Solus, the Horde Command Pack costs 800 Microsoft Points. The Horde Command Pack sports three maps, four fortification upgrades, three characters and a pair of weapon skins. Better to give you solid information when we know more.' 'I understand the frustration,' wrote 'raczilla', 'but it would be unfair to communicate an ETA that we don't have. Subsequent posts by 'raczilla' shed no light on a new release date for the Horde Command Pack. We have folks working around the clock to resolve this issue ASAP so you can all play and enjoy the Command Pack.' We know this is disappointing news as we've seen a lot of posts today showing excitement for this content. 'We apologise to those of you who are anxiously awaiting to play. 'The scheduled Horde Command Pack release for Gears of War 3 is temporarily delayed due to a technical issue,' wrote Epic Games community manager 'raczilla' on the company's forum. ORIGINAL STORY:The inaugural lump of Gears of War 3 DLC, the Horde Command Pack, has been delayed. The cross-faction partying will be available on the 9.2.5 PTR server for players to test out soon.UPDATE: The Horde Command Pack is now ready for download, according to a Tweet from Epic exec Mark Rein. Last month Microsoft announced that it is in the process of acquiring Activision-Blizzard for almost $70 billion.

Earlier last year lawsuits were filed against the company for workplace discrimination, as well as multiple senior employees walking away. This announcement has come during a whirlwind time for Activision Blizzard.

Certain dungeons with faction animosity narratives like the Trials of the Crusader and the Battle of Dazar’alor cannot be played with both factions in the same party. Not all instanced content will be available for cross-faction play. Dungeons, Raids, and rated PvP will allow premade parties from both factions, but players can still be hostile towards each other outside of these cases. Players from both the Alliance and the Horde will have the option to play with each other in specific instanced content if they are on each other’s friends list or in a cross-faction community.

In a Development Preview post, Game Director Ion Hazzikosta went into detail about how cross-faction cooperation will take place.

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