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GEARS OF WAR TO GET TITLE UPDATE TODAY

Epic Games has announced that they will be making a title update to Gears of War today via the Xbox Live Marketplace. The main focus of the update will be the addition of 250 achievement points for the previously released downloadable “Hidden Fronts” map pack and some fixes to the Roadie Run feature which should prevent some of the issues with taking cover when you don’t mean to.

Here’s the press release from Epic describing what changes players can expect to see following the update;

“Thursday, June 14, at 2 a.m. GMT, the stakes get even higher as Gears of War releases eight new Achievements for the “Annex” gametype and the “Hidden Fronts” Multiplayer Map Pack on Xbox LIVE®.

In addition to adding new Achievements, worth a total of 250 points, Gears of War developer Epic has improved the Roadie Run controls so players have greater control of their movement and can better annihilate their pestilent enemies. The title update will also help squash multiplayer exploits and provide general housekeeping.

For those who have yet to man up and join the battle, the “Annex” gametype is now available for free and the “Hidden Fronts” Multiplayer Map Pack is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points. All four multiplayer maps will be made available at no cost over Xbox LIVE on Sept. 3, 2007.

Release Notes

  • New Achievements added! Eight new achievements worth a total of 250 points created for playing Annex and the Hidden Fronts Multiplayer Map Pack
  • Improved Roadie Run to reduce getting snagged on cover
  • Tweaked up the amount of damage done by the Lancer Assault Rifle in multiplayer
  • Fixed split-screen players interrupting the other player’s actions when they die
  • Stopped Annex scoring whenever a “Connection Error” dialog box is displayed
  • Reduced the duration that corpses remain visible when hosting an Annex match
  • Reduced the range of possible Annex bleed-out times selectable by host
  • Addressed a number of multiplayer exploits
  • Addressed other general housekeeping“ - Epic Games

June 14, 2007 Posted by nylatenite | Achievement Points, Epic Games, Gears of War, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Marketplace | | No Comments Yet

MAME32 .116 RELEASED

MAME32, the Windows GUI port of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, has now made the jump to v.116, incorporating all of the changes seen in the most recent build of it’s command line based parent.

Check out the official MAME32 page here for more details and the download links.

  • MAME32 – Official home of MAME32

June 14, 2007 Posted by nylatenite | Arcade, Emulation, MAME | | No Comments Yet

MAME V.116 RELEASED

The latest version of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator is now available. Version 1.16 incorporates all of the changes made in the last series of interim updates, so if you were having problems with anything in v.115, this new version may be the answer to your problems.

The updated files can be found at the official MAME page at Mamedev.org. You can Click here to see the full list of what’s new in this update.

June 14, 2007 Posted by nylatenite | Arcade, Emulation, MAME | | No Comments Yet