Today Epic Games and Microsoft the first downloadable content for Gears of War 3, “Horde Command Pack”. The game add-on includes new fortification upgrades in Horde mode, three new maps, three new playable characters, two new weapon skins and additional achievements worth 250 Gamerscore. For customers who purchased the Season pass before the release of this game add-on will receive it for free, but if you haven’t it’ll cost you 800 Microsoft points DLC Maps Blood Drive “The Jacinto Medical Plaza was [...]
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At Gearsblog HQ we took the “Stats & Awards” Section from Gears 3 and listed them here for your convenience. If you ever want to check how to unlock a particular weapon skin or character all the information is available below. Do note all the information is displayed as images. Let us know how your getting on with your Unlockable Characters, Skins & more on Facebook, Twitter and in the Comments below. Weapon Skins Characters Mutators Executions [...]
Collectibles Guide Act 1 Prologue: To find this COG Tag, follow your friend by walking into a dank room with boarded up windows. He’ll leave through the door ahead to your right. Turn around to find a door just right of the entrance. Kick it down to find the first collectible. Chapter 1: Find a 20$ Bill inside the kitchen, inside Marcus’ cabin on the table. Chapter 1: In the hull of the ship, take a left to enter a [...]
Its time again for another Gears of War Easter Egg, so far we’ve seen the Dancing Wretch, and the Boomshot that shoots Chickens aka the Cluckshot. Now its time to see a Giant Gold Chicken that breathes Fire, and he is tough to beat! In Act 1 Chapter 1 when you go onto the Deck Area (near where the first COG Tag is). There is three large pipes, go to each of the pipes pipes and press the (X) button [...]
Check out this cool Easter Egg to see a dancing Wretch on the Checkout Map follow the instructions below: Start a Private Match on Checkout, preferably with another player/friend to make it easier to follow. Set off one of the Fire Alarms (There are 3 in total). In the Electronics section go to the Doors at the back, Shoot between the doors to get the Fire Extinguisher (from this point forward you’ll be moving counter-clockwise) When the fire extinguisher appears, use [...]
Our friends over at GCON (Gears Community Online Network) have announced that on Saturday 1st October, sees the start of GCON Events once again. What will Season 5 Community Nights bring to the table? Read below for more information. Themed Multiplayer Lobbies: The GCON setup you all know and love – our multiplayer private lobbies. Play with other community members on connection and personality tested hosts for some great community experiences. This season also marks the return of our old [...]
If you’re like the Gearsblog Team and are busy playing your way through Gears of War 3 and all its unlockables and Easter Eggs, We have one for you particularly if your interested in Shooting Chickens from a Boomshot”. Full instructions for the Easter Egg are listed below courtesy of GameFront. Instructions: To start off, you’re going to need to play through Act 4 Chapter 1 on Insane. So this means you either have to beat the game once already, [...]
We’ve Compiled a list of all the skins in Gears of War 3 everything from DLC to unlockables. Visit the Xbox Live Marketplace to see the Various Weapon Skins. Check them out below. Unlockable Skins Chrome Skin Gold Skin Gold Omen Crimson Omen Flame Team Insignia (Locust-Red/COG-Blue) Onyx Liquid Green Liquid Metal Infected Omen Paid Downloadable Weapon Skins Static/Non-Animated Garish Arctic Camo Blood Deadly Cute Desert Camo ?Desert Digital Flower ?Haze ?Jungle Digital Camo Team Distress (Locust-Red Cracks/COG-Blue Cracks) ?Team [...]
Conan O’Brien has been talking about the Gears of War 3 release, earlier this week. The Gears of War series has been known for its guts, gore and violence, so much so that its been banned in countries like Germany, Australia and more. This years Gears of War 3 brings a Story with ‘emotion’ and ‘feeling’, Conan pokes some fun at Gears of War was not so violent check out this video from the Conan O’Brien Show. Let us know [...]
Gears of War 3 is now officially launched and the Epic Games staff are celebrating with a Gaming with the developers event. Among the developers, Rod Fergusson and Will Kinsler will be there, plus a lot more. This event will start Friday 23rd, from 4:00-7:00 PM Eastern time. “The Developers will be using the following gamertags: GearsDev1 GearsDev2 GearsDev3 GearsDev4 GearsDev5 GearsDev16 GearsDev17 GearsDev18 GearsDev19 GearsDev020 Please note the extra zero in the last tag. Rod will be using the [...]
