Publisher: Microsoft Studios Developer: EPIC Games, People Can Fly Platform: Xbox 360 Release: March 19th, 2013 After three titles and countless fans, the generous folks at Epic Games and People Can Fly decided that instead of heading further into...
2011 Spoiled in 500 words or less!
Last year I started writing this feature to stray away from the idiosyncratic revolving “awards” that are handed out by each person in our industry. So I’m going to make this a habit and hope it sticks! Welcome to the 2011 version of SPOILED in 200 words or less! ps. SPOILER ALERT! Sully isn’t dead, Nathan rekindles love with...
Golden Gun: What PETA Should Bitch About.
This is the start of our Golden Gun lists, where we will take a subject and decifer who would take home the Bronze, Silver, and Golden Gun for said topic. Kind of like the slew of lists you find sprinkled among the internet, but with a little twist (originality and all). Our first Golden Gun focuses on this weeks idiocy...
RAAM-a-lama Ding-Dom, Gears 3 DLC Detailed & Dated.
Today, Xbox and Epic Games announced the first real DLC package for Gears of War 3 in RAAM’s Shadow. Taking place Post-Emergence in a rattled Sera, the players will be dropped into Zeta Squad and tasked with evacuating LLima City. A squad that includes Michael Barrick (from the Gears comic series), Lt. Minh Young Kim (Gears 1) and Tai Kaliso...
First Gears of War 3 add-on coming November 1st!
With Gears of War 3 having sold 3 million units, there’s a lot of pressure for Microsoft Studios and Epic Games to deliver well with the game’s DLC. Well, their first shot to impress us with the announcement of the first add-on for the game, the Horde Command Pack, coming this November for 800 Microsoft Points (10 dollars in human...
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Gears of War 3 [Game]
Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Platforms: Xbox 360 Release Date: September 20th (NA), Sept 22nd (JP) Rated: M for Mature “Epic Story, Epic Scale, and the most Epic Multiplayer EVER!” Gears of War has cemented itself as one of the biggest and most epic franchises in gaming history. It’s hard to say if its success was bottlenecked...
First Gears of War 3 DLC not to feature Original Cast
With the mighty Gears of War 3 out at last, many of the big questions are what’s next for the series. Well, like most games, the answer will be DLC, but this game’s first DLC will make a fairly bigger jump than most. According to a NeoGAF post from the Gears designer, Cliff Bleszenski, the add-on will have no appearance...
Blockbuster is Dying for Your Love, Through Gears of War 3
Today, Blockbuster announced that, in collaboration with the launch of Gears of War 3, purchasers of the title will get one month of free rentals from their library of movies and games. Is this the biggest desperation move made by a retail video rental company? No word on if this “deal” is US only, but it seems practical being that...
GameStop mails UK Gears of War 3 pre-orders early
Many who pre-ordered Gears of War 3 in the UK got a surprise today when their game came to their door from as early as Saturday, September 17th, while the game doesn’t come out until tomorrow (September 20th). Along with it also came a small letter from GameStop, claiming the game should not be played until midnight on September 19th....
Nobody puts Gears in the Corner – Cliffy B
Yesterday, EuroGamer posted their review of Gears of War 3. EG scored the finale of Gears with an 8/10, what’s wrong with that you say? Well, nothing. An 8/10 is an absolutely amazing review and I doubt that there is any developer in the world who would hate a score of that value, anyone except Cliffy B (design director at...
The Blockbuster Effect – A World of Proper Peripherals
Hey folks, With every major title, there is major business. In the gaming world, this is mostly seen through the release of peripherals and swag. In the next couple of months, we (the gamers) are blessed to enjoy one of the largest displays of top-tier gaming. With next week’s release of Gears of War 3, and November’s release of Modern...
GB Events: Vancouver holds Gears of War 3 Party on the Pier
Last Saturday was the culmination of time and effort for Gears fans. All over the country players embarked on an email scavanger hunt that concluded last week when gamers alike were instructed to head down town Vancouver and ask the butcher at Save-on-Meats for “Locust Meat”. I decided to head there with Aaron to see what sounded like the coolest...
Gears of War 3 Trailer – Dust to Dust
No one on the planet can take the hype away from Gears of War 3 right now. Only a few weeks away from being released worldwide, EPIC Games has their sights set on having the biggest release this year. In order to consistently force our finger on the pulse of GoW3, EPIC released yet another awesome trailer (in the same vein as...
Gears of War 3′s Opening Cinematic Leaks!
Out of a pleasant bit of luck (for you and us, anyways), somebody managed to leak the Gears of War 3 opening cinematic to the world. Chances are, it’ll be taken down by Epic Games or Microsoft Studios soon, so I’d hurry up and watch it if I were you. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSFkEnR2Nl0] It’s a bit of an info-dump, but it...
Epic Games working on a New IP
Fancily enough, the Gears of War team might be working on something legitimately new. A job posting from Epic Games has been released, with the demand for game programmers for both Gears of War 3 and “a new unannounced IP in development”. This would mean an original non-franchise project is now in the works. Considering the team is mostly famous...