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Posted Oct 4th 2007 2:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Gears of War
Speaking with GameDaily,
Gears of War maestro Clff Bleszinski recently discussed the upcoming film adaptation of the mammoth new franchise. While he gives the typical spiel about how much care is going into creating the film and how the screenwriter knows everything about the game (that's what they said about
Silent Hill, remember), his comments on the casting prove to be the most interesting. Specifically, CliffyB notes that the man who plays Marcus Fenix should not be someone who is "buff or six foot five," but rather someone who is "charismatic." According to Cliffy, the important part of casting Marcus is that whoever plays him can
act. A shocking and innovative idea, we know, but it just might work. Hit the "read" link for the full interview and details on the upcoming movie.
[Via Joystiq. Image credit: ICHB]
Posted Oct 3rd 2007 1:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Gears of War
Joystiq recently got a chance to try out
Gears of War for the PC at DigitalLife. The verdict: it's
Gears of War alright. Beyond some necessary changes made to the control scheme for mouse users, the game is essentially the same one we all fell in love with last November. Joystiq does note that the visuals are markedly improved and pulling off headshots is (expectedly) much easier with a mouse. The build at Digital Life has its share of problems and bugs, but such problems should be ironed out in time for the game's release later this year. Hit the "read" link for Joystiq's full hands-on impressions.
Posted Sep 30th 2007 5:30PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Halo 3, Xbox Live, Gears of War
In gaming news that really isn't all that newsworthy and should be filed under the "well, duh!" category is word that
Halo 3 tops Major Nelson's most played Xbox Live games list this past week knocking off
Gears of War from its long held number one spot. Shocker! But don't feel bad for
Gears fellow fanboys, because it's still holding strong nearly a year after its release at its newly acceptable number two position. You had a wicked good ride
Gears, but now our new friend
Halo 3 is taking the wheel and driving Xbox Live into 2008. And don't worry, we'll still visit you every once and a while.
Posted Sep 4th 2007 2:00PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: Fan stuff, Gears of War
Those overly creative LEGO building fellas over Brickshelf did it again, this time using their finely honed talents to create a
Gears Marcus Fenix figure. Just look at the detail on the armor, the accurate representation of the Lancer and how perfectly crafted the model is. This little masterpiece is awe inspiring, simply fanboy'alicious and makes us jealous of the talent those guys over at Brickshelf possess. Note to whoever owns this LEGO Marcus, we'd so pay to have one of these to place on our desk high atop Fanboy Towers. So ... eBay anyone?
[Via Joystiq]
Posted Sep 3rd 2007 12:00PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace, Gears of War
We just wanted to remind everyone that the Hidden Fronts map pack for
Gears of War is now a free download off the Xbox Live Marketplace. The Hidden Fronts pack includes four maps (Garden, Process, Bullet Marsh and Subway) and was previously available for 800 Microsoft points when it
released back in May. But now it's free, so you have absolutely no reason not to get back into the game and earn the game's final 250 Gamerscore. We'll see you online playing some new Hidden Fronts map pack goodness, have fun and stay away from those Kryll.
Posted Aug 31st 2007 1:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace, Gears of War
Microsoft has announced that the
Gears of War "Hidden Fronts" map pack will become a free download starting this Labor Day (which is Monday for our international friends). The map pack will officially become free starting at 2:00AM PT September 2nd. It should be noted that this isn't a timed promotion akin to the
XBLA price drops this weekend, but rather a permanent change. So, if for some reason you
still don't want the map pack on Monday, you can always pick it up some other time, free of charge. The "Hidden Fronts" map pack includes 4 maps: Subway, Process, Garden, and Bullet Marsh. If you'd like a refresher on what these maps contain, you can view our
rundown after the break.
Continue reading Gears Of War Hidden Fronts free this Labor Day
Posted Jul 26th 2007 1:45PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Gears of War
NECA has announced a new partnership with
Epic Games, in which it will produce a new line of
Gears of War collectibles. Said collectibles are set to include action figures, busts, dioramas, and even "prop" replicas (full size Lancer anyone?). The
toys collectibles are expected to be available in 2008, just in time for a possible sequel to the 360's breakout hit. An interesting tidbit in the press release is that NECA has acquired the license for
Gears of War and "any potential sequels" to the game, adding fuel to such speculations. For those who are interested, NECA has produced many video game related collectibles, including toys based on
Resident Evil,
Hitman,
Tomb Raider, and an upcoming line of
Castlevania toys. No further information, such as which specific
Gears of War toys will be made or how much they will cost, has been revealed.
Posted Jul 23rd 2007 3:30PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Xbox Live, Gears of War
July's
Artist of the Month Velvet Revolver will be partaking in the Game with Fame festivities this Friday by playing some
Gears of War. This Friday, July 27th from 10:00PM - Midnight eastern the Velvet Revolver rockers will be online playing
Gears, so we advise sending a friend request to "GWFVelvet" for your chance to play with the band. Once your friend request is sent, sit back, wait for a chance to play and ponder how you'll be finishing off the band. We already know how we're taking out Slash as our chainsaw is already greased and ready to rip.
Posted Jul 22nd 2007 12:45PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: Fan stuff, Gears of War
For those of us who are involved in the art of prank phone calls or simply enjoy hearing video game character quotes we've unearthed a
Gears of War soundboard for you to enjoy. The
Gears soundboard features multiplayer and campaign quotes from the Locusts and the COG killing crew including Marcus, Dom, Baird, Cole and Carmine. Experience a locust growl, hear the ear pleasing sounds of Baird exclaim "shit yeah!" and the multiple variations of Marcus' "nice". Give the soundboard a listen and be sure to show your friends, because this little online doodad will give you instant
Gears cred. Honest.
