Gears of War

When the gears start grinding, the cogs best come strapped ... firepower and tactics collide in Gears of War

Genre: Shooter
Published by: Microsoft
Developed by: Epic Games
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Screenshots updated Oct 26, 2007
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Lower review scores for Gears PC is...N4G
Speaking at E3, Epic boss Mike Capps expressed dismay at the fact the PC version of Gears of War...
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Die Hard 4 director does Gears of War
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PC News - Jun 17, 2008
New Gears of War edition on the way?N4G
Gamed.nl Writes: GameStop has on its website the game Gears of War with maps for a release on June...
PC News from N4G - May 26, 2008
Six Snotty Comments: PC Gamer pouts about Gears Of...
360 gamers get it first again? That sucks, and so does the game
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Six Snotty Comments: PC Gamer pouts about Gears Of...
360 gamers get it first again? That sucks, and so does the game
May 14, 2008
59 levels to play before you die: D - G
From the brilliant to the barmy - levels that every gamer needs to experience
Mar 21, 2008
2007's worst kept gaming secrets
We knew they were happening. The industry said we were wrong. But we weren't.
Dec 18, 2007
The Epic tradition
The masters of Unreal talk gore and combat
Oct 26, 2007
PC: The Ones to Watch
Don't avert your eyes from these eye-searing shooters
Aug 8, 2007
Your vision for the future of war - Gears of War 2
We look at the kick-ass weapons you want in the sequel
Apr 4, 2007
Interview with Cliffy B
Mr. Gears of War fields our onslaught of questions
Mar 21, 2007
Lower review scores for Gears PC is... N4G
Speaking at E3, Epic boss Mike Capps expressed dismay at the fact the PC version of Gears of War...
News from N4G Aug 8, 2008
Die Hard 4 director does Gears of War
With the scriptwriter from Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift. Hmm...
Jun 17, 2008
New Gears of War edition on the way? N4G
Gamed.nl Writes: GameStop has on its website the game Gears of War with maps for a release on June...
News from N4G May 26, 2008
GeoW Comic Book Announced, No GeoW 2 Demo N4G
The success surrounding the popular Xbox 360/PC shooter Gears of War has led to the creation of a...
News from N4G Apr 19, 2008
'Gears of War' - Updated Patch Available Now (PC) N4G
According to WorthPlaying.com, the Gears of War title update fixes various performance issues,...
News from N4G Mar 3, 2008
No Gears Of War Comic After All N4G
Several months ago FiringSquad reported that comic book publisher Boom Studios announced plans to...
News from N4G Feb 23, 2008
Fight Night producer to head up Gears of War? N4G
Microsoft has snapped up Kudo Tsunoda from the ashes of EA Chicago, the studio responsible for Fight...
News from N4G Jan 28, 2008
Gears of War turn to toys N4G
War is not a game, but apparently it makes for good playthings. NECA today announced that it is...
News from N4G Jan 17, 2008
Gears of War prequel announced
But it's a book - booo...
Jan 3, 2008
2007's worst kept gaming secrets
We knew they were happening. The industry said we were wrong. But we weren't.
Dec 18, 2007
Nov 2, 2007 Let's pretend, for the first half of the review, that no one here has played Gears of War. We'll put our fingers in our ears, count backwards from 10 and allow the hype and hoopla to drift from our ears like a beautiful smoke effect. And… you're under. So, Gears of War in one word: meaty. Even the sneering lips of the heroes manage to be muscular, and the dialogue stinks of five-day sweat. The weaponry is tactile, and the sound effects are like someone slapping strips of ...
Gears of War - hands-on
We fight the Locust and live to tell the tale
Oct 26, 2007
Oct 26, 2007 We're playing the Gears of War PC's new King of the Hill mode, which has just seen four other players kill each other viciously from behind one after another in a hilarious cartoon chain of death. As the legendary lead designer CliffyB said to me earlier in the day, the new multiplayer game is indeed, "f---ing hilarious." Gears of War has shifted over four million copies on Xbox 360 alone, won countless Game of the Year awards and become one of the most popular online shooters of ...   » Read Full Gears of War preview
E3 07: Gears of War - hands-on
New multiplayer mode, maps, and story missions for PC version revealed
Jul 12, 2007
It's been about 8 months since Gears of War's orgiastic celebration of blood, guts, and in-your-face visceral gameplay upped the ante for shooters when it debuted on the Xbox 360. This week, game designer Cliff Bleszinski finally acknowledged what gamers have been expecting for quite some time, that Gears of War would be blasting its way to the PC. This holiday season, both XP and Vista users can look forward to five new chapters added to the story mode, a new multiplayer mode, and 3 new maps. ...   » Read Full Gears of War preview
ESRB Rating
Gears of War is rated:
Mature
Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language
Extended mysteries
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