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Gears of War 2 Retail DLC Collection and New Map Pack Announced to Celebrate 5 Million Sales

by Alice O'Connor, May 06, 2009 7:47am PDT

Related Topics – Gears of War 2, xbox 360, DLC, Xbox Live Marketplace

As Gears of War 2 hits 5 million sales, Epic Games has announced a bumper retail add-on with all current downloadable content packs and the new Dark Corners DLC.

The $20 Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection contains the Flashback, Combustible and Snowblind map packs, a poster, Live theme and strategy guide, plus Dark Corners.

The Dark Corners DLC--also available by itself on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 1600 MS Points ($20)--contains 7 new multiplayer maps and a 'deleted' campaign chapter where Marcus and Dom return to the Locust Hollow, playable with stealth or violence.

The Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection and the Dark Corners DLC both arrive July 28.

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DLC is overrated, never bought it never will

May 06, 2009 7:59pm PDT

DLC is overrated, never bought it never will : techx4

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Will the be an option to purchase a 'smaller' version w/o the older map packs included for 800 MS Points? Seems kinda dickish to make ppl who already have all the old DLC to re-buy it just to get Dark Corners and the new Maps.

May 06, 2009 8:34am PDT

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So has it been confirmed that GoW2 is never coming to the PC? Or are they just waiting a long time like with GoW?

May 06, 2009 5:53pm PDT

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So has it been confirmed that GoW2 is never coming to the PC? Or are they just waiting a long time like w... : TheQuad
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- Ehh, I don't care if it doesn't. I've watched my son play it and it looks pretty blah. This would be a st... : samduhman

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Yeah I'm no longer supporting game franchises that promote this kind of crap anymore. If they honestly expect people to pay $20 for a small campaign, add to that a slap in the face for selling us individual map packs and including all of it for less to new players, I'm going to drive to their studios and throw a brick through their windows with their game attached to it.

I have yet to play any of the new maps from the first map pack because it takes 5-10 minutes to find a match.

May 06, 2009 4:05pm PDT

Yeah I'm no longer supporting game franchises that promote this kind of crap anymore. If they honestly ex... : Bboygorge

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So the people (like me) are stupid because we bought the old DLC shit for 10 bucks each pack, and now they are releasing a much better pack whit all the old DLC plus new maps and new campaing. OOOHHH its epic games and microsoft, im not surprised...

May 06, 2009 3:11pm PDT

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So the people (like me) are stupid because we bought the old DLC shit for 10 bucks each pack, and now the... : ZZ DooM
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- There seems to be a direct relationship between how angry a gamer is and the number of spelling and gram... : wildbil52
- Pretty much. : Khellus

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what I'm reading from this is "Awesome, our game has sold 5 million copies.. NOW GIVE US MORE MONEYZ"

you'd think they would celebrate with having it free but its console so can't say I'm supriced

May 06, 2009 3:03pm PDT

what I'm reading from this is "Awesome, our game has sold 5 million copies.. NOW GIVE US MORE MONEYZ" ... : ClawHammR

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So I can pay $20 for all the maps previously released plus the new maps, or I can pay $20 for just the new maps? Am I missing something here?

May 06, 2009 12:29pm PDT

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- I came here to post the same... I already bought all the maps... I dont want the entire package and I wil... : excessus
- Or don't pay at all, or wait until it's discounted. I'm only interested in the SP campaign so I doubt I'l... : nudel

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Yeah, celebrate 5 million sales... by buying more s....

May 06, 2009 10:48am PDT

Yeah, celebrate 5 million sales... by buying more s.... : snitch13

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So obviously there is little reason to not buy the retail pack, even if you have all the other map packs, as it is the same price as the latest map pack and new campaign.

Assuming your info is correct, and Kotaku hasn't really explained it well.

May 06, 2009 8:29am PDT

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- Yeah, this is a pretty great deal. I only have one of the map packs, so this pays for itself and then som... : kungfusquirrel

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Justin time, I was getting back into regularly playing the mp after the last update. Cool.

May 06, 2009 9:21am PDT

Justin time, I was getting back into regularly playing the mp after the last update. Cool. : Fenring42

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so basically its like an expansion pk for mp + a sp level?

so far i have been avoiding dlc, but a retail copy with everything in it would interest me.

May 06, 2009 9:17am PDT

so basically its like an expansion pk for mp + a sp level? so far i have been avoiding dlc, but a ret... : X-GOUKI

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Can I just say that your article is a thousand times better than the Kotaku article full of misinformation and outright lies.

yeah fuck them.

May 06, 2009 8:18am PDT

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  - They probably got tired of reading the press release since it arrived in the middle of their pedo-hentai ... : MrLobo
- Isn't kotaku Japanese for douchebag? : Fred Garvin

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A new campaign chapter huh...that could cause me to buy this, even though I don't really want the MP maps since I don't play it anymore.

May 06, 2009 7:56am PDT

A new campaign chapter huh...that could cause me to buy this, even though I don't really want the MP maps... : Begawkiness

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