There is a huge new Co-op and head-to-head map pack coming to the Xbox Live Marketplace for GRAW2 on the Xbox360. Nine maps, seve of which are remade classics, will all offer DM and co-op play. On top of that there is another 125 achivement poitns to be had. Great news. No price has been revealed yet. Click read more for the official info.

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OVERVIEW: The GRAW™ 2 Co-op Collection consists of five Co-op Campaign missions that continue the story from GRAW 2. In total there are nine maps, seven of which are inspired by classic maps from Ghost Recon’s illustrious history and two that are totally brand new. All nine maps (including adversarial versions of the Co-op Campaign maps) have exquisite visuals and support all of GRAW 2’s thousands of customizable game modes.

The team behind GRAW, one of Ubisoft's most popular titles, has told GI that the PS3 is not harder to develop for. In fact, they claim that the system is no harder to work with than the Xbox360 was when it first came out. This should put to rest the age old "PS3 is harder to develop for" argument.

"It's wrong to say it's harder to code on the PlayStation 3, it's just something that needs to be learnt," said Yann Le Tensorer, co-founder of Ubisoft's Tiwak studio and co-creator of the Yeti engine powering GRAW and the upcoming Beowulf game.

According to Eurogamer, the multiplayer demo of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 will be available on Monday. Up to 16 players will be able to duke it out on the Outpost map, in either head-to-head or co-op gameplay modes. Sounds like fun.

The Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 demo is now available for download on the XBL Marketplace. The demo is medium sized at 625MB, grab it now before the server gets clogged. (Thanks, Weewee)

Ubisoft has released the first dev diary for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. If you remember, Ubisoft did a whole slew of dev diaries for the original GRAW. The video is a mix of gameplay and info, good stuff.

More media for you today, this time from Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. As you can see, the game actually got a slight graphic tweak, and the maps look a bit better as well. Check it out.

Ubisoft has released seceral screens from the upcoming Ghost Recon sequel. The game looks about as good as the first game did, with a few graphical tweaks. The game also looks like it is set in a Middle East type location. Check out the screens to see for yourself.

We normally would not post a hands-on from another site, but GRAW 2 is an exception. IGN has new media and a ton of info on the game, and it is worth checking out because it looks fantastic.

The first details of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 were in this month's edition of GameInformer, and we have summarized them for you. Click read more for the full details.

The game is being developed by Red Storm and Ubisoft Paris, and has been in development
since GRAW was released. GRAW2 will have dynamic weather conditions, sandstorms to howling rain, with subtle details such as after a rain storm the mission area glistens with moisture and features standing pools of water, There will also be blowing wind. Sounds awesome. On top of that, GRAW 2 will feature object translucency Which will allow players to see through surfaces like leaves and fabrics under the right conditions. "God Rays" will also be part of the game. For those who do not know, this is a graphical technique that simulates the way light goes around an opaque surface. God Rays allow the player to see the limits of light, creating the hard edges rays of light often seen pouring through cathedral windows, for example. New smoke effects will be added, specifically one called the depth sprite. Thie technique makes smoke particles move over and around objects like an actual gas, elminating the hard lines you see between clouds and surfaces that crop up in most games. Of course the smoke reacts to light and wind. All this and imporved particle effects will make up the bulk of the graphical improvements.