Ever wondered where Epic Games drew from when designing "Gears of War"'s over-the-top blood and guts? Multiplayer has the answer: cult classic 80s horror films.
Gears of War 2 is "85-90%" complete, series mastermind and PR pet Cliff Bleszinski has revealed.
Console Monster writes: "Pinch, punch it's the first of the month and there's some punching involved in the FaceBreaker theme out today. There's also a Gears of War 2 video and Too Human gamer themes. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Monday 1st September 2008:
When asked if Gears 2's storyline will follow in the footsteps of a game like Halo 2 and its unsatisfying cliffhanger, Ortega comforted Joystiq's worries by admitting that players will "get nice closure." But not too much closure, because Ortega was also quick to acknowledge fact that he didn't want to end Gears 2 "too much where there couldn't be room to expand should you decide to." Because that would totally put a damper on any trilogy hopes. So, no unsatisfying Halo 2-style ending, a sense of fulfillment and room to grow the Gears franchise? Sounds like a campaign winner to Joystiq.
Today, we bring you pictures of the complete Series 2 of NECA's hit Gears of War action figures. The men of Delta Squad and more adversaries from the Locust Horde return this fall with the Series 2, which includes Dominic Santiago, Damon Baird, the new Marcus Fenix action figure plus the Theron Guard and the Theron Sentinel.
In an IGN interview with Cliff Bleszinski, it was revealed by Cliff that Gears of War 2 would not be coming to the PC. The point of interest came up in a question about Gears 2's "Linked Achievements" and the Achievement portability with an account from Games for Windows Live.
Microsoft and Epic Games have announced the near-complete list of achievements that gamers will be able to collect while they kick Locust ass in Gears of War 2 both offline and over Xbox LIVE*.
"The November 7 release date of Gears of War 2 is steadily approaching and that means that the hype train is steadily starting to pick up steam. As with every massive holiday release, Gears 2 has some serious expectations to live up to. The first game has sold more than five million copies and with Epic's Design Director, Cliff Bleszinski throwing around the phrase "bigger, better, more" at every turn, gamers the world over are expecting a lot from the second entry.
Thanks to the Gamerscore Blog's handy schedule, we've been informed that Gears of War 2 is going to be demoed during this weekend's Penny Arcade Expo, though never did we expect Gears 2 to actually be playable on the show floor ... but it is!
Destructoid has been provided with an anonymous tip: the full list of the fifty Achievements in Gears of War 2! The list includes the previously confirmed "Seriously 2.0", which requires 100,000 kills for it to be unlocked.
Xbox 360 Fanboy reports that Gears of War 2 DLC for Xbox360 will be available soon after the release of the game. Cliff Bleszinski tells that the DLC will be "multiplayer map focused". No details about pricing are yet available.
DarkZero: The BBFC, always the bringer of interesting news has recently rated the bonus disc that will come packed in the Limited Edition version of Gears of War 2. As you expect, the disc got a 18 rating from the board due to it gory visual content. However, the BBFC also gose onto reveal the contents available on the disc.
Epic Games president, Michael Capps, has bemoaned the "arms race" in videogames development, saying it makes creating sequels tougher.
Epic's Mark Rein's confirmed that Gears of War 2 won't be shown by Microsoft at Games Convention next week.
GamerVision Reports: "Way back in April, while scoping NECA's wares at the New York Comic Con, I took notice the Gears of War line had a Locust with an exploding head. Cue "Dreamweaver," I was in love. I had never seen an action figure with quite the attention to the source material as this one. Immediately, I began asking (read: begging) NECA for information about when and where I'd be able to get this wonderful piece of craftsmanship. They had no answer for me then, but I was persistent, asking them every opportunity I had. With last week's launch of the Lancer Bundle pre-order, I asked my guy at NECA if he had any info about the "Headshot" Locust. He told me to expect an announcement shortly, and he was right. Today, NECA broke the news Amazon.com would be the exclusive retailer for the action figure."
Advanced orders for the Gears of War 2 Lancer, which includes a life-size weapon from the series, skyrocketed upon availability at Amazon.com.
Amazon.com have revealed a Gears of War 2 bundle with full-size (non-working) Lancer replica. GamerChip looks at sourcing one of these (purely for professional reviewing purposes of course, not running about the neighbourhood screaming and waving it about enthusiastically), but as with the Fallout 3 Limited Pip Edition, Amazon.com will not be shipping to Australia.
Spong: Epic Games' VP, Mark Rein, has confirmed to SPOnG that there will be filters in Gears of War 2 to moderate more adult content. He's keen to stress, however, that this does not make Gears 2 a game for kids and casuals.