This weekend will be a great time to fire up Gears of War 2 and jump into the fray to grab some extra XP. Epic Games has announced that from Friday morning until Monday morning, players will be getting double XP, with the winning teams also getting a 500 XP bonus. That's not all. Tickers will also figure prominently along with another surprise: title update 4.

Epic Games is readying a new title update for Gears of War 2, but apparently it hasn't passed certification yet so they can't give out a release date at the moment. What they do have is a list of all the changes included in Title Update 4. Check it out after the jump.

Cliff Bleszinski has come out to clarify the rumors that he's making a horror game. Talking to OXM, the poster boy for Epic Games said, "I have absolutely no idea how that hit."

Your HDTV's got nothing on this one, for sure. Caught on the Giants Cowboys Stadium was some major pwnage when Jonas Brother video director Steve Fatone decided to take an epic breather and play Xbox 360 -- using the LED wall as his own TV.

What could be going on? For some reason, all pre-orders of Epic Games' Gears of War 2 retail compilation "All Fronts" have vanished into thin online air. A Joystiq tipster came forward with the information that GameStop had pulled out the said pre-orders.

Australia's getting a mighty fine bundle from Epic Games in the form of a Gears of War bundle. This was announced by Microsoft Australia, even giving out a June 4th release date for participating retail stores.

With the E3 2009 just literally around the corner, we've got publishers and developers alike scrambling to put the finishing touches on their presentations lined up for the event. Epic Games is no different, and has now revealed their plans for the said event. Full plan list after the jump.

Everyone loves free multiplayer rank points, mmm hmm! Gear up for long hours on the 360 for the next couple of days. Epic Games has announced that Gears of War 2 will be having a Double XP weekend starting Friday, May 15, all the way up until Monday. So go on ahead and call up all of your nooby friends and pwn them to dust over the weekend. I mean, that's what friends are for, right?

Remember this rumor? It got the date wrong, but I guess it wasn't such a failure after all. We've just gotten word that yes, the Dark Corners DLC for Gears of War 2 is real and it's heading to the Marketplace this July. Following the report from earlier, we now have screenshots!

A huge update for Gears of War 2 today via press release! First up: some sales milestones. GoW2's already broken through the 5-million mark for worldwide sales, thus bringing overall series sales to 11-million. So to celebrate, Microsoft and Epic Games are announcing the new Dark Corners DLC Map Pack and an accompanying All Fronts Collection add-on retail bundle.