'Gears of War' Gets New Multiplayer Mode Soon

[Rs0n1sT]

Gears of War keeps getting better! Every time you look around, Epic is releasing a new patch, a new map, a visual upgrade, you name it. Not ones to rest on their laurels, the developers at Epic are at it again, this time preparing to unleash an entirely new mode of online play, one with a capture the flag like mechanic (complete with respawning) that’s been dubbed Annex mode by some.

In this new mode, teams of players are given objectives at the start of each round, such as “hold the location.” Winners are decided by a point system and players gain points based on how long they hold a location or how many objectives they complete. The first team to gain a set amount of points wins.

Annex mode is highly customizable and almost everything from bleed out time and weapon availability to the number of rounds and number of points necessary to win can be adjusted.

There is no date set for the release of the new mode, despite early speculation which suggested that it would be released on April 9th. For now we play the waiting game, which is nowhere near as fun as Gears multiplayer.

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[Kunnin']

Gears will be bad ass with respawns. Constant action, no running around looking for the last fucker to kill.

[ziplock]

is it still only 4vs4? cause thats gay

[Kunnin']

^ Yea they won't be able to change that in an fairly small update. The whole system would have to change. Hopefully if they make another Gears they do some 6 Vs 6 action.

[ziplock]

^^ at least 8vs8

[Rs0n1sT]

they should make a rumble pit type match