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...
Geek Badge of Honor: Mrs. Violence
Out of all the great things I’ve experience in my years working within the gaming industry, the best part of the wild ride would have to be the people I’ve met. Each month (ish) I will fire off a bunch of questions to an iconic part of the gaming industry, both professional athletes, and industry folks. I will only give...
Something Brand New out of Epic Games to be Announced this Weekend
“It’s not what any of you think. Brand new stuff.” Was the message that came from the twitter post of @therealcliffyb, otherwise known as Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games, in regards to a new reveal set to show this weekend at the Spike Video Game Awards. Which, considering the past pedigree of Epic’s virtual library, can be boiled down to...
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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...
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...
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...