The lid is finally being pried off by Epic’s online action for Gears of War 2. They’ve got some nice modes coming too, who wouldn’t be seduced by Meat Flag?
To coincide with the refined cover system in GOW2 the maps will also be featuring portable shields for the daredevils of covering fire.
War Zone is your typical approach to team deathmatch with two teams of five players on each side. Wingman mixes things up a little by increasing the teams to five but with only a single buddy for company.
Meat Flag is your capture-the-flag mode but with an Epic flavour, the ‘flag’ is actually a live individual. Guardian is another two five-man team setup but with the exception of a member from each team gets marked as a ‘Guardian’ - if they die then that team can’t respawn for the rest of the match. I imagine some colourful language will be hurled at the screen during those ‘trust’ exercises.
Gears of War 2 is being exclusively released on Xbox360 this November.
Source: Eurogamer