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   While the rest of us PC gamers keep on waiting for that elusive port for Windows (Vista?), Epic Games and Microsoft have released yet another multiplayer map pack for last year's little-argued Xbox 360 game of the year, Gears of War. Called "Hidden Fronts", this latest offering is now available on Xbox Live, and fans willing to depart with 800 Microsoft points ($10) will get four new action-packed multiplayer maps out of it: Bullet Marsh, Garden, Process and Subway.

   If you think the price is too spicy, you can also wait until September 3, 2007, when all four maps will be made available for download free of charge over Xbox Live. Or if you can't make up your mind yet, maybe seeing this latest batch of screenshots and learning a bit more about each of these maps will settle your mind.

   So, the first one - "Bullet Marsh" - is set in a Kryll-infested swap, with an old generator still powering the area lights. Players should take note that a few stray bullets could easily knock out the generator, leaving combatants to fend for themselves against the Kryll.

   Next, "Garden" is presented as an overgrown and crumbling conservatory that still has a working fertilization and pesticide system. Be warned that this system can pose a serious hazard to anyone who ventures into the greenhouse, without first venting the air.

   On the "Process" map, teams must fight for control of a subterranean Imulsion processing plant, reportedly still active despite the cessation of the Pendulum wars.

   And finally, "Subway" is actually Timgad's Central Subway station, which used to serve as a central hub for commuters. Now the tunnels are crawling with Locust, so if you step in something icky, it would better be a dead one. Or else...