Gears of War

By Justin McElroy Just as we were complaining about a lack of innovation from Resident Evil 4 to Resident Evil 5, we get word that the whole point might be moot. At a recent Microsoft Media Briefing, producer Jun Takeuchi said that players could expect a new control system, similar to Gears of War, when they hu...

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By Alexander Sliwinski Epic's Rod Fergusson tells Gamasutra that the developer is approaching the "upper end" of what the Xbox 360 can do, but that consumers won't notice for a few more years. The senior producer on Gears of War 2 explains that the company is much further along with optimizing the console than it e...

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By Dustin Burg Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, ActionLast night, during a PAX interview we had with Gears of War 2 lead writer Josh Ortega, our "Gears 2 not having a fulfilling ending" fears have (thankfully) been calmed, because we now know the story will not wrap like a certain Spartan 117 sequel.

By Randy Nelson Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2," CliffyB Bleszinski said, adding, "We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around." Point made. Now to stop the bleeding ...

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By Christopher Grant The get-kids-voting people behind Rock the Vote recently spread out beyond the limitations of MTV's core demographic and decided to enlist the Xbox Live community, long known to be an e-bastion of enlightened political discourse. So, being the politically (and mathematically!) astu...

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By Justin McElroy When the BBFC isn't busy keeping cool, violent games away from kids with totally square parents, they like to leak out the occasional news tidbit, just so all the game journalists think they're "hip." It's actually a little sad, but it's hard to argue with the benefits, like learning the co...

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By Justin McElroy It's actually a little sad, but it's hard to argue with the benefits, like learning the content on the Gears of War 2 bonus disc that comes with the Limited Edition of the game. Now, because there you may want to go into the experience ...

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By Kevin Kelly Microsoft has released their partial game schedule for the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, and it's chock full of Gears of War 2, Halo Wars, and the New Xbox Experience ... experience. Sure there's plenty of other stuff happening at their booth as well, but we're drooling over these thr...

By Randy Nelson Filed under: PC, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters, Online Valve's four-player fix of zippy-fast zombie action has been pushed back a bit, but thankfully not 28 days later; just 16. Left 4 Dead had been slated to hit PC and Xbox 360 on November 4, but its evil will instead take up resi...

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By Xav de Matos Gears of War 2 was a surprise showing with a multiplayer build from E3 2008. Everyone was on the edge of their seat. Jump in for a few choice comments from Cliff Bleszinski, perfect for those of your reading this in a library and unable ...

By Xav de Matos During the X08 event in Toronto last night, Joystiq was able to sit down with Epic Games lead designer Cliff Bleszinski and talk chop about Gears of War 2. Cliff discusses the pacing and intensity of Horde Mode, the trouble with too ...

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By Xav de Matos In an interview with Gears of War 2 lead designer Cliff Bleszinski at X08 in Toronto, Canada, we learned of an upgraded version of the original "Seriously" achievement, first seen in the popular franchise's previous installment. The achievement, "Seriously 2.0," requires 100,000 kill...

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By Randy Nelson You can see that things have improved markedly in these three new videos (two more can be found after the break). In them, Dark Void designer, Jose Perez III, details the game's story and concept, vertical gameplay, and flight gameplay, respectively. Airtight still has about a year of deve...

By Ross Miller Amazon's Gears of War 2 Lancer bundle available now for $140 Bionic Commando Rearmed swings in next week; launching later on Euro PSN, $5 more on PC Carmack: Xbox 360 Rage 'a little blurry,' 'key scenes' same as PS3 See Call of Duty: World at War's co-op gameplay

By Alexander Sliwinski Gearheads, the time has come to drop everything and put in your pre-order for the exclusive Amazon.com Gears of War 2 bundle with full-size (non-working) Lancer replica. The bundle costs $140 or there's the option of taking the limited edition of the game with it for an extra $10. Go forth COG...

By Ross Miller Rumor: Concept art from Halo: Fall of Reach movie Rumor: Rock Band 2 an Xbox 360 exclusive for just one month Culture & Community E3 awards: Fallout 3 = Best of Show; LittleBigPlanet = Best Console game Wii hack zaps annoying health warning, region coding

By Christopher Grant Best of Show Fallout 3(Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Best Original Game Mirror's Edge(DICE/Electronic Arts for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Best Console Game LittleBigPlanet(Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3) Best PC Game Spore(...

