That’s the sound of many, many Xbox 360 gamers shouting unintelligible nonsense upon hearing the news that Gears of War 3 has been delayed from April, 2011 to the holiday season of 2011. Oh dear. → Read More
If you’re one of the few people that hasn’t played and beaten the first Gears of War (I’m looking at you, self), you may have to wait a little longer if you get the hankering to do so on the PC. The game’s executable included a provision for online cheat detection, which relied on digital signatures that recently expired. EPIC has an ugly fix (reminiscent of the Zune apocalypse “fix”), but hey, at… → Read More
Well! So Epic Games has denied, in the harshest terms, that it has already started working on Gears of War 3. “Total nonsense,” said Epic’s Mark Rein. Fair enough, sir. Fair enough. The rumor, which said that the game would be out by Christmas 2010 and have five-player co-op, originally started in the latest issue of EGM, no doubt a stunt to keep the magazine’s name on… → Read More
Boas noticias, todo o mundo! Hará outro Gears of War para natal 2010. O nome? Não sei, provavlemente Gears of War 3, ou algo assim. Será o mismo jogo que você jogou em noviembro 2008 (e noviembro 2006): armas grandes estúpidas, soldados que não têm uma educação, e extraterrestres que nos querem matar. Esta informação é de EGM, a revista de videojogos que ja não cerrou. Também só é… → Read More
http://www.g4tv.com/lv3/35316 Perhaps I’m a cynic, but I really expected this Gears of War parody spot, made by the folks on G4′s X-Play, to suck something fierce. Then Cole Train dumped cereal all over his face, and my worries drifted away. → Read More
No nerf Lancer here. No concept gun, no foam rubber. Just an AR-15 with a chainsaw bayonet. I’m not sure what else to put here; more words would only subtract from the sublime beauty of this “firearm mounted anti-zombie device.” Although: I’ve just bought a copy of World War Z and I’m thinking they could have used a few of these things in the first stand at Yonkers. → Read More
In what seems to be a Polish version of GoW2 which, as we know, leaked like a sieve all over the Internets last week, we find Marcus facing the final boss battle on charming craft in what looks like the heart of Old World Venice. Don’t watch this if you’re like my buddy Rick who can’t stand to have his gaming experience spoiled but it does make us all excited to go out and… → Read More
The first in a string of video documentaries from the crew that’s built Gears of War 2 is out today with more to follow in the coming weeks. This one is all about the sounds from the new game. I think I wet myself. PS- BODIES AS SHIELDS!!! → Read More
OMFG, BODIES AS SHIELDS!!! Last month brought news of the limited edition GoW2 bundle that included a bonus DVD with lots of extras. Details of the bonus DVD were not disclosed, but the contents of said DVD have now surfaced on the BBFC. Who is Maria? Hit the jump for details. → Read More
SETTING: A ravaged Earth-like planet populated by brawny space soldiers and vermin-like aliens. Dramatis personæ: Marcus Fenix Dominic Santiago The Chorus The characters approach a large hole in the earth. Marcus: Let’s hit that Locust hole with some grenades. Dominic: Got it. Chorus: NOOB GET OUT GET OUT Dominic: What was that? Marcus: Some kid in Scranton. He’s a douche. Dominic… → Read More
Legendary Pictures and New Line will supposedly co-finance and co-produce the Gears of War movie. This is good news for fans of the game that would want to see this movie. I still have a bad taste in my month over the whole Halo movie fiasco, so I’m still having trouble believing this will ever be made. → Read More
CliffyB, Gears of War creator and the coolest guy on Earth this side of John Biggs, doesn’t like the Xbox 360 controller much. In an interview, he compares it to a “spaceship,” what with all those buttons and everything. Simultaneously, he lauds the Wii’s controller, specifically its use in Super Mario Galaxy. Not ever single finger has to be doing something, says Mr. B. I… → Read More
If you’ve seen “Godzilla”, “Independence Day” or the latest addition to the “Die Hard” franchise then you’re familiar with what Wiseman is capable of and now he’s been confirmed as New Line’s man to helm the adaption of GoW. Chris Morgan is taking over the duties as head writer. Cliffy B. will act as executive producer to ensure they don’t screw it up. It was originally… → Read More
Here they are, Gears of War action figures. Sixty bucks gets you four pose-able warriors; Augustus Cole, Marcus Fenix, a Locust Drone, and a Locust Sniper. Each comes with two weapons, too, a pistol and some sort of rifle. The action figures are seven inches tall. Available now at ThinkGeek.com — $59.99 for the entire set. → Read More
What was alluded to last week has now been confirmed: Gears of War will be re-released for the Xbox 360 and PC as a two-disc set. The re-release includes maps from all those map packs and little extras from Gears of War 2. June 24, $40 for the Xbox 360 version, $30 for the PC. Does it make me a bad person that I never played GoW for more than 15 minutes? Does it bad, or does it make me wise? → Read More
