James "Hawkprey" Hawkins, the artist behind Gears of War

Ever notice that Epic Games line of games' artwork and style have a lot in common? For example, Gears of War has a Unreal Tournament vibe to it as well as Bulletstorm. Well it's no coincidence as those games have the same artist behind it. That artist is known as James "Hawkprey" Hawkins.

Hawkins is the concept artists at Epic Games and was part of establishing the look for all its games.

UK-based GOW3 fan makes a lancer out of a NERF dart gun to auction for charity.

While there has been NERF lancers done before in the past, some people try to surpass one another by adding more detail or doing something different from others. As seen here on Kotaku, someone has gone the distance and made their NERF lancer customization a full automatic, different from the semi-automatics lancers that were customized out of NERF

On June 24^thwe blogged about the possibilities of a Modern Warfare 3 survival mode, and since E3 the hype about this new mode has been brewing. Recently a game play video of MW3s survival mode has given us a whole new perception of its possibilities. The video is basically a walkthrough of all the options and perks associated with the survival mode. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to say that it is going to be absolutely amazing; it is a whole new way to enjoy the weapons, perks, and game play of Modern Warfare games.

It is exactly as you would have imagined, with some twists here and there. Survival mode is a wave defense game type in which you accumulate money, purchase new devices, and outlast the hordes of enemies as long as you can. It also appears (from the video) that you can gain XP and level up while playing survival mode, which

Zombies mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops has seen a large series of updates during this year, and on August 23^rd the public gets the opportunity to download five more maps. I have been consistently playing Shangri La, and I still havent mastered the maps tricks and Easter eggs. This being said, I might have to put my efforts on the Shangri La map on hold for the new Rezurrection downloadable content package.

Rezurrection is a collection of the four original zombie maps from World at War, Nacht der Untoten. Verruckt. Shi No Numa. and Der Riese, plus an all new map called Moon. These remakes should be an excellent addition to Black Ops sterling record of zombie annihilation. I personally enjoyed the original zombie maps, and I cannot wait to see them updated and outfitted for Black Ops game play.

The map

Gears of War 3's Trailer featuring Ice-T shows Horde Mode

Like we stated earlier, Epic Games this past week released the latest trailer for Gears of War 3 that featured music exclusively for the game that was made by Ice-T (who is known as Griffin in the game). So why don't you check it out?

So this clip shows off what Horde Mode 2.o is going to be like. And from the looks of it, that if you enjoyed the original Horde Mode,

Epic Games says Gears of War 3 leak is sad, but nothing to worry about.

Rod Fergusson of Epic Games stated on the Escapist Magazine website that he was disappointed and frustrated that the Gears of War 3's build that was leaked early last month and made its way onto torrent sites. He added that he doesn't understand why would someone go to such lengths to spoil an experience for themselves.

Fergusson went on to add that the leaked

More ComicCon - GOW News: Casual Mode is in Gears of War 3

Announced at ComicCon, multiplayer mode in Gears of War 3 will feature a casual mode that which help new players get into the full chaos of the lancers and gunfire. A feature of the new mode will be aim assist which could be a troublesome pain for most experienced Gears of War players. You can read more about casual mode here.

The casual

Ice-T debuts a GOW3 music video and more of the cosplayer Megan Marie.

More Gears of War 3 tidbits of news keeps coming down the pipeline on a near-daily basis. The biggest news right now is that Ice-T (who in Gears of War 3, he will be voicing the role of former leader of the Stranded, Griffin) is debuting a GOW3 music video called "Horde 2.0: Five Against All" on G4's X-Play on August 1, 2011.

In other news,

Isaiah Mustafa confirmed in GOW3 and (falsely) spoils the ending Epic's game.

So if you haven't heard from San Diego ComicCon news already, Isaiah Mustafa (aka the Old Spice Guy) is in Gears of War 3 as one of the many gears in Gears of War 3. He joins many celebrities like Ice T, John DiMaggio and Claudia Black. While he isn't given a unique role but instead of a role of a random COG Gear, it is likely they didn't hire him to be a

Comic Con News: Meet the GOW Cosplayer Megan Marie

At San Diego ComicCon and various comic book/video game/anime conventions around North America and the world, you'll see them in the halls, attending panels, and even eating lunch at nearby eateries. You may know one of them, you may be one of them, you are reading an article written by one of them. I'm talking about cosplayers. Cosplay is defined as "costume play" which was coined by the Japanese when dressing up in costumes of their favorite geek culture icons. At