Gears of War 3 now has Avatar unlockables, we have compiled a list of what you need to do to unlock them. Complete the Campaign Mode – Unlocks the Marcus Do Rag Complete a Horde Achievement – Unlocks the “For The Horde” Tshirt Complete a Beast Achievement – Unlocks the “Locust Drone Mask” This is the first time the Gears of War series has let yours get Avatar items by completing achievements, similar to other popular games like Halo, Red [...]
We’re just 3 days from the release of Gears of War 3 and Epic Games have offered a refreshment of the timeline of Gears of War 3 to get you on the hype train! The timeline is well laid out and has plenty of details for Gearhead to examine. The timeline goes through characters, pendulum wars and emergence day. If you would like to save this image, right click on the image below, and go to save as, and you [...]
It’s that time just a few days a head of a major release that websites can publish their views and opinions on a game with the positives and negatives. Yesterday & today we’re seeing glowing reviews of Gears of War 3, Due for release on September 20th, exclusively on Xbox 360. We’ve gathered as much information, reviews and brought them all in to one easy to navigate list! Feel free to check them out and we’ll add more as we [...]
We’re just a handful of days away from Gears of War 3 launch and Microsoft have started a sale on downloadable content for Gears of War. Here’s a list of the items on sale: Add-ons • “Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection” - 800 - 400 MSP “This content pack features all 19 downloadable Gears 2 multiplayer maps and a bonus deleted single-player chapter, “Road to Ruin,” from the Gears of War 2 campaign. For multiplayer fans, this pack brings together the [...]
In the run up to Gears of War 3, We’re highlighting the Play Smarter at Gears Of War ( Tips) video series from VideoFletcher or on Xbox Live Gamertag Z i i. We’ll be posting each of these videos in the run up to the launch of Gears 3. The videos featured tips, techniques, strategies and commentary on Gears of War gameplay. Whether your a new Gears player or been playing since Gears of War 1, we’re sure you’ll find some useful tips and techniques to [...]
On the run up to the launch of Gears of War 3, GamingBolt have been doing Gears of War 3 swag giveaways that any gearhead would love. The swag consists of a Calibur11 Gears of War 3 Vault, Tritton Gears of War Headset and Throat Communicator and also a Thrashball Cole Plushie everyday until the launch of Gears of War 3. Anyone can participate for the Thrashball Cole Plushies but the items which involve shipping such as the Calibur11 Vault, headsets [...]
It’s just over a week to Gears of War 3, but a few days ago customers from Elkjop received their pre-ordered copy of Gears of War 3 ten days early than the street date, Microsoft Norway did not know about this until recently. Microsoft Norway have released this statement: “This is new for us but something we will immediately follow. “Gears of War 3? shall not, under any circumstances be sold before the launch date on 20 September and violations of this [...]
deviantART have started a design competition to design an original landscape wallpaper in the name of Gears of War 3. If you’re from the U.S and are over the age of 18, this is the contest for you to win $10,000 Cash Prize (USD) Xbox 360 Gears of War 3 Limited Edition Console Bundle 8,000 deviantART Points dA PRO Digital Artist’s Backpack deviantWEAR T-Shirt of the Winner’s Choice* 1 Year Premium Membership to deviantART he winner may be adapted into [...]
GCON have announced their final Gears 2 community event, as usual it’ll have big name sponsors and community hosts from around the world for the finale of Gears of War 2. This community event will be Guardian only, because it is the end of this game mode, and sadly we won’t see it return in Gears of War 3. Make sure you attend on the September 10th to celebrate the end of an era, and the beginning of another amazing [...]
That’s right some people know him as Ice T(@FinalLevel) but to us he’s the in game character “Griffin” part of the “Stranded”. In this video Ice T gets his hand on the release version of the Limited Edition Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 w/ 2 Controllers, A Lancer with Chainsaw Bayonet and the Gears of War 3 Game (Standard Edition). In this video we even get to see the starting of Gears of War 3 and doesnt contain any [...]
