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What Is the Gold Lancer?
By Nick Lewandowski, eHow Contributor
updated: November 3, 2010
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The Gold Lancer was originally included on the Collector's Edition of "Gears of War 2" for the Xbox 360 as a bonus item. In early 2009, an apparent error made it available for a limited time on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

The Gold Lancer
1. The Gold Lancer is -- as the name suggests -- a gold-plated version of the standard Lancer machine gun featured in both "Gears of War" games. It was included in "Gears of War 2: Collector's Edition" to encourage customers to pre-order the game.
Obtaining the Gold Lancer
2. The prerequisite for obtaining the Gold Lancer was owning the Collector's Edition of "Gears of War 2." The DVD case included a redemption code, which could be entered into the Xbox Dashboard. After entering the code, the player would have access to the Gold Lancer in multiplayer games.
"Public" Release
3. In late January 2009, the Gold Lancer was briefly available on the Xbox Live Marketplace, prompting widespread criticism from gamers who had paid upward of $60 for the Collector's Edition of the game. A Microsoft spokesperson later told Joystiq.com that this was a technical error, and that the company would remove the Gold Lancer from the Xbox Live Marketplace to keep it exclusive to Collector's Edition customers.



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