Another month and another free update for Gears of War 4 which is bringing us two new maps yet again. The first map is a classic map which I loved when I first started playing Gears of War on my 360 and that map is War Machine. War Machine has a few upgrades and is focused around the new COG settlement opposed to what it looked like in previous games. The Second Map is Impact Dark. We all know Impact but now we are able to play this map in the dark. Some changes will be the map will have reduced visibility due to smoke around the map and some weapon changes as well. This will have you re thinking your strategy on this map. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quu1vSnmuHI[/embedyt]   Starting February 10th Gears of War 4 will be adding a Valentine’s Day event which players can get new themed bounties as well as Gear Packs. Also Torque Bow Tag is making a comeback and will have a touch of cupid mixed into as well. So look for that game mode in the update. Below is a list from the Coalition that will be updated as well.

• New “Inconceivable” difficulty (campaign & Horde)

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• IronMan Mode (Campaign & Horde)
• Level 6 skills for all class skills
• More skills for existing classes
• New achievements
• And much more!

February Update Notes 

• Added a small delay before being able to fire when Wall Cancelling (now balanced with existing Wall Bounce firing delay)
• New Guardian Spawn System: Players will now spawn closer to the Leader
• Added IFF Lights onto Dizzy to bring visual readability of his model in-line with all other characters
• Torque Bow now rotates with Sniper every round on Blood Drive
• Reduced the frequency of spawn swaps on Blood Drive
• Resolved an issue that could cause the Kestral to be stuck out of sight on Blood Drive
• Resolved minor geometry on Blood Drive that could block bullets
• Improved messaging for Core/Competitive rejoin when trying to rejoin after rejoin window ends
• Incendiary grenades now kill Down But Not Out players with Execution Rules On
• Previous map high score will now display on end of round scoreboards in Horde
• The Trick Shot ribbon is now correctly awarded in Horde
• The Sniper Strike Horde Skill card no longer counts towards Headshot Bounties
• When a player scopes with the Longshot, the scope now displays for spectators
• Fixed an issue with suspending the title that could cause suspensions to last longer than intended
• Other minor fixes and improvements

Cheers Folks!