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August 31, 2011
Future Shop to give out Gears of War 3 bandages as a pre-order bonus.
When you pre-order or purchase the special edition of games like Gears of War or Call of Duty, usually you get some extra content like in-game unlocks or costumes and/or you get some real life content like a RC camera car (which you got from you pre-ordered the specialized edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops). Well Future Shop (Canada's answer to Best Buy) decided to add something different to the amount of swag you get for pre-ordering Gears of War 3, bandages.
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August 30, 2011
Epic Games programs two fates for Carmine in GOW3 in case of early spoiler leaks.
If you remember back in 2010, Epic Games stated that fans of Gears of War 3 will have a voice in the decision of what will happen to the character Carmine. This was done via purchasing one of the two shirts with one saying "Save Carmine" and another saying "Carmine must die". All the $150,000 of the proceeds from the two shirts went to the Penny Arcade charity Child's Play. But while the fundraising is done, the general public will not know the
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August 25, 2011
Gears of War 3
Since the release of the first Gears of War (Mad World) trailer came out, I thought that it couldnt ever be matched. Yet, when the trailer Ashes to Ashes for Gears of War 3 released over a year ago we all just sat in amazement. However, that was not the only thing that got me excited about Gears of War 3.
If you dont know by now, I love when female characters can kick butt. Among the masses of strong and heroic men in the Gears of War series there has only been
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August 25, 2011
The opening to Epic's GOW3 is now available.
It just weeks away from Epic Games releasing the conclusion to Gears of War 3 and they decided at Gamescom in Germany this past week to release to the general public, the opening cinematic movie of the game. While it does have a hint of being a bit spoiler-ish, it is definitely worth watching as it tells you (through the mind of Anya Stroud) about what the world in Gears of War 3 has become.
If you wish to see the video, can check it
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August 22, 2011
News of Gears of War 3 reaches Epic Games' office. Staff celebrates with delicious cake.
Microsoft andEpic Games have just recently announced thatGears of War 3 pre-ordershas reached Gold status before its worldwide launch on September 20th. With this news reaching all over the gaming world, Epic Games and Microsoft decided that it was time to celebrate this achievement with an epic cake.
Seen above, Epic Games's Design Director Cliff Bleszinski is seen delicately cutting
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August 19, 2011
The high-calorie Internet Sensation shows their love for Gears of War 3 with 10,000+ calories.
The closer the world gets to the release of Epic Games's Gears of War 3, the more the people come out of the woodwork to show their love and appreciation for the series. And recently, no one showed more love than the Canadian internet sensation "Epic Meal Time".
For those of you who don't know what "Epic Meal Time" is, it is one of Youtube's most watched channels
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August 18, 2011
Recently released photos of GOW3's campaign are now available to the public.
Just released as of this blog, August 16, some screenshots of Gears of War 3's campaign are now available to the general public. While there were some doubtersabout Gears of War was going to be just more Gears, after seeing these screenshots theyquickly changed their mind.
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August 18, 2011
Spoiling Gears of War 3 before its officially released? Well meet Epic's Ban Hammer.
Lets say you got yourself some kind of leaked copy of Gears of War 3, and you decided to take the epic content you saw from Epic's Games's Gears of War 3 and decided to be an epic spoiler for everyone and posted it on Youtube or Gametrailers. Well, mister-spoil-everything-for-everyone, considered yourself banned from the Epic game forever.
When a pre-released version of Gears of War 3 was leaked in July, Rod Fergusson of Epic Games said that he and his
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August 17, 2011
Analyst Predicts Good September due to Gears of War 3 and Madden releases
Mentioned here on The Escapist online magazine, Arvind Bhata, an financial analyst with Sterne Agee, stated that while July was probably one the worst months in the video game industry and August not looking too bright as well, September will be a large improvement with the release of big titles like Gears of War and Madden 2012.
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August 12, 2011
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.