New, exciting info on the upcoming special edition of Gears of War for the Xbox 360. The special content is split into two halves, GoW junk and GoW 2 junk. (I use the word “junk” with only the upmost of sincerity.) As far as the GoW</i< stuff goes, gamers can expect picture packs (!), themes (!!), a special message from CliffyB (!!!), and two multiplayer map packs (~!). As for… → Read More
I have no idea if the guy doing all the product pitching works for any of the companies mentioned in any of the videos, but he is freaking hilarious. I can’t stop laughing. The Gatorade video is probably the funniest one of all. I hope companies don’t plan on advertising like this in the future. Maybe the guy was smoking some herb or crack. → Read More
Gears of War is grinding towards completion. Keep in mind, though, this article does not mention whether the script and director are any good. Hopefully he or she won’t use actual gameplay as part of the film, a la House of the Dead. I’m still playing the PC version of GoW and it looks great, they could probably just have a pro speedrun it (it’d be under 2 hours) and put that on… → Read More
There are rumblings to this effect from an assistant editor at GamePro. Microsoft seems to have made a couple billion bucks from the Halo franchise after snapping up Bungie all those years ago, and with the success of Gears of War and the promise of a sequel, it seems like it would be an excellent move. This Travis Moses guy thinks that MS will make a move this summer to the tune of a billion… → Read More
There comes a time when all good things must come to an end. That time has come for Gears of War as Epic and Microsoft are packing up and moving on. The thought of zero new content may cause you to shed a tear and claim you have something in your eye, but you may take some solace in knowing that GOW 2 is coming later this year. Most of you waited years for Halo so I don’t see why you… → Read More
Do you remember the one scene in Gears of War where you’re driving away from a gigantic locust instead of shooting at it? You’re thinking, “What the hell? Are they seriously not going to let me blow this dude up?” Well the wait to kill the Brumak is over. Microsoft Game Studios announced Gears of War will be coming to the PC this week. I checked the EB Games site and… → Read More
HardOCP.com’s [H] Enthusiast site has a great, detailed writeup of how the DirectX 10 and DirectX 9 Gears of War settings compare and, wouldn’t you know it, they came to the following conclusion. “We are not sure exactly what turning on DX10 does, but we do know it causes a large performance drop on every video card. In our testing we found absolutely no image quality differences… → Read More
Gears of War will be released for the PC, including Vista, on November 6. It turns out the game isn’t merely a port. In fact, the Gears guy with the highlights in his hair—CliffyB to message boarders—says the game was pretty heavily reworked for the PC. You know, a tremendously modified engine, support for mice, keyboards, 360 controllers, light sabers, etc. Basically, take your… → Read More
Many of you probably played with GI Joes and Transformers and whatever popular action figures were out at the time, so you’ll understand my dismay at the lack of quality action figures out in the market at the moment. They’re cheapo, lack the pizzazz of yesteryear or they’re just flat out too complicated to play with. The new Transformers are notorious for that. But a new wave is coming… → Read More
Now, friends, we’re playing with power. Who here remembers this old school Nintendo commercial, complete with R.O.B. and the real light gun, not this Zapper nonsense? I don’t, per se, because I was about 2-yeard-old at the time, but the point remains: video game commercials used to be so cheesily magnificent it’s a shame what they’ve become. Shall we? → Read More
A few years ago, if someone said “You can’t use a Mac as a gaming machine!”, I’d reply “Yeah, I’ll give you that one.” Alas, things have changed dramatically since then. The now-Intel-based Macs are faster than ever and more and more games are finding their way to OS X. Epic Games Vice President Mark Rein has now revealed that the highly anticipated Unreal… → Read More
Previously reported with a launch date of “eventually”, Gears of War for the PC has been tagged with a somewhat less murky launch date of “sometime holiday season 2007″ and a street price of $50. Lest you think that this will be a straight-up Xbox 360 port, the Windows version will offer five new campaigns, three new multiplayer maps, and an extra multiplayer game scenario. → Read More
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Most people with an Xbox 360 probably own a copy of Gears of War. Surely they’ve played the hell out of it by now and it’s slowly collecting dust while they wait for a sequel to emerge. No sequel is in the works, but Epic Games boss Mark Rein has confirmed a spin-off of the game entitled Gears of War Golf → Read More
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