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By Christopher Grant So there was talk about Stuart Beattie - you may know him better as that guy adapting Gears of War for the big screen - giving the stalled Halo movie some much needed TLC in the form of a new script based on Eric Nylund's novel Halo: Fall of Reach. The original source of that rumor now claims to hav...

By Joystiq Staff uery The Best of Big Download: July 20-26 Costumes of Comic-Con 08: Days 1 and 2 DS Fanboy Lite: July 19 - July 25 Japanese hardware sales, July 14 - July 20: Turn-based edition Podcast 058 - Merchant-off edition WRUP: The Warehouse Edition Weekly Webcomic Wrapup gets a Reality Check

By Ross Miller First Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe gameplay trailer is toasty Fight the Foo with the Rock Band 2 gameplay debut Gears of War 2's 'Day-One' map, multiplayer bots revealed Microsoft confirms: Xbox 360 60GB for $349, 20GB now at $299 SKU too? Xbox 360 Elite for $400 at Amazon

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By Ross Miller Bungie teases July 14th announcement Rumor: Rock Band 2 to feature all RB1 tracks as free DLC Rumor: Lost Planet movie to be announced at E3 Rumorong: GameSpot says Rock Band 2 will support RB1 songs Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Another busy week at X3F. We've got a new XBLA in Brief (try Ticket to Ride, seriously), new Points>Life and new ... news. We've got everything. Gears of War 2, Halo Wars, Fable 2, you name it. We also got a chance to check out Deer Hunter Tournament and Smash Court Tennis 3. Browse the links below an...

By Ross Miller Too Human video serves up co-op 'serving' 1Up talks Gears of War 2 multiplayer with Bleszinski New Gears of War 2 screens and art emerge Microsoft brings Chobot, 'IGN Strategize' to XBL Check out this Gears of War 2 leaked beta footage

By Ross Miller Harrison elaborates on the future of single-player games BioShock surfaces on PS3 this October Metal Gear Solid 4 soundtrack released in Japan Gears of War 2 info explosion in new EGM Microsoft, Xbox 360 sponsor new Major League Soccer team Seattle Sounders FC

By Ross Miller Gears of War 2 details emerge from X360 magazine Bushnell: New encryption chip to effectively end PC gaming piracy Gamestop taking preorders for Gears of War re-release, launches June 24 Download now, or forever hold your points: Potential delisted Xbox Live Arcade titles

By Ross Miller Rumors & Speculation Japanese songs may hit Rock Band soon Microsoft: PGR5 could be driven by Forza dev Culture & Community Zero Punctuation pops old Painkiller for fun Tim Schafer had a baby! (not literally)Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller uery Itagaki on Ninja Gaiden II dismemberment, difficulty and DLC interview: CliffyB talks Gears of War 2 Law of the Game on Joystiq: All derivatives, no math Peep this: Viva Pinata card Readers pick best webcomic: I'd be less nervous Xbox 360 Spring Showcase impressions roundup

By Ross Miller New MS leak shows Too Human co-op Too Human dated August 19 for North America, Aug. 29 for Europe See Gears of War 2, Too Human, Viva Piñata 2, Banjo-Kazooie 3 in new video Gears of War 2 'Assault' screens, plus weapon-specific executions announced

By Richard Mitchell It seems like Xbox 360 Fanboy is right on the cusp of the oncoming storm of great entertainment. Sure, GTAIV is great, but with E3 right around the corner, news of the next wave of 360 titles is slowly trickling in. Below you will find links to the latest on Gears of War 2, Fable 2, and Ninja Gaiden...

By Richard Mitchell It's time for the X3F Week in Review, kiddies. This week we've got yet another new batch of our recurring features. We suggest taking a look at the latest Community Content in particular, which features a Halo 3 map that has day and night cycles. Mix that with Ghost Town and the Infection game ty...

