In preparation for the announced title update for Gears of War 2, seven brand new achievements have been detailed on xbox.com.  Don’t fire up Gears of War 2 yet, you achievement whores, the new achievements won’t be attainable until the title update is released.

As for the achievements themselves, three require the Flashback Map Pack, another three require the Combustible Map Pack and the last one requires both.  If you don’t already own the Flashback Map Pack because you are cheap and purchased the game used, you can always download it for 400 Microsoft Points.

Gears of War 2 will now have 1175 possible gamerscore points, leaving room for more DLC in the future.

• Skeletons in your Closet (20G) – Complete waves 1 through 10 on all Flashback Map Pack maps in Horde (any difficulty)
• More Mystery, Less History (15G) – Win a multiplayer match on each of the 5 Flashback Map Pack maps (any mode except Wingman)
• Bound by a Shared Past (15G) – Win a Wingman match on each of the 5 Flashback Map Pack maps
• Trial by, and on, Fire (20G) – Survive first 10 Horde waves on Combustible Map Pack maps as a team
• The Roof! The Roof! The Roof… (15G) – Win a multiplayer match on each of the 3 Combustible Map Pack maps (any mode except Wingman)
• Forged in the Fire (15G) – Win a Wingman match on each of the 3 Combustible Map Pack maps
• Annex: Now With Execution Rules (75G) – Win an Annex match on each Flashback and Combustible Map Pack map (public matches only)