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Epic addresses Gears of War 2 matchmaking hiccups, still no fix
Joystiq [Xbox] —
Filed under: News, Gears of War 2After hearing the community's complaints and general negative feedback regarding the long wait times experienced during Gears of War 2 matchmaking, Epic's Rod Fergusson addressed the issues over on the official Epic forums. Sadly, there is no hard fix in place. Fergusson wants the Gears community to know that the long wait times experienced in matchmaking are limited in scale (riiiiiight) and that Epic is working with Microsoft to speed things up. While they figure out the mess, ...
Gears of War 2 is broken - Epic trying to fix the online matchmaking stuff
xbox360 —
In a needlessly-wordy-given-its-target-readership post on the game's official forum, Epic man Rod Fergusson confesses to what Gears 2 players have known for some time - the online matchmaking system is rather poor. How such an important game managed to launch with a duff online tool that often leaves players waiting more than two minutes for a game is rather puzzling. Here is a screenshot which visually summarises the current situation. The man on the left is a developer of Gears 2, as is the man on the right. The alien in the middle is the server. The two men are trying to fix ...
Epic sorry for Gears 2 matchmaking problems, tries to help
Destructoid —
... Epic has addressed this issue and apologized, calling the situation "unacceptable." Senior producer Rod Fergusson has stated that no one problem can be singled out as the cause, implicating "a number of factors" for the multiplayer frustrations. ...
Epic addresses Gears 2 matchmaking woes
Joystiq —
... Epic's Rod Fergusson has acknowledged that "longer-than-ideal wait times" are being experienced by those in Gears of War 2's multiplayer matchmaking. He explains the issue is complicated and there "isn't any one problem" causing the extended ...
Epic addresses Gears of War 2 multiplayer matchmaking issues
Gaming Nexus —
... NEWS - I've run into a few times when trying to find folks to play in Gears of War 2 where it would just cycle or trying to a game would take about five minutes. Epic is aware of this problem and they've posted some work arounds to the issue. One of the main things is try to have more than one person with you when looking for games. Also, if you have multiple folks, make sure that you have less than four or five total. In the meantime, Epic's looking into the issue to try and remedy the problem. ...
Gears of War 2 Matchmaking Update
Evil Avatar - News Items —
... Rod Fergusson, Senior Producer on Epic's Gears of War 2 has posted a message to the official Gears of War 2 forums with a Matchmaking Update for everyone having problems connecting to public games. ...
Epic Fixing Gears of War 2 Matchmaking Problems
G4 TV - TheFeed —
... seemed to experience the longest delays. He also mentioned making sure your NAT is open, which is a tweak you can make to your router settings.
We here at TheFeed have had a mixed bag when it comes to Gears of War 2 matchmaking. Some of us have had seemless nights with matches starting in a matter of seconds. Others have been completely unable to get into games, even when in a complete party of 5. How have your experiences with Gears of War 2 matchmaking been?
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Epic working on Gears 2 matchmaking issues
That VideoGame Blog —
... For the past week fans have been flooding the Epic Games’ forums with complaints about “longer-than-ideal wait times” in matchmaking. Epic’s Rod Ferguson has addressed the issue directly in a post in the Gears of War section of the forums — Whilst he believes that only a small percentage of players are having issues, he goes on to say that they are working closely with Microsoft to address the problem. He does however provide a few workarounds to help transform your matchmaking blues into crimson red chainsaw action: ...
