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Rate X3F Week in Review: August 29, 2008 - September 4, 2008

Original at Xbox 360 Fanboy external link    Thu, Sep 4    5 related articles

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By X3F Staff Xbox 360 Fancast Special -- PAX 2008 Hands-on: PvN Dodgeball's new multiplayer modes Pirates? Ninjas? Dodgeball? Vs?PAX 08: Torpex talks Schizoid, sales, marketing strategies and XNA development It had betterOfficial list of Gears of War 2 achievements

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Rate Review : Gears of War goes PC

Original at Today's Games external link    Tue, Sep 2

By radu10000@yahoo.com (RaduU) Launched over a year ago for Xbox 360, Gears of War was an extraordinary game, with beautiful backgrounds , superb graphics , good cinematic and a well built gameplay component . It's no surprise that the game turned over night 'a must ...

3 Weeks Ago

 

Rate An Xbox 360 VGA Review – A Look At The Graphics Components

Original at Nova Central external link    Sat, Aug 16

By Nova Articles Halo 3 was a launch title and it and Gears of War are probably two of the best games I have ever seen on any system anywhere – PC, Playstation, Wii, whatever these blow those out of the water. For my money I will get the Xbox 360 every ...

Rate Opinion: Top 10 Xbox 360 Games Your Kids Want For Christmas This Year - Guaranteed!

Original at halotoy4kids (WordPress) external link    Wed, Aug 13

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By halotoy4kids 1. Gears of War - Shooter This third-person shooter thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing story of humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the earth.

Rate Low Review Scores for Gears of War PC Bullshit: Epic Games

Original at Game Guru external link    Mon, Aug 11

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 India - Aug 11, 2008 Because what we did was take a great game, Gears of War 1 for Xbox 360, made it run at higher resolutions and added three new hours of really good gameplay ... Alone in the Dark: PC Vs Xbox 360 Game Guru all 2 news articles

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Rate Opinion: Epic Boss: Lower Scores for PC GoW are "bullshit"

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Aug 9

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By Owen Good A month later, E3 quotes, comments and tidbits are still coming out in dribs and drabs. Here's one: Outspoken Epic honcho Mike Capps, in a lengthy video interview elsewhere, is a bit pissed at the fact reviewers hated on Gears of War for the PC.

Rate Opinion: Epic Calls Bullsh*t on Lower Gears of

Original at Ve3d.com external link    Fri, Aug 8

 - Aug 8, 2008 “Because what we did was take a great game, Gears of War 1 for Xbox 360, made it run at higher resolutions and added three new hours of really good gameplay ...

Rate My GTAIV Review (/w pictures)

Original at Recent Blogs at giantbomb.com external link    Thu, Jul 31

By Karmum Along with this, GTA IV has implemented a cover system. It is similar to what you see in Uncharted for the PS3, or Gears of War for the Xbox 360 or the PC, and it works, for the most part, pretty good. You can hug up against a wall, ...

Rate Opinion: Gears Author Ponders Lancer Cleaning

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jul 29

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SAN DIEGO, CA—Cliff Bleszinski, design director at Epic Games, was the featured speaker on the Comic-Con International “Xbox 360 Gears of War Showcase” panel, over the weekend. Sitting alongside was comic book writer Josh Ortega, who worked with him on the Gears of War 2 story, and New Yo...

Rate Threevue Review: Gears of War

Original at spraypaint (WordPress) external link    Fri, Jul 18

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By Russ Crandall I didn't get much into the multiplayer, but that's because everyone is so good online. I don't like losing all the time. I did play through the single player campaign twice, and I still plan on tackling it on its hardest setting someday. It's a good length, it has a fair amount of diversity, and l...

2 Months Ago

 

Rate Unreal Tournament III AU Review

Original at IGN external link    Tue, Jul 1

 CA - We've seen scores of developers use the Unreal Engine before, but as witnessed with Gears of War, Epic know how to bring their bouncing golden child home ...

Rate IGN Gears 2 Multiplayer Preview

Original at Hushed Casket external link    Wed, Jun 25

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By Slayer Gears of War 2 Multiplayer Hands-On Like a Fenix from the flames, Marcus raises the meatflag as we blow the lid off GOW2's multiplayer. by Andrew Stanton, IGN UK Cliffy B: "The violence is slapstick. It's fun, not nauseous." Gears 1 vs Gears 2: now with added Hollywood lighting.

