Tim Sweeney States That Both PS3 and Xbox 360 Have Six-Eight Years of Life in Them

In an GamesIndustry interview with Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games (the company that gave us the Gears of War series) and the genius behind the first Unreal Engine states that unlike past consoles, the Xbox 360 and the PS3 have a longer lifetime than their past counterparts.
"The big difference between a console and a tablet is the console can consume 100 or 200 watts of power, while the tablet consumes one or two or three or four watts. That's really the limiting factor [...]

Map Content for the Next Gears of War 3 DLC Has Been Revealed

On March 27th, get ready to get back in the fight as Gears of War 3 is releasing it's fifth downloadable content pack. Included in this will be five maps, three of them new and two of them being remakes. The three maps will be called "Aftermath", "Artillery", and "Cove", while the two remakes will be Jacinto and Raven Down. If you to have a more detailed look of these new maps, check out this link to the Kotaku article about them.

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Epic's Next Unreal Engine to be Shown to Private Audiences at the Upcoming Game Developers Conference

As you know, the Unreal Engine 3 is one of today's most prolific pieces of technology in the gaming world. It powers everything from Mortal Kombat and Asura's Wrath to Gears of War 3 to even Batman: Arkham City. If you're one of the few developers that uses Epic's engine, the upcoming 2012 Game Developers Conference will have a private viewing of the next generation of Unreal Engines in action. As for us in the general public, we will have to wait a bit.
 
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Fenix Rising DLC Adding Prestige Style Rewards to Gear of War 3

Forgot about Gears of War 3? Been hunkered down by Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3? We understand. But now it's time to brush off that Gears of War 3 disc because here comes some huge DLC that urges you to get in and show everyone online the wrong side of a retro lancer. With new maps, skins, and other goodies, how can you resist? Dropping on January 17, the third update to Epic Games' best-selling shooter will not only bring some visual goods to the game but also [...]

"I don't care that you help saved humanity from extinction, Mr. Fenix, it'll still be about two quid to Milton Keynes"

So in Milton Keynes, England a student had to pay a full bus fare for Marcus Fenix. I'm dead serious. Liam Sheridan, a huge Gears of War fan, was bringing home a life-size cardboard display of Marcus Fenix. Unfortunately when he reached the bus station (or coach station as our UK followers would say), Liam's montly bus pass wouldn't cover for his cardboard cutout as the driver wouldn't allow Marcus to ride for free. As a result, Liam was thus [...]

In the Previous Weeks, Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops Were Played More than Battlefield 3

To much of a surprise of everyone, according to Microsoft's Xbox Live stats bothCall of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 both remained the most played video games on Xbox Live, even during the release week ofBattlefield 3.
However, don't fret and panic, fans of Battlefield 3. You should remember that Battlefield 3 was released on a Tuesday and the numbers included the number for players on Monday, so likely the numbers aren't going to be in EA's favor at this time [...]

Overall Medals
Beta Tester – participated in the Beta
Old Guard – earn the Veteran Gear achievement in GOW2
Seriously – earn the Seriously 3.0 achievement
Embry Star – earn 30 Onyx medals
It Has Begun! – complete 1 versus match
War Supporter - play in 5 Gears events (bronze)
Survivalist – complete 20 campaign chapters without dying
Field Service – reach X level

Bronze - 25
Silver - 50
Gold - 75
Onyx - 100

Arcade and Campaign Medals
Tour of Duty – complete all chapters in campaign

Bronze – Casual
Silver – Normal
Gold – Hardcore
Onyx – Insane

Doorman – move X objects in the campaign

Bronze – 200
Silver – 500
Gold – 1000
Onyx – 2000

Warmonger – [...]

What Gears of War 3's Cliff Bleszinski Wants in the Next Xbox Console

The next Xbox hasn't been announced, nor has there been any real talks about it, aside from the assortment of hints and rumors. Though, this doesn't stop game designers and developers from talking about the subject. One person who wants to talk about it is Gears of War 3'sCliff Bleszinski (a.k.a. "The Real Cliffy B").
Bleszinski stated in aninterviewwith the UK'sOfficial Xbox Magazine the following:

"I'm sorry, do you think graphics are good enough? No they're not! The Xbox 360 was released in 2005, and the graphics are showing [...]