On the Gears of War 2 official forum, Epic’s Vice President, Mark Rein has put up a lengthy post revealing some changes and additions Epic will be introducing to Gears 2 in the near future.

The title update will see bugs and exploits being addressed, as well as additional achievements being added related to downloadable content. As for the exploits, Rein mentions where they’re placing their attention:

“For example we’ve fixed the ability to wield an invisible shield, melee through some walls, gain infinite Lancer ammo and equip a shield and a two-handed weapon simultaneously plus many more.”

Rein then goes on to mention improvements to the online gameplay experience, including “increased penalties for quitting matches early, adding additional spawn protection against planted grenades and chainsaw attacks, and adding the ability to see the Submission flag carrier destination by using Tac/Com.”

Rein also talks about fixes for issues related to the use of the shotgun and online latency, saying; “We fixed the client side hit detection on the shotgun so that in a high-latency (i.e. “laggy”) match, the shotgun will be more reliable. We’ve also fixed another bug whereby shotgun and boomshot rounds could strike the ground when firing from the hip.” Finally, Rein talks about additional achievements and achievement handling:

“…on the achievement side we’re adding achievement progress numbers to the War Journal, increasing the frequency of in-game Achievement progression notifications and adding some new Achievements for DLC.”

Epic hope to get the update out within the month, but that may change.