The date has been set.  The teams have been chosen.  The Horde Mode Community Challenge is upon us!  Five (5) teams are on a collision course to battle it out against the Locust Horde in one the year’s biggest and toughest challenges.  Who will reign supreme to be the toughest community of Horde Mode soldiers?

Make sure you have a front row seat this Friday night for the event!  Team U360 be will there to challenge them all and monitor the battle.  We won’t win but we’re not letting them have all the fun.  So if you’re in for Team U360 this Friday, just let me know.  COG TOWN!

Check out the the details of the event below.  I wanted to say thanks to all the communities who stepped up.  We’ll do this again so that every community has a chance to battle it out.

Horde Mode Community Challenge Date

- December 12, 2008
- 7PM Pacific / 9PM Central / 10PM Eastern

Horde Mode Community Challenge Teams

- Team Achievement Hunter (Knuckles Dawson HMCC Leader)
- Team Gamertag Radio (Godfree HMCC Leader)
- Team 360 Sync (Esko HMCC Leader)
- Team Platform Nation (Steve519 HMCC Leader)
- Team SFX360 (SFX Pallidian HMCC Leader)

Horde Mode Community Challenge Details

- Each community will attempt the first 35 levels of Horde Mode in Gears of War 2
- First community to reach level 35 on Hardcore difficulty wins
- Map (Security)

Level Elimination Details

- First four communities to reach Level 10 move on to the Round 2 battle
- First three communities to reach Level 20 move on to the Round 3 battle
- First two communities to reach Level 30 move on to the Final battle
- First community to reach Level 35 or is the last team standing wins

Community Prizes

- Each community gets a set of Gears of War 2 Lanyards
- Second place community gets a copy of Gears of War 2
- First place community gets a copy of Gears of War 2 Limited Edition