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