The launch trailer for Epic Games and People Can Fly’s explosive prequel in the Gears of War series is now up for your eyes viewing pleasure. While it might not be launching until March 19th, this trailer is sure to get your blood flowing. Microsoft has also said that if the launch trailer reaches 100,000 views by March 15th they’ll give out a free Window Web weapon skin – try saying that three times fast! The trailer shows off a few new bits of campaign...
Epic Games tonight announced what Gears Judgments new Aftermath game mode is. Occurring during Gears of War 3 when Baird and Cole head off to find supplies and fighters, they meet up with the new character Paddick. It’s a story based mode that will be unlocked by earning stars. Stars are earned by playing through the games main campaign and getting ribbons, execution, completing declassified mission, and difficulties, sort of like the campaign meta-game in Halo 3 and...
[Updates Below] Major Nelson, Alan Van Slyke, and Chris Wynn are hosting a live Xbox Live event right now where they’ll be taking questions live, revealing new campaign and multiplayer information based on a live voting, and detailing tons of new information right now on the Xbox Dashboard. Give it a watch if you know what’s good for you! Can’t watch? We’ll be covering all of the information as soon as it breaks right here. This is the place to be for...
More Gears of War: Judgment information!? How can it be!? Apparently so. Microsoft has announced that this Sunday, March 5th you’ll be able to see the unveiling of two never before seen game modes revealed in Epic fashion… get it? This Sunday you’ll be able to see the unveiling of the new Aftermath and Survival game modes in a live stream with everyone’s favorite Hyrbavore, Larry Hyrb, in an event that will allow fans to vote live during the show...
Announced today, Gears of War: Judgment will be getting a “VIP Season Pass” entitling purchasers to a whole boatload of content. Players who purchase the 1600 Microsoft Point pass will receive a permanent double XP boost to multiplayer (seems like an easy way to rank up), early access to two game add-on packs which will include six multiplayer maps and two game modes – three and one in each pack, with early access coming presumably a few days before they go...
Leaked earlier today by GameStop UK, the Gears of War Judgment Kilo Squad edition is arguably the worst limited edition of a Triple A game I’ve ever seen. Claiming to be retailing for 70 Euros (108 USD – the price obviously is incorrect), the Gears of War Judgment Kilo Squad edition features – wait for it – an 18CM Baird NECA action figure and some COG Tags. Now, I love statues just as much as the next guy, there’s a Marcus Fenix, Max Payne, and...
Epic just released the new ViDoc detailing all of the new and returning multiplayer modes for the upcoming blockbuster. Epic really must have been listening to the fans on this one, as not only are all the game modes we know and love returning, but also adding a few new ones. The new trailer also shows what looks to be custom armor skins on the soldiers, another sign that Epic is listening to fans on what they want. Below the trailer is a full synopsis of everything that...
Some of the talent from People Can Fly, the studio that brought us Painkiller and Bulletstorm, have gone and started a new studio, The Astronauts. They are currently working on The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. The story so far is, you’ll be playing a detective with a psychic ability to to see what events took place at the scene of a crime after the deed has been done. You’re now on the case of Ethan Carter, a young boy who has been recently kidnapped. Following the...
Chris Wynn, Senior Producer on Epic Games’ team for Gears of War has just announced the upcoming blockbuster Gears of War Judgment – my most anticipated game of 2013 – has officially gone gold and is on it’s way to fans everywhere. “Going Gold” is the term in the games industry for when a video game is completely finished and sent to the big video game disc printer in the sky. From there it’s printed on millions of discs and sent to...
This title is looking pretty spiffy thus far. Being an overhaul of a previously released game, (Painkiller, 2004) and a pretty good one at that, I have my doubts as to the necessity of such a project. The teaser trailer for Painkiller Hell & Damnation is beautiful, and the game itself will be utilizing the Unreal 3 engine. These things combined, while not speaking directly to quality, are a good start to transforming my skepticism into excitement. Let us know what...
