The Gears of War update should be hitting sometime today with two new free multiplayer maps hitting Wednesday, according to Epic's Mark Rein.

The patch includes quite a number of fixes and tweaks. Here's Rein's full break-down:

Fixed aspect ratio distortion when using VGA cable with 4:3 displays at resolutions higher than 640x480

Fixed voice issue with new players joining Player Match games in progress

Players can now get the Achievement for "Dish Best Served Cold" when using Troika turret to kill RAAM

Fixed rare situation where host could loop countdown and never start match

Fixed rare situation where players could get stuck after chainsawing in multiplayer

Reduced Grenade Tag melee distance

Enabled "Strict" NAT check on host to prevent possible connection issues

Optimized server browser queries to return results more quickly and prevent scroll bars from hiding quality of service icons

Reduced number of possible revives in Execution to match Warzone

Removed host name from Ranked match server browser

Disabled security cameras in Ranked matches

Ranked matches now require balanced teams (3v3 or 4v4)

Increased penalty for quitting a Ranked match to -50 points

Added additional cheat detection code

Additional housekeeping updates

Brian Crecente