Tag archive: gears of war

This week, Gears of Wars 3 fans get the third of four guaranteed major content drops in the 2011 release's DLC content season, the “Fenix Rising” map pack. Gears Season Pass holders get to download the pack for free; a la carte purchases off of Xbox Live Marketplace cost 800 MS Points. The real meat of “Fenix Rising” is the five new maps, which I'll get to in a minute, but there's some other stuff too.… Read More

Epic Games brought the saga of Marcus Fenix to a close in September with the release of Gears of Wars 3, but none of us ever thought for a moment that it would be the end of our time fighting in the human war against the Locust Horde. This week brought the first story-expanding downloadable content pack for Gears 3, a prequel tale called RAAM's Shadow that drops players into the early days of the post-Emergence Day conflict. The… Read More

The Spike Video Game Awards happened last night and, in typical form, the show's lackluster writing and minimal focus on actual awards-giving was offset by a wide assortment of game announcements and trailer reveals. One of the evening's most anticipated was the latest from Epic Games, the studio behind the award-winning Gears of War series. It's called Fortnite and, as you can see in the trailer above, it's a sizable… Read More

First of all: false alarm. Reports this morning that the release of the Horde Command DLC pack for Gears of War 3 were true at the time, but the cited “temporary delay” has amouned to considerably less than a day: the Horde Command pack is now available for download over Xbox Live. It's free to all Season Pass holders — you can pick that up for 2,400 MS Points to bulk buy four upcoming Gears DLC packs for a net discount… Read More

Warhammer predates our digital age. For decades, geeks have crowded around tabletops with a handful of miniature figures, pitting ork against Ultramarine and fighting the evil chaos demons. And for a few years now, they've been building their digital armies in the real-time strategy versions of Warhammer 40,000. But sometimes strategy and tabletop play aren't enough. Sometimes you need to get down and dirty and there's no one… Read More

If you haven’t picked up Gears of War 3 yet, or if you have but haven’t had time to finish it, don’t worry–you won’t stumble across any spoilers here. When it comes to any big release these days, you can almost count that there will be DLC on the way. And after all, why not? As long as developers don’t sacrifice the retail game in order to make more cash on future downloads, DLCs are usually a welcome addition to a game. But when it comes… Read More

With sales of over 15 million games worldwide, an endless array of licensed merchandise, and a rock solid base of diehard fans, the Gears of War franchise has made its mark on the gaming industry. Now gamers are about to embark on the final adventure in the Gears of War trilogy come September 20. Cliff Bleszinski, one of the key creatives behind the franchise, has taken on great responsibility at Epic Games over the years. The design director… Read More

Epic Games is weeks away from the launch of Gears of War 3 and more continues to be revealed. The latest is confirmation, via Eurogamer, that the game will include a stereoscopic 3D display mode for those who have one of the fancy, high-tech TVs. “It felt like something we wanted to have. It was a feature we didn't want to be deficient in. When you look at Gears 1, it was what people used to demo HD at the time,” executive… Read More

The horde mode has become synonymous with the Gears of War online multiplayer experience, so it is no surprise that it returns with a few new bells and whistles for the upcoming Gears of War 3. In essence, the mode is the same as it was in GoW 2, but the changes should make it feel like an entirely different experience. Cash will now play a significant role in the horde strategy, as it can be used to build barriers, and purchase other items to… Read More

There's a not-small contingent of people who believe that Horde mode was the best part of Gears of War 2, who are still in fact playing it right now as you read this. Those people are positively elated about the news of Horde 2.0, which adds a whole new tactical element to the game in Gears of War 3. Those features are highlighted in a new video, narrated by the character Anya Stroud, which you can check out below. In Gears 2, players… Read More

If you're expecting to read about a real-time strategy game, you're going to be disappointed. Like the ill-fated Starcraft: Ghost, Space Marine is THQ's attempt to bring the Warhammer board game and RTS series into the modern world of action games. Very obviously modeled after the Gears of War series (most every shooter is these days), Space Marine has a very clear idea of what it wants to be, and it succeeds. I spent a lot of… Read More

Some of you Xbox 360 gamers may have run into a problem in the last week or two. There you are, playing the Gears of War 3 beta, when suddenly you get a message over Xbox Live chiding you for your early access to the September release and probably questioning your parentage and sexuality in the process. You can probably safely delete that friend from your social network, but anyone else you know who wants in on the Gears 3 beta but didn't… Read More

Starting next week, Microsoft and Epic Games will begin an expansive beta test for the upcoming September Xbox 360-exclusive, Gears of War 3. The beta will unfold over a series of weeks, with tiered entry into the test for different groups, beginning next Monday for those who got a code with their purchase of Bulletstorm. While April 18 is the first day that most will finally get a sampling of the Gears of War 3 multiplayer, members of the… Read More

Better late than never. Today Microsoft officially announced that Gears of War 3 is back on the “official” side, and a release date of September 20 has been locked in. Gears of War 3 was originally planned for an April release, but after an announced delay, the title was pushed back to a vague Fall-ish timetable. The franchise is an important one for Microsoft, who has not been receiving quite the same level of exposure for their exclusive… Read More

Although Gears of War 3 has been delayed from its original April 2011 release date until sometime in the fourth quarter, fans of the series will be able to gain early access to the beta—as long as they purchase the special edition of Epic’s upcoming game, Bulletstorm. Bulletstorm is a third person shooter that allows you to gain experience which unlocks upgrades, as you wade through wave after wave of enemy. Check out the trailer for a look at… Read More