The next time you fire up Gears of War, you’ll be prompted for an automatic update that will include the new multiplayer mode, Annex  (update going live at 4PM PST).  You remember me saying something about this right?  I have a few screenshots of the COGs and Locust in action.

In Annex, gamers seize victory by keeping control over key map locations, or objectives, long enough to collect a winning number of points.  Every map contains two to five identified objectives available for capture, with one objective active at a time.  Objectives are based on map weapon-spawn locations and have a potential value of 60 points toward either team’s score.  Teams collect those points by maintaining ownership of an objective until all 60 points have been distributed.  Every second that a team controls an objective, the team gets one point.  When an objective falls to zero points, the next objective is selected at random.

Screenshots: Gears of War Annex

The update will also include several other adjustments to make your Gears of War experience that much better.  These include adjustments to VGA cable support, Assassination Multiplayer Gametype, Adjusted Boomshot and many more.  Complete details of the update can be found here for discussion.