A new short’s been released by Microsoft in the run-up to the release date of Gears of War 3. The trailer shows Marcus Fenix and his squad fighting the Locust onslaught along with the contrapuntal sound of the track ‘To Dust’ by Mazzy Star. Methinks that track will rise up the iTunes chart as it fits eerily into the action on screen. Buy Gears of War 3 now New: Buy Gears of War 3 from Amazon.com Related: Gears of War 3 release date, Gears of War, Gears of War 3 trailer
27 May, 2010
Not only has Microsoft announced the Gears of War 3 release date as the 8th of April 2011 but new details have just come out concerning the Gears of War 3 characters too. Marcus Fenix is going to learn a ‘bittersweet secret about his father’s fate’ and new female character Anya has left her desk job to join the Delta Squad. Apparently she’s a ‘tough, confident fighter ready to tackle anything’. Let’s just hope she doesn’t mind rather large bugs. Related: Gears of War 2 review, Killzone 2 Xbox 360 version
It’s been a couple of years since the first Gears of War and since then, lots of games have copied some of its innovative features – particularly the duck and cover gameplay mechanic of diving behind walls and popping out to take your shots to take out the bad guys. Jump into Gears of War 2 and you get more of the same. The gameplay mechanic itself is exactly the same and luckily, developers Epic have a few new tricks up their sleeves to keep the game feeling fresh. Since the last game the Locust Horde have been getting even...
A bonus disc for Gears of War 2 has been confirmed. It will feature a making-of documentary, character profiles, TV spots, a demo and lots of other goodies. The Gears of War release date is November 7th 2008. Related: Gears of War 2 gameplay footage, Gears of War 2 release date
Gears of War 2 has been officially announced for 360, well at least the US magazine GamePro has the game’s title on its front cover. There are no details released about the game itself, but I guess we’ll see more of the great combat system, more locusts and very wide men running about with big guns when they really should be playing American Football. Sounds good.