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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Microsoft just put out a ton of Gears of War 2 art, which means you have to look at it. Obviously. After the link. There are images there of Dom's ... Read more..Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
After the break. This is the multiplayer footage that XBox 360 owners will get with their copies of Unreal Tournament III. Some great stuff in there, especially when design director Cliff ... Read more..Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Goodo. According to this X3F story, Gears of War 2 multiplayer screens and video will be released as 12pm EST today, which should be 5pm BST by our reckoning. Apparently the ... Read more..Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 8 Comments »
Just to be clear, he's talking about a "badass scale". Not review scores. "I'd give Gears of War 1 an eight. Gears of War 2... 11. We're taking it to 11," ... Read more..Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Speaking to Eurogamer, Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda has admitted feeling that the first Gears of War could have done with a bit more variation. "The gameplay could sometimes be a little repetitive ... Read more..Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Movies | 2 Comments »
According to this Variety report, Die Hard 4 director Len Wiseman has signed up to make the Gears of War movie. A new script's been written for the film, which was ... Read more..Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in India, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Seriously. Microsoft has teamed up with ICICI Bank to “enable customers to enjoy the benefits of Digital Entertainment products” by issuing the Indian middle classes with Xbox 360 Visa cards. ... Read more..Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, PC, Stuff, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Grief. According to this Gaming Today story, US company TriForce is to release life-size, wearable suits of armour and weapons from Gears of War. release 1:1 scale replicas of the COG ... Read more..Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 8 Comments »
Speaking to 1UP, Microsoft's game director, Andre Vrignaud, has picked out three Xbox 360 titles he believes sport the greatest co-op-play in games. "Certainly, a lot of people at Microsoft are ... Read more..Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, America, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Microsoft's formally announced the "Gears of War with Maps" SKU GameStop listed earlier this week, confirming a new price, all the previously released extra content and the ability to earn ... Read more..Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, Microsoft, Retail, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Following the "emergence" of a "Gears of War with maps" listing on GameStop in the US over the weekend, the American retailer has now added detail to the page, listing ... Read more..Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Retail, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
US retailer GameStop's listing a "Gears of War with Maps" product for release on June 24. The interwibble's speculating that this is going to be a retail release of the ... Read more..Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 3 Comments »
Blimey. You can't keep a lame dog down, or whatever it is. Gears of War was the third most played game on Xbox Live last week, according to the Major. ... Read more..Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Stuff, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
DC's WildStorm label is to publish a comic based on Epic's Gears of War, the company has announced, to release this October. “We are thrilled to be working with DC Comics ... Read more..Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Epic dev lead Cliff Bleszinski has said that the narrative for Gears of War 2 will be beefed up over the original game, and pointed to the newly released teaser ... Read more..Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Development, Microsoft, Rumour, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Epic boss Mark Rein has said that GamePro's rumour of Microsoft being in the running to buy the developer is a little shy of the money. "I have not seen the ... Read more..Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Microsoft, PC, Rumour, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 12 Comments »
According to this, the latest issue of GamePro predicts that Microsoft will buy Epic this year for $1 billion. “Microsoft will buy Epic Games for $1 billion this summer,” said. Travis ... Read more..Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, GDC 2008, Rumour, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Speaking here, Epic chief Mark Rein has yet again indicated that a Gears of War 2 announcement may be a little way off. "You know how it is," he said. "People ... Read more..Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Epic's Cliff Bleszinski, not known for keeping his mouth especially shut, has laid the developer's cards on the table in terms of priorities and voiced an opinion many see as ... Read more..Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in America, Development, Microsoft, Trade | No Comments »
Epic head Mark Rein has clarified the appointment of former EA Chicago boss Kudo Tsunoda to general manager of the Gears of War franchise at Microsoft saying, "Kudo will be ... Read more..Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Microsoft, PC, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Microsoft boss Shane Kim has confirmed that ex-EA Chicago man Kudo Tsunoda is now heading up Epic's Gears of War business. "I'm really excited about it," Kim told IGN at DICE ... Read more..Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Action, Journalism, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Read it here. It's basically a guess at what to expect and, in total, it's seven paragraphs long. "In Gears 2, expect a slight graphical boost," said the piece. "We also ... Read more..Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 Posted in E3 2008, EA, GDC 2008, Microsoft, PS3, Platform holders, Sony, That was the news, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 3 Comments »
This week’s news was dominated by EA’s third quarter conference call, but it was just smoke and mirrors masking the main event. While not blatantly obvious, this GamePro cover was ... Read more..