By Ross Miller New Xbox 360 update doesn't do anything DC Comics to publish Gears of War series Miyamoto begins Wii Fit media blitz Euphoria-based Backbreaker gameplay video is intriguing Condemned 2 demo hits Xbox Live Xbox 360 power supply cited in Little Rock fire

By Ross Miller More than 5 new EA titles to have Unreal Engine 3 under the hood Mass Effect PC slips to May 28 GTA4 preview details online multiplayer modes Game Informer drops Gears of War 2 details Games for Windows Magazine goes online-only HUDs up! This is what Mass Effect PC's HUD looks like

By Christopher Grant The May 2008 issue of Game Informer, available in red and gray flavors, promises a "world exclusive first look at Gears of War 2" - lucky for us, a poster at NeoGAF took the time to share the juiciest Locust-filled bits with the rest of the class. Of course Marcus and Dom are back, but so are seve...

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By Richard Mitchell This week at X3F, listen to the strangest Rock Band guitar replacement story on the Xbox 360 Fancast, download a sweet new race map for Halo 3, and nab your shot at winning Turok. Oh, and we've got the usual dose of news for your immediate (albeit belated) consumption. Enjoy.

By Alexander Sliwinski Unreal Tournament 3 isn't just receiving a patch today, but it's also getting three new maps for free (yum!). The maps will be available for PC and PS3 (as soon as the PSN update happens this afternoon). This free content update is very much in line with Epic's business philosophy, despite wh...

By Jeff Engel Which brings us to an interesting possibility: can the PS3 take 3rd place in the US but overtake the 360 in the world market? There may be an opening for Sony here. As we all know, the 360 has sold abysmally in Japan. Sony has already sold about 1.4M more PS3's than Microsoft has 360s, and this tren...

By Ludwig Kietzmann IGN (79/100): "As a single player experience, Army of Two is a fine game -- one that manages to provide a fun, engaging time despite its length, AI issues and elements that don't seem fully implemented. However, it's really co-op play and multiplayer where the game stands out, and these two...

By Richard Mitchell Xbox 360 Fancast 058 -- Segue Special Will you submit to Richard's Demands? X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Triggerheart Exelica One man's quest for the last Halo 3 achievement News: Gears of War 2: Brumak battle confirmed I can has Dark Sector? No!Pimps at Sea (sort of) in development!

By Justin McElroy The announcement of Gears of War 2 last week during GDC was a little bit like when your drunk uncle acknowledges the growth on your aunt's face. Yes, everyone knew it was there. But now we can all finally exhale and just talk about it. That's exactly what voice actor John DiMaggio (you know, Marc...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, GDC 5:23 pm PT -- We're in our seats waiting for the Too Human press event to begin. Stay tuned for more!

By Griffin McElroy If any of you didn't get a chance to see the incredible trailer for Gears of War featuring Gary Jules and Michael Andrews' version of the classic Tears for Fears song "Mad World", then you missed out on one of the best video game advertisements to date -- as well as the source for the parody abo...

By Griffin McElroy For the thorough achievement hunter, there are an elite series of Gamerscore garnering goals that the softcore gamer is not likely to possess, such as Dead Rising's Zombie Genocider achievement, or, well, most of the achievements from Chromehounds. One stands out above the rest, thoug...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters, Online Master Chief is yet again on the bottom position of the proverbial seesaw as Call of Duty 4 reclaims the top spot on the Xbox Live Activity list. The game initially overtook Halo 3 two weeks ago, before the Bungie shooter saw a re...

By Ross Miller Rumor: Resident Evil 4 to blame for no Capcom in Brawl Will Portal change the game industry? EA predicts PS3 will outsell Xbox 360 in 2008 Culture & Community Devil May Cry, a retrospective and review Ben Heckendorn's Xbox 360 Elite laptop Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Scott Jon Siegel With GDC less than two weeks away, the latest issue of GamePro magazine appears to have coverage of the as-yet-unannounced Gears of War 2. The cover of the March issue was recently unveiled, and while the featured story is Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the cover contains two references to coverage o...

By Justin McElroy Well, this is a surprise. Though it seemed like an unstoppable juggernaut of multiplayer dominance, it appears that Halo 3 has been ousted from the top of the Xbox Live activity chart by Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4. The rest of the top 5 for last week was rounded out by Guitar Hero III, Gears o...

