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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition’s February Title Update is scheduled to roll out to Xbox One players today at 5pm GMT, Microsoft and The Coalition have announced.
The 5GB update incorporates a host of tweaks and fixes based on what players have been saying across the internet.
February Title Update Patch Notes:
- Kills in Social playlists now also count towards the ‘Seriously’ achievementWhen we introduced our new Competitive Playlists to make our offering more focused, ‘Seriously’ only counting kills in Competitive didn’t make as much sense. As such, we’ve now updated the achievement to count both Social and Competitive playlist kills so you can work towards the achievement in any mode you want!
- Improvements to Boomshot hit registrationAt times, the Boomshot has had inconsistent performance. We’ve addressed a few of these items that should help the Boomshot perform more consistently – including a fix that should resolve the issue where the Boomshot fails to damage an enemy when fired at their feet. Thanks you to all our fans who provided detailed feedback and videos that helped us improve the way the Boomshot performs.
- Addressed some matchmaking issues that caused long wait times
- Improvements to hit registration on downed enemies (sponging)
- Small improvements to the Left Trigger Issue
- Fixed hit detection when shooting an enemy in cover against the top pillars on Clocktower
- Removed POI on Right Stick for Alternate Control Scheme
- Bug fixes and general improvements
In addition to the fixes in the Title Update, The Coalition has also taken a look at the game’s playlists, with the changes outlined below.
- Increased Execution XP to better match the gain in other modesExecution is a mode that can be highly rewarding, but also extremely punishing. To better reward players who take on the challenge of Execution, we’ve increased the XP gain in the mode significantly.
- Moved Blitz from Competitive to Social
- Added a new Competitive TDM playlistWe’ve been excited to see such a positive reaction to the new, faster Blitz mode. We wanted to address community feedback about quitters impacting games – as such, we’ve moved Blitz to Social so join in progress backfilling can replace any teammates who quit. To ensure fans of Respawn Gametypes have an option to play a competitive matchmaking experience, we’ve added an additional TDM playlist to the game in the Competitive category.
- Returned Warzone as a permanent playlist
- Returned Assassination as a playlist for a limited timeWarzone is also returning as a permanent social playlist based on fan feedback. While Assassination has returned as a playlist, this is for a limited time only – we will be returning the event to ‘special event’ status in the future
In celebration of the new update, specifically the Seriously Achievement – which now counts kills in any mode across Social and Competitive Playlists – a one week event called Seriously TDM will take place until February 29. In this mode you and your friends can take advantage of 30 respawn TDM in a first to two round scenario. You’ll find the mode in the Social category.
Source: Gearsofwar.com
