Gears of War 3 getting free map pack

Ive been playing Skyrim, time to go back and fight the Horde, lol

yes it is redline

Sooo, is Raam's Shadow included in the Season Pass? Because I don't want to have to pay more for it since I already bought the pass!

@slonekb05 Haha, love you too, bro

@eclipse-015 love you

@slonekb05 I win!

Clocktower. Hell yes! Always wanted that map remade.

@eclipse-015 (sigh) yes its called slang, professor.

@slonekb05 I can read it, you just can't say it correctly. You're using the possessive form of "your" not the correct "you are". So I think im done picking a fight with someone who i know has a learning disability. See you later

@eclipse-015 ".. and your calling other ppl kids... pathetic. " you cant read that sentence correctly? Ok im done lol i feel like im picking on someone with a disability

@slonekb05 Actually, its pretty pathetic that you dont even know the difference between your and you're. How about before you try and make an insult, you fix YOUR terrible grammer

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@Eclipse-015 .. and your calling other ppl kids... pathetic.

@evilryu525 No sweat, glad I could be of assistance. :)

@guitarandbanjo Ya, isn't it ridiculous. People get so uptight about things & spout off before listening, (or reading), first.

@slonekb05 You know who else tries too hard? YA MOM LAST NIGHT!!!

@eclipse-015 (sigh) just trying to hard now

@slonekb05 any more stupid comebacks you hear from 1990's sitcoms?

Not sure if true but I heard somewhere DLC on XBL have to cost something and can't be free :S

@eclipse-15 any more cliche's ?

@slonekb05 I think its time your mom and dad pulled you from your internet usage time. Parents these days...

@eclipse-015 shhh, dry your tears

@slonekb05 shut your pie hole

@Eclipse-015 Hush puppy

3 maps already in horde command pack. But still, free maps are always nice.

awesome! but technically it is only 2 "new" maps but anyway THANKYOU EPIC

@slonekb05 stop making a big deal outta nothing then.

@eclipse-015 stop crying over free maps

@slonekb05, how bout you calm down kid?

i need gears of war 3 santa

3 of those maps are in the horde command pack

Is Epic and Micro$oft doing this to band-aid, and quell the out-cry of people who found out that a lot of the content they paid for is already on this disc? They just paid to unlock it.

The original Gears of War map packs are now all free and the all fronts collection for Gears of War 2, which has all of the map packs for that game, is only like 15 bucks. I got it for free after being awarded 100 or so Microsoft Points every month last year as a part of their rewards system or whatever for using xbox live. Therefore, I see no reason to buy these map packs now when in a couple of years their price is going to be dropped severely. By then I may be rewarded with more Microsoft Points and get these map packs for free as well.

If by "free", you mean getting content that should have already been for free and we're just not getting charged for it, then yeah, free :) THANKS EPIC! HERP DERP~

@AyRoks thank you i was wondering why those maps where on there, thanks for clearing that up

Not that I have a problem with free map packs...that is something I loved about gears and halo that they offered at least one of the map packs for free, but it is a little frustrating that we paid for season passes and then one of the DLCs is free anyway. I realize it says for Public but that is still not nice. In the end though, I'm happy it will be free and I can't wait to jump back on Gears after I get back from school XD.

Microsoft giving away free map packs?? This is almost as big news as GTA V trailer.................also everyone who sees this comment and plays Gears, can you please NOT pick Blood Drive every single time it comes up like you did in Gears 2....thanks....................................also thanks Epic....

Thank you Epic. I love you. And to everybody complaining, pay attention to the wording. The maps will be available in Public Versus. They specified Public, which leads me to believe that if you want to use them for Beast, Horde, or Private Matches, then you need to buy them maps. And besides, this is more than most other companies do.

First we had R6:Vegas 'Red' & 'Black' map packs, then VALVe give us the Portal 2 expansion pack, and now Epic give us this, i only hope more Dev's begin to show the same levels of appreciation, but i'm not gonna hold my breath. I know that ultimately 'Its simply business', but it is nice that 'Some' devs show their appreciation and acknowledgement of their customer base.

Epic is epic!! :D

This pleases me.

You act like free maps are something new and exciting. They should be free for effin sakes. Shut up Gamespot.

"Free"... I wish more companies used this word more often (I'm looking at you, Activision & Capcom).

@AyRoks I thought I was the only one that caught that. people are flippin' out on the epic forums.

M$ giving something for free???? Am I dreaming?

I like how epic appreciates their fans unlike Activision

Take notes Activision - this is how you release a map pack.

Wow, some of you people really don't pay attention do you... Yes Azura, BloodDrive & RustLung are a part of the "HORDE Command Pack". But ONLY playable in HORDE. Now as part of the free pack, they WILL be open to vs. So EPIC is not in fact ripping anybody off by giving these out this way. It is my understanding that if you don't have the Seasons Pass, or the Horde Command Pack, you will not get to play these maps in Horde. So although it may seem a bit shady & overpriced for some, in fact, they are not giving anything away for free that others already paid for. The Horde Command Pack buys them for Horde, the free pack unlocks them for Versus, simple.

The map pack is great and all, but didn't Rustlung and Azura already come with Horde Command?

That is awesome! Not to sound to corny but this is truly great news. TY Epic and M$ note to others- this is how its done Dear Activision, When i support you on 11-08-11 with a day 1 purchase of CoD:MW3, are you going to support me with a free "thank-you" map pack!?