By Ross Miller Gears of War: The Pendulum Wars, the prequel book treatment Download 'complete' DS games through Wii, NY Times reports Cell phones to get their own nunchuks Halo stalker arrested after making 2,600 mile trip New Halo McFarlane figurine Arbiter revealed

By Christopher Grant Filed under: Culture, PC, Microsoft Xbox 360Replace the "stop 'n pop" style of gameplay that Gears of War helped popularize with "sit 'n read" and you've got yourself a fairly good approximation of the forthcoming prequel (best neologism ever?) Gears of War: The Pendulum Wars. Written b...

By Richard Mitchell Filed under: Features, Microsoft Xbox 360Well, the holidays are nearing an end and it's time for people to get back into that daily grind once more. Allow us to help you settle in by providing you with the Xbox 360 tidbits you may have missed over the last few days. Of course, you should read the...

By Alexander Sliwinski Can't we all just get along? The lawsuit between Silicon Knights and Epic heats up again as the Too Human developer has filed a motion to dismiss Epic's counter-suit. In the paperwork obtained by Next-Gen, Silicon Knights' attorneys take apart piece by piece Epic's counterclaim that Sil...

By Ross Miller Call of Duty 4 devs 'going after' Halo 3 SCi/Eidos admits takeover talks Reminder: Gears of War maps now free Veterans protest America's Army 33% of UK game stores in 'financial danger' Xbox 360 HD DVD getting Euro price cut Wii Guitar Hero III gets no online initially

By Alexander Sliwinski There will be a PC demo for Epic's Unreal Tournament 3 before the game's release in November, but the PS3 version is just out of luck. Epic VP Mark Rein told Eurogamer that it's like what they told Microsoft when they wanted a Gears of War demo, "You've got a choice - you can have the demo this yea...

By Alexander Sliwinski Following the rise in the Take-Two stock price, Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey tells GameDaily BIZ that BioShock is "not the next GTA" and he thinks investors are "getting carried away." Hickey says he expects BioShock will beat sales expectations (which were originally under 1 mil...

By Ross Miller Culture & Community Mega64 gives Final Fantasy XII a Basch Sony leads Develop Industry Excellence Awards in UK Feel the horror of the NES mashup video Gears of War gets all dolled up with action figuresPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Jared Rea Hey Cliffy, Brumak will be available as downloadable content for 360 owners, right? Buddy? Update - Yes, Rainbow Six Vegas is just a touch more demanding than Roboblitz. Thanks, Blackmanfu!] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller Both German and Australian ratings boards are notorious for banning games, by refusal of rating, with too much violent content. For the German USK, past titles to not get rated have included Dead Rising, Crackdown and Gears of War -- and the banning protocol is rather confusing.

By Ludwig Kietzmann Though devoid of any such defeated problems, the latest batch of screens for EA's Army of Two (taken from the Xbox 360 version) serves as a reminder of not only the game's sharp visuals, but its emphasis on cooperative combat from behind cover. We've seen jump-in-anytime online play befor...

By Ross Miller Also noted were the improvements in Unreal Engine 3, as exemplified by contrasting the game to previous Epic title Gears of War. Polge said that UT3 is "Gears on crack. Cover is for wimps!" You hear that, gamers who bought his company's previous Xbox 360 title? You're a bunch of wimps! (Until...

By James Ransom-Wiley As foreshadowed by the studio's "Mad World" Gears of War TV spot, Digital Domain won't be using game engines for just games. Also on the agenda will be a series of teen-targeted animated features, which will utilize machinima er, a "new" cost-effective animation method. Does Hollywood ac...

By Justin McElroy We take the hard lumps for you at Joystiq. For example, we slogged through a purported summary of the 22-page leaked script treatment of the Gears of War movie over at Latino Review, spoilers be damned. What we found seemed like a competent, if slightly heavy-handed, take on the game that see...

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By Kyle Orland Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, BusinessAnother month, another batch of hardware and software sales data estimates from the NPD Group. The February numbers show Nintendo hitting the com...

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