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Gears of War 3 Title Update 4

 We are set to release Title Update 4 for Gears of War 3 tomorrow morning at 2:00 AM PT. Once the update is live you will automatically be prompted to download it if you are connected to Xbox LIVE. Read our full list of release notes and be sure to join us Wednesday night (3/21) for a live stream with Epic Games Director of Production Rod Fergusson.  Rod will be talking about the upcoming DLC, “Forces of Nature.” The stream will start at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on the Epic Games Twitch.TV page.  Read more about the stream HERE.

Here are the release notes of Title Update 4.

IMPROVEMENTS

    Savage Drone and Savage Grenadier can now “swat” turn in Beast mode
    Spectator mode now starts viewing a player instead of a battle camera
    Alternate control users in multiplayer will no longer look at DBNO characters when pressing R3
    The crosshair for the Longshot and Hammerburst will now show an X if a shot is obstructed.
    KOTH – ring locators are now visible in spectator mode
    KOTH – some hill locations have been adjusted

BUG FIXES

    The Onyx Guard decoy in Horde will not drop his rifle after exhausting the Vulcan ammo
    Clients will no longer be stuck with a “Waiting For Players” message up if the host quits Horde during the progression screen
    Chainsaw audio loop will now persist for listeners who leave the audible range and re-enter it
    Fixed some instances where special event ribbons would not be properly awarded
    COG pistol firing rate has been adjusted to be equal on host and clients
    The Flaming Retro Lancer is now available for attendees of the first special event
    Fixed some issues fixed related to the destruction of meatbags
    The Slab start up screen no longer has debug text
    After a host migration in Horde, the waves will no longer go past 50
    Cover near the elevator on Hotel no longer allows players to lean outside of the visible area
    Grenade throwers that are killed mid-throw will receive credit for any kills that grenade causes
    Silverback will be disabled if hit by a smoke grenade when the driver is in the middle of the exit animation
    Team Deathmatch time limit no longer resets to 3 minutes when both teams are out of respawns