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.
TGR - "In the era of MySpace and Facebook being used as online tools to network with, it's no surprise that a cluster of gamers in Hollywood have found a new way to network. It appears that big business deals as well as curbstomps have been performed all on a special night affectionately dubbed 'Nerd Poker.' What all does this 'Nerd Poker' entail, exactly?
While searching through eBay this week, Den of Geek stumbled upon something even more perplexing than the existence of wasps - people 'selling' Xbox achievement points
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."
Speaking at E3, Epic boss Mike Capps expressed dismay at the fact the PC version of Gears of War scored lower than the 360 game, saying the desktop outing was "much better" and the fact it achieved lower marks was "bulls***."
GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today announced that it will host GEARS OF WAR video game tournaments at 2,000 of its U.S. GameStop locations on Friday, July 25, 2008.
There has been a bunch of Gears of War 2 related news coming out of E3 this week including matchmaking specifics, new footage as well as a new multiplayer mode getting revealed. But also exciting was the reveal of the Gears of War 2 Limited Edition's contents which may include some mini Lancer love.
From NextGen Player:
Let the games begin! The doors have been opened, and thousands of gamers are now flooding into the third stop along the 2008 MLG Pro Circuit here in Orlando, Florida. They?'ll now begin to warm-up in preparation for the the Open Bracket to begin. The action is set to officially kick-off at 5:30 p.m. ET, so keep your browsers locked to mlgpro.com as MLG Orlando gets underway!
TriForce Sales, LLC announced today that it has started taking pre-orders for the 1:1 scale replicas of the Lancer Assault Rifle ($949.99) and the Locust Drone bust ($549.99).
With the scriptwriter from Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Len Wiseman, the chap behind vampire flick Underworld and Die Hard 4, is preparing to direct a movie based on Gears of War. The director will be teaming up with writer Chris Morgan to develop the story and rewrite a new screenplay, according to Variety. A previous script by Stuart Beattie, the original writer of the first Pirates of the Caribbean, will be discarded. Fortunately, Epic will have some involvement. ...
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Len Wiseman is suiting up to direct New Line's "Gears of War," based on Microsoft and Epic Games' hit vidgame.
Eurogamer reports:
From NextGen Player"
NECA has just announced the release of their newest action figure Box Set. The Box Set features all four characters from Gears Of War Series 1 and new exclusive accessories!
Microsoft has sent out the official details on the Gears of War re-release, the re-release is due out on June 24 for $39.
With Gears of War comics and toys on the way, it was only a matter of time before someone began preparing life-sized armor and weapons based on the popular Microsoft franchise. Today TriForce Sales announced that it has secured the license to create 1:1 scale replicas of the armor and weapons used by the Delta Squad from the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COGs). The company will be working with sculptor Sid Garrand of Nightmare Armor Studios to design each piece