According to the latest issue ofGamePro, Epic and Microsoft will be offering five maps as downloadable content day-and-date with the release ofGears of War 2. The five maps may look familiar — they’re all from the originalGears of War.
“Gridlock,” “Subway,” “Canals,” “Mansion,” and “Tyro Station” will be made available as download when the game launches next month. The catch: the maps will be free, and accessible by redeeming a voucher code that comes packed in withGears of War 2.
So there’s a bit of an uproar over this. The catch is that you must purchase anewcopy ofGears of War 2in order to get the code; once said code is redeemed, it becomes useless (think MS Points cards). How hard this will hit the usedGears 2market remains to be seen, but it’s likely (yet not confirmed) that the maps will be made available for purchase using Microsoft’s MS Points moon money.
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