Seemingly random right? Nope. Match those numbers with one of these ASCII tables, and you'll get yourself the following letter string: "ESC N O V 9". We'd love to beleive that this was simply thrown in there to mess with the community, but it seems to be too much of a coincidence to be something wholly meaningless. Is this an early "word" on the release date? We sure hope so.
Hit the break for a closer look at the tags.
[Thanks Laron Alexander]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-08-2008 @ 4:34PM
Brave said...
Four years after Halo 2 :p
awww They go great together
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7-08-2008 @ 4:36PM
dongcopter said...
I before E except after C
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7-08-2008 @ 4:38PM
Terrence Stasse said...
La Li Lu Le Lo
7-08-2008 @ 4:38PM
Kevin Gass said...
I love these little mind games :)
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7-08-2008 @ 4:40PM
MDJ2010 said...
A couple of UK retail sites including Play have had the game listed as this release date for about 2 months
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7-08-2008 @ 4:44PM
ccc said...
Thats a sweet pic.
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7-08-2008 @ 4:48PM
LuckyHaskins said...
Hmmm, a Sunday?
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7-08-2008 @ 4:49PM
Hala Madrid!! (Madrileno hasta la muerte!) said...
I call shenanigans!
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7-08-2008 @ 4:51PM
Rick said...
Doubt it's a Sunday release. Could the numbers mean something else?
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7-08-2008 @ 5:04PM
Jon said...
yeah for o dienasty
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7-08-2008 @ 5:15PM
SadisticHam said...
I thought this was a confirmed release date? o.0
Most retailers and several news sites have reported it's due for 9th.
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7-08-2008 @ 6:34PM
ZenGaijin said...
I really want cogtags like that, maybe as a preorder bonus.
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7-08-2008 @ 7:21PM
DaxterKing said...
Damn Sunday releases, Saturday would be much more convinent for everyone. Nintendo already tried to be bigger than God, dont do it Epic!
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7-08-2008 @ 10:34PM
Urza said...
Maybe it has nothing to do with the game.. maybe it's the date the Gears 2 website goes live. :P
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7-08-2008 @ 11:54PM
supersalo said...
Doubt it's the 9th.
Look at the preorder page on Xbox: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/buyNow/g/gearsofwar2/
Circuit City says the 11th.
Amazon and Gamecrazy both say 11/30.
Gamestop says the 3rd. So, who knows?
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7-09-2008 @ 4:27AM
Alex said...
While I was expecting a Nov. 18th release date, this is great news but slightly bad also. I want to get Seriously BEFORE Gears 2, and giving me 9 less days to do it is mean.
(PS, I need about 6, 500 to get 10 000.)
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7-09-2008 @ 8:38AM
MDJ2010 said...
That could be very tough. I had to get 14,000 kills before it unlocked for me, and believe me I am not alone. Then again it could unlock before you get to 10,000. It's one of the most glitched achievements on the 360. Some people say that kills didn't count if you quit early (not true), some people say its if the teams are uneven at the end of the match (not true), some people say its if anyone quits a game before the end (not true). Kills don't count if the host quits, but I never missed out on 4000 kills from the host quitting. So its just a bit of a random number that ends up being your Seriously goal.
7-10-2008 @ 11:23AM
Dark Infinity 1 said...
You never know, they may release it on a Sunday. Pick it on the way home from church and let the real worshiping begin. (That sounds really bad doesn't, sorry.)
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7-12-2008 @ 8:41AM
Sarge201 said...
go fuck yourselves.
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