3 Months Ago

 

Rate Opinion: Under the Knife: Gears of WarVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at thehealingtouch (WordPress) external link    Sun, Jun 1

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By kaiserhawk With the release of Gears of War 2 later on in the year, and Cliff Bleszinski (Previously Cliffy B) promising the sequel to be "Bigger, Better, and more Badass" I decided to pop the disk for Gears of War back into my 360 to play through. While some criticize Gears for it's lack of storytelling o...

Rate Turd Rocket Reviews: Gears of War (Remix)

Original at truveo.com external link    Wed, May 21

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Approximately 8 months ago I made a video review for the Xbox 360 game Gears of War, developer by Epic Games. After learning a few things from some other more professional reviewers around the industry, my reviews since have become more disciplined and refined compared to the earliest rev...

5 Months Ago

 

Rate Review: Dark Sector for Xbox 360

Original at Geek.com external link    Tue, Apr 1

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By James Share This Dark Sector is kind of what Gears of War would be like if it ditched the sci-fi world and the chainsaw for a Soviet bloc country and a glaive. This game’s been highly anticipated by many gamers, partially based on its looks, but mostly due to that three-sided razor sharp boomerang. R...

Rate Gears of War 2 Game Xbox 360 Console Review - Informative Post

Original at informativepost.com external link    Sat, Mar 29

Gears of War 2 Game Xbox 360 Console Review Informative Post, OH - Mar 30, 2008 Gears of War was one of the best games for the Xbox 360 when it came out in 2006 and was voted one of the top games for the console that year. ...

6 Months Ago

 

Rate Opinion: Mark Rein Promises Gears of War 2 "Good Surprises" [Xbox 360]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Feb 26

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By Brian Ashcraft Gears of War 2 is coming. And so soon! Not surprising since it's been in development before Gears of War 1 shipped. Does that mean it's going to be Gears rehash? You know, more of the same? Epic honcho Mark Rein says: Like a cohesive story? Rein Interview [Eurogamer]

13 Months Ago

 

Rate Opinion: "PS3 Benefitting from Gears of War"

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Aug 23

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So! If you thought Gears of War on the Xbox 360 was hot shit, wait until you see Unreal Tournament 3 on the PS3. Epic's "a little ahead," and the engine's "a little better." But the game? A LOT BETTER. Must be all those extra maps Rein is cramming in there.

17 Months Ago

 

Rate Opinion: A Possible First Look At 'Gears of War' Treatment

Original at Cinematical external link    Mon, Apr 30

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By Jessica Barnes Filed under: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, New Line, RumorMonger, Scripts & Screenwriting, Games and Game MoviesSo it just might be possible that the big-screen version of the Microsoft video game Gears of War is a step closer to production. Latino Review is postin...

Rate Opinion: Gears of War screenplay details leaked onlineVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Joystiq external link    Sun, Apr 29

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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...

23 Months Ago

 

Rate Opinion: My First Impression Of ‘Gears Of War’ [XBox 360]

Original at In Case You're Interested... external link    Wed, Nov 22

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By GodKillzYou This game is better than Halo 1 or 2. Yeah, I said it. Gears Of War has set the bar really high. Halo 3 will have an extremely tough time topping this. Wow! I don’t know what else to say about this game. I’ve never seen a game so visually stunning - and I’ve had “The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion” for a while...

25 Months Ago

 

Rate Microsoft's Review: Gears of War Is Great

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Oct 3

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By Brian Ashcraft Gears of War is not a decent game. It's not "okay." It will kick your fuckin' teeth in. Who says? Ken Lobb. And who's he? He's one of the folks behind Golden Eye 007. Ken's review: I finished the game for the first time this afternoon... This game is insanely good. I have always thought that this was going...

36 Months Ago

 

Rate Opinion: CliffyB Talks Nintendo, Gears and Next-Gen With Kotaku

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Nov 19

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Cliff Bleszinski AKA CliffyB, lead designer for Epic Games' Gears of War and Kotaku reader, shot me an email the other day about an article he read on the site. Do you think the 360's Xbox Live Arcade is going to have a significant impact on the independent game development scene?

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