Gears of War 3 Title Update 2 out today, adds in spectator mode and fixes glitches

Gears of War 3 players can expect something new when they boot up the game later on today, as Epic Games announced last night that Title Update 2 is set to go live today.

The most significant change you’ll notice when you boot up the game is the addition of spectator mode for private matches, which allows one player on each team to enter into “spectator mode” before the match begins.

That mode is designed to benefit the competitive gaming crowd more than anything else, namely broadcasters, but there are quite a few changes that should interest everyone else.

Epic Games will be ramping down the difficulty on a few of the game’s medals, addressing several glitches and various bug fixes in the title update as well. For the whole list of changes, see below.

Improvements

• A spectator mode option has been added to private versus matches for broadcasting by gaming leagues.
  • One player on each team will be able to choose spectator mode during match set up.
  • The matches will be 4v4 with two spectators
• The Leader and Vengeful medals are now easier to acquire.
• The mutators Roadie Comet and Regen Enemies are now easier to acquire.
• Added an option to disable the HUD during multiplayer games for machinima and video creators
• Added a visual indicator of the next ring’s location during the last 10 ring points in KOTH.

Exploit Fixes

• The Onyx Field Engineer medal can no longer be prestiged.
• In Capture the Leader, the overhead Beams on DryDock are no longer accessible.
• While affected by the Smoke Grenade stun, players will no longer be able to take hostages, pick up weapons or revive teammates.

General Fixes

• If there is a host migration during Horde, the match will resume at the same wave.
• Also during Horde, the Combat Engineer ribbon can now be achieved once per wave instead of once per game.
• The Ranked Disconnect stat will no longer increase when quitting a standard Horde or Beast game.
• The cringe from the Mortar will no longer cause players to drop their primary weapon.
• The Hail Mary ribbon is now correctly awarded for long distance Boomshot headshots.
• Maps will no longer be immediately repeated when choosing random map selection.
• If the host pauses during a private versus match the game will continue for other players.
• The game will still pause in the Campaign, Beast and Horde.
• Potential fix for the rare lost progress issue.
• Potential fix for the rare profile freezing issue.
• Beast leaderboard screen no longer refreshes while sending challenges

Source: Epic Games (via Joystiq)