Gears of War Update Contents

Kirjoittanut: Livegamers

09.01.2007

Epic´s Mark Rein has told on Gears of War´s official forum what will be included in the most recent update. The update is now available from Xbox Live, and should start automatically when you insert the game and sign in. Update: Reportedly the released update was only for the Xbox 360 dashboard, so we´ll have to wait a little while for the actual update.
• Fixed aspect ratio distortion when using VGA cable with 4:3 displays at resolutions higher than 640×480
• Fixed voice issue with new players joining Player Match games in progress
• Players can now get the Achievement for ”Dish Best Served Cold” when using Troika turret to kill RAAM
• Fixed rare situation where host could loop countdown and never start match
• Fixed rare situation where players could get stuck after chainsawing in multiplayer
• Reduced Grenade Tag melee distance
• Enabled “Strict” NAT check on host to prevent possible connection issues
• Optimized server browser queries to return results more quickly and prevent scroll bars from hiding quality of service icons
• Reduced number of possible revives in Execution to match Warzone
• Removed host name from Ranked match server browser
• Disabled security cameras in Ranked matches
• Ranked matches now require balanced teams (3v3 or 4v4)
• Increased penalty for quitting a Ranked match to -50 points
• Added additional cheat detection code
• Additional housekeeping updates

Mark Rein also told that this is just the first update, and is meant to fix the game´s more acute problems. More improvements and fixes are already in the making.