Topic “gears”
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2008-11-19
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Epic addresses Gears 2 matchmaking woes
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Online Epic's Rod Fergusson has acknowledged that "longer-than-ideal wait times" are being experienced by those in Gears of War 2's multiplayer matchmaking. He explains the issue is complicated and that there "isn't any one problem" causing the extended waits. The company is currently working with Microsoft to […] read
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Gears of War 2's ranking system explained
Filed under: News, Gears of War 2After hearing about gamers' anger and general confusion surrounding Gears of War 2's online ranking system, team Epic has come to the rescue by explaining how the whole ranking thing works.According to Gears community manager SixOkay, the Gears 2 ranking system strictly uses Microsoft's TrueSkill which is was created using chess' ELO rating system. This means that ranks aren't calculated strictly by points or kills, instead a rank is […] read
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Epic addresses Gears 2 matchmaking woes
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Online Epic's Rod Fergusson has acknowledged that "longer-than-ideal wait times" are being experienced by those in Gears of War 2's multiplayer matchmaking. He explains the issue is complicated and that there "isn't any one problem" causing the extended waits. The company is currently working with Microsoft to […] read
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OPEN SOURCE: Yahoo Browser Plus Opening Up
[…] and &”;ensure BrowserPlus stays a secure, robust platform running on all popular operating systems and browsers.&„; The offering is a bit of a competitor to Google Gears, which allows users to access popular applications from Google and others like Zoho in an offline environment. Yahoo BrowserPlus offers a number of other features for desktop and web apps to interact, like allowing users to drag and drop files directly into the Web browser. Rob Diana took a detailed look at some of the […] read
2008-11-18
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Rumor: Gears of War 2 'Imulsion' map images
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action While you're waiting (and reading War and Peace) for Gears of War 2's matchmaking system to do its job, take a look at these screens of a rumored new multiplayer map for the game. It appears to contain copious amounts of Imulsion and could be en route as DLC.Although we'd love to speculate on what the "environmental effect" (à la Avalanche or Hail) could be […] read
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And the 'Gears of War 2' Joyswag winner is ...
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Joyswag Carlos S. from Chicago. Congratulations! Now, if you'll kindly take your jealous glare off of Carlos and his mountain of Gears loot for a moment and refocus on the image above -- yep, much better. See that? That's this week's Joyswag prize (the World Tour band kit plus Rock Band 2) and it ain't […] read
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Car Driven Without Gears to Revolutionize Motor Industry (Jan, 1933)
Car Driven Without Gears to Revolutionize Motor Industry ANOTHER step forward to greater automobile efficiency has been made with this gearless motor car, invented by a young Australian engineer. The car, shown in illustration on right, promises to revolutionize motoring throughout the world. The machine is propelled by a standard engine, its only controls being a [...] read
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Possible Gears 2 'Imulsion map' DLC pics surface
Filed under: News, Gears of War 2 A mysterious set of Gears of War 2 screenshots recently made their way online and look to be pictures of a never before seen multiplayer map that could release as new downloadable content. The nine screenshots (galleried below) show what look to be a multiplayer map that is surrounded by gorgeous yellow imulsion. And from what we can tell, the screens seem legit and one could easily speculate we'll be receiving some multiplayer map DLC in […] read
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Epic addresses Gears of War 2 matchmaking hiccups, still no fix
Filed under: News, Gears of War 2After hearing the community's complaints and general negative feedback regarding the long wait times experienced during Gears of War 2 matchmaking, Epic's Rod Fergusson addressed the issues over on the official Epic forums. Sadly, there is no hard fix in place.Fergusson wants the Gears community to know that the long wait times experienced in matchmaking are limited in scale (riiiiiight) and that Epic is working with Microsoft to speed things […] read
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Rumor: Gears of War 2 'Imulsion' map images
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action While you're waiting (and reading War and Peace) for Gears of War 2's matchmaking system to do its job, take a look at these screens of a rumored new multiplayer map for the game. It appears to contain copious amounts of Imulsion and could be en route as DLC.Although we'd love to speculate on what the "environmental effect" (à la Avalanche or Hail) could be […] read