Gears of War 3 Beta Guide

Unlockables

Just about every unlockable character and weapon skin in the game is obtained by playing a specified number of matches in a certain game type. To carry over some of these Beta-exclusive unlockables, such as Cole Train in his Thrashball uniform, you must complete a number of matches using that character or weapon.

Weapon Skins

Chrome Hammerburst: Earned “Rookie Gear” Achievement in Gears of War 2

Urban Lancer: Played 5 TDM matches in the Beta

Urban Hammerburst: Played 5 KOTH matches in the Beta

Urban Retro Lancer: Played 5 CTL matches in the Beta

Urban Gnasher: Played 15 CTL matches in the Beta

Urban Sawed-off: Played 15 KOTH matches in the Beta

Gold Retro Lancer: Played 90 matches in the Beta

Gold Retro Lancer in Retail: Scored 100 Gold Retro Lancer kills (completing this challenge allows you to carry over this skin into the retail copy of Gears 3)

Flame Hammerburst: Played in week 1 of the Beta (available only to those who purchased Bulletstorm's “Epic Edition” and received early beta access)

Flame Lancer: Played in week 2 of the Beta

Flame Sawed-off: Played in week 3 of the Beta

Flame Hammerburst: Played in week 4 of the Beta

Characters

Anya Stroud: Played 10 TDM matches in the Beta

Flame Grenadier: Played 10 CTL matches in the Beta

Augustus Cole: Played 20 KOTH matches in the Beta

Kantus: Played 10 KOTH matches in the Beta

Damon Baird: Played 20 CTL matches in the Beta

Savage Theron: Played 40 TDM matches in the Beta

Cole Train: Played 50 matches in the Beta

Cole Train in Retail: Played 10 matches as Cole Train

Executions:

Each weapon has a unique execution that can be unlocked by obtaining a specific number of kills with that weapon.

May 4, 2011

Ryan Taljonick

Ryan was once the Executive Editor of GamesRadar, before moving into the world of games development. He worked as a Brand Manager at EA, and then at Bethesda Softworks, before moving to 2K. He briefly went back to EA and is now the Director of Global Marketing Strategy at 2K.