GoW: Ultimate Edition Update Improves Gnasher and More

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Microsoft have announced that an update to <&sol;span><em><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Gears of War&colon; Ultimate Edition<&sol;span><&sol;em><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> adds some improvements to one of the game’s weapons&comma; changes to multiplayer achievements and a plethora of other tweaks and adjustments&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">The title update is available right now and changes how the iconic Gnasher shotgun works&period; As in the original <&sol;span><em><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Gears of War<&sol;span><&sol;em><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> from way back in 2006&comma; the Gnasher’s pellet spread was randomised&period; It is now the same spread pattern each time it’s fired&comma; which increases consistency and fixes issues wherein players were able to perform long-range headshots with the close quarters weapon&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Changes have also been made to the game’s Hill-based game modes&comma; allowing for the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is Annex&excl;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nub Pwn3r” achievements to be earned in King of the Hill&comma; Annex and Blitz&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">As a way of celebrating the tweaks to the game’s multiplayer&comma; players now earn double XP&comma; which will run up until 12pm PDT on 28th September&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">A bunch of minor adjustments have also been to the game&comma; based on fan feedback&period; Find the full patch notes below&colon;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">General improvements to the consistency of the Gnasher&period;<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Gnasher pellets now always shoot in a consistent pattern&period;<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Removed &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Idle State” from MP which could cause shooting trajectory to be more random&period;<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Fixed a bug where some Gnasher shots were reporting as headshots incorrectly&period;<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Improvements to player spawn locations for Blitz and King of the Hill on the following maps&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">War Machine<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Old Bones<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Gridlock<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Process<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Fixes for invisible collision on some Multiplayer maps including&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Mansion&colon; Area around Boomshot<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Clocktower&colon; Debris at top middle of map<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Reduced flinching &lpar;camera shake&rpar; when taking damage in Multiplayer to be consistent with Gears 1<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Changed Re-Up system to retain unlocked characters when &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;re-upping” &lpar;Player Level in Multiplayer&rpar;<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Spectator Mode now displays match score in the HUD<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Audio improvements for footstep and movement sounds behind the player<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Improvements to server stability<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Fixed a crash when muting players with a spectator in the game<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Fixed a bug where dead bodies could sometimes cause players to roll instead of move into cover<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">General bug fixes and improvements<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Source&colon; <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gearsofwar&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;forums&sol;98be6d5e03f642a5b8b561883802d401&sol;threads&sol;gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-title-update-9-23-2015&sol;ea6b6b54-36df-4168-b3ad-39b7081054bf&sol;posts"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Gears of War Official Website<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">&comma; <&sol;span><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;xbox&period;com&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;games-gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-updates"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Xbox Wire<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;