New Downloadable Content and a Patch on the Way for Gears of War

Since its release on November 7th 2006, Gears of War has become the most played game on Xbox Live, dethroning the mighty Halo 2 for the first time since its release. Players have been chainsawing each other to bits and stomping each other’s heads in all over the ten maps included with Gears of War. Later this week, they’ll have two new places to shoot at each other and blow each other apart. Microsoft has just announced that there will be two new multiplayer maps available on Xbox Live.

Epic games recently mentioned that free downloadable content was on the way for Gears of War and this week, they will deliver on their promise. This Wednesday, two new multiplayer maps will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. No specific time was mentioned for the release of the downloads, but we speculate that it will be released at 1 AM Pacific Time, concurrent with the times recent Wednesday releases have been posted.

Brief descriptions, as well as a few screenshots of the two maps have been released by Microsoft. Raven Down takes place at the crash site of a Raven helicopter and Old Bones sees players battling for supremacy across several Museums.

The two maps are sponsored by the Discovery Channel, which will soon be launching a contest, giving away 2 million Microsoft Points in 400 point increments for use in the Xbox Live Marketplace. Full details regarding the promotion have not yet been released but will soon be posted on the website www.readyaim.com.

Full details regarding problems the patch will address will be available at the Gears of War forums. For more information regarding the game read our official review.