[Via Gearheads of War]
Posted Jul 17th 2007 10:00AM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Gears of War
We thought we heard the extent of how far
Gears of War was willing to
stray from its Xbox 360 roots, but now we're hearing about an even further departure. In an interview with Game Head's Geoff Keighley, Mark Rein talked up
Unreal Tournament 3 and
Gears of War and accidentally let the news slip that both games were headed to the Mac platform. Rein confirmed
Gears' Mac-bound status when answering Keighley stating that "
yes, Gears is going to come to the Mac and so is UT". The news was not followed by a release date or how far in development the Mac versions are.
Anyone willing to bet that
Gears Mac will have even more content than
Gears PC all of which won't be available to 360 owners? Anyone? Nobody? Shucks ...
Posted Jul 13th 2007 12:30PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Gears of War, E3
The Advanced Media Network sat down with Epic's Mark Rein and Cliffy B to chat about their big E3 announcements and learned some sad news about the new
Gears of War PC content. When questioned about whether or not the new campaign missions or multiplayer maps announced for the PC version would be headed to the Xbox 360, Rein said it was "
unlikely [that] we will bring that content to 360". Cliffy B further emphasized their doubt by stating that "
if we didn't have any sort of exclusive on the PC, why would people buy the PC version?". The Epic crew explained that bringing the PC content over to the 360 would be an extremely time consuming task and that they're currently focused on other projects like
Unreal Tournament 3.
Being the
Gears fan that I am it's hard to hear that new, exciting multiplayer AND campaign content will be available, but not for 360 owners. And no, there's no way I'm personally buying a beefy computer to run
Gears of War PC just to experience the new content. No matter how you slice the news it sucks for 360 owners and
Gears enthusiasts ... it's simple as that. Now, I'm going to go cry myself to sleep.
[Thanks, Jason S]
Posted Jul 11th 2007 8:00AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Gears of War, E3
It just not a gaming event without a little
CliffyB. Lo and behold, he made an appearance at Microsoft's
E3 press conference to announce (
you guessed it)
Gears of War PC. In an announcement that surprised precisely zero people, the game was made official. While the announcement itself wasn't earth-shattering, there were definitely a few choice nuggets of new info worth noting. Cliffy did honor the conference crowd with a quick demo of the game, showing off some of the PC exclusive features. Naturally, the game makes use of Games for Windows Live, which Cliffy demonstrated by playing with a buddy. He also revealed that
GOW PC will feature new single player chapters, new multiplayer modes, new multiplayer maps, and an entirely new set of achievements totalling 1000 points. In another surprising revelation, Cliffy announced that the game would be shipping for both Windows Vista and XP. Given the hoopla surrounding the Vista-only releases of both
Halo 2 and
Shadowrun, it looks like Microsoft may be trying to make things write with PC gamers.
Of course,
Gears of War PC does raise a few questions. Will the new content be offered to 360
Gears of War fans? Will cross-platform play be available? We tried to get answers from Microsoft, but for now it remains a mystery.
Posted Jul 6th 2007 8:35PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Gears of War
Looks like someone made a boo boo. Those silly cats over at GameVideos.com posted a video entitled "
Gears of War PC 'E3 Action' montage" and quickly pulled it. But fret not fanboys, because Quellex saved the video and posted it on YouTube for everyone to enjoy. But before you take a look at this leaked
Gears PC montage be warned that it may make your inner fanboy scream with anger and disgust. Why? Because the video showcases what looks to be not only new multiplayer maps and additional campaign missions, but it also showcases a boss battle with a Brumak. Yup, that same Brumak that didn't make it into the 360 version of
Gears. Hopefully there's more to this story that'll come out of E3, something along the lines of all the new additional PC content being available for free to Xbox 360 owners. Otherwise we shun you Epic and your PC content ... we want to fight Brumaks too!
Update 1: We've removed our link to the YouTube video at GameVideos.com's request, but now that the
giant cat Brumak's out of the bag, it's gonna be awfully tough to get him back in.
[Via NeoGAF]
Posted Jul 6th 2007 11:45AM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Gears of War
Gears fanboys will be excited to know that the sweet, sweet sounds of our beloved
Gears of War will soon be lovingly lasered onto a piece of media plastic. The official
Gears of War Soundtrack was announced yesterday and will hit major retailers and be available online July 31st. The CD will feature 28 musical tracks that will chronologically take listeners through
Gears' campaign and feature the Northwest Symphonia orchestra. Think of the soundtrack as a musical version of the whole "destroyed beauty" motif. Complete list of all 28 tracks are viewable after the break including our favorites "I Will Kryll You" and "Running With Boomers".
Continue reading Gears of War soundtrack drops July 31st
Posted Jul 2nd 2007 3:00PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: Contests and Giveaways
Our
Gears of War Modeling Book Contest has come to an end and we had some talented folks send in some great Locust creations. Not only did we have some great entries, but we also received entries that weren't really entries. Looking in our inbox we received emails from out of the country (this is a US only contest), entries that didn't include any attached artwork, and entries that were out of the country AND didn't include artwork. Those emails made us laugh and exercise our "delete email" finger. But, in the end, we came away satisfied with the creations our fellow fanboys submitted. So, we bet you are wondering which three entries were chosen to win a copy of Ballistic Publishing's
d'artiste: Character Modeling 2, what the Locust creations look like, and if Epic Games will be using the winning designs in the
Gears of War sequel. Well, the answers to all those questions and more are posted after the break. Click along and come join our Locust art gallery fun.
Continue reading Fanswag: Gears of War Modeling Book Winners
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