In this interview Jonathan Toyad(GameSpot Asia) talks with Jim Brown(Lead Level Designer, Epic Games) talks about how the Military is no more its about groups of friends surviving to the end, he talks about old maps returning, weapons which have been tweaked since the beta and much more! What did you think of the interview? Did you notice he mentions “Clocktower” is this a place on a new Gears 3 Map or a hint of an old Gears 1 Map [...]
GOW Nation are hosting a Gears 3 Launch Event, They’re teaming up with Calibur 11 and will be giving away all sorts of prizes from Gears 3 Swag, Microsoft Points and more. Full information and details listed below. It’s almost time for Gears of War 3 to arrive, and while we wait patiently, GoW Nation is ready to announce our first ever Gears of War 3 tournament, “First Foray”! Using our new events portal, GameNation, we finally have registration up [...]
You may remember some time ago we covered the Gears of War Beta now with just 13 12 days to the Gears of War 3 retail version being released IGN have just released some more statistics from the Beta which was held in April 18th – May 25th. Gears of War 3 is the highest pre-ordered Xbox 360 exclusive of all time, and the statistics from the beta is still interesting to read over, you can see the infographic from [...]
In the run up to Gears of War 3, We’re highlighting the Play Smarter at Gears Of War ( Tips) video series from VideoFletcher or on Xbox Live Gamertag Z i i. We’ll be posting each of these videos in the run up to the launch of Gears 3. The videos featured tips, techniques, strategies and commentary on Gears of War gameplay. Whether your a new Gears player or been playing since Gears of War 1, we’re sure you’ll find some useful tips and techniques to [...]
There is a lot of information our there on the internet and it is hard keeping up to date with the latest and most accurate information. At Gearsblog we’ve created “Tweets of The Week”, this topic will track all the latest Tweets from people at Epic Games/Gears of War Team in the run up to Gears 3 release on September 20th. This week has confirmed that there will be No Midnight Madness Bonus, Epic/Limited Edition Games, Onyx weapon Skins and [...]
We already know this years that GameStop are promoting the Go Commando Day on September 20th. GameStop has updated their website to include the following “Ultimate Bundle” for Gears of War 3 on Xbox 360. Microsoft Xbox 360 320GB Gears Of War 3 Edition & Standard Edition of Gears of War 3 with Two Xbox 360 Limited Edition Gears of War 3 Wireless Controllers & Infected Omen Skins Gears of War 3 Limited Edition Strategy Gudie Xb360 7.1 Surround Sound [...]
Gamestop recently had an extensive interview with Cliff Bleszinski, design director from Epic Games. This interview covers subjects such as establishing a profile in the games industry, and what’s going on with the Gears of War movie and about building personal game experiences. GameSpot: Tell us a bit more about the Gears of War 3 season pass, how it will work, and whether you were surprised by the fan response after its announcement. Cliff Bleszinski: The first problem is we exist in a world in which [...]
ComputerVideoGames.com (CVG) recently interviewed Mike Capps, Epic Games President the interview covered the development of Gears of War. In the interview he mentions he’s hopeful about the success of Gears of War 3. CVG asked the Epic Games President, If the additional development time translated into a better Gears of War 3? (referring to Gears 3 originally due to release in April then pushed back to September) “Wow, that’s a good question. Every one of these Gears took a different [...]
Epic Games, Executive Producer Rod Fergusson hosts another Live Stream on September 2nd(today), 05:30PM EST / 10:30PM UK time. During the Stream Rod will announcing what you need to do to unlock the “Chrome Weapons“. Be sure to comment on the official topic at Epic Games to be in with a chance of winning some Gears of War merchandise, the winner will be chosen at random at the end of the live stream. Just worked it out with @raczilla that [...]
MLG interviewed Quinn Delhoyo from Epic Games, the multiplayer map designer for Gears of War 3 to talk about developments made from the beta to the finished product of Gears 3. This interview took place after the MLG Raleigh event. MLG: What will competitive gaming fans find in Gears of War 3 that they won’t find in other shooters? Delhoyo: They will find intimate, visceral action. So all you guys that watched the stream, you’ll see up-close executions. Just crazy [...]
In the run up to Gears of War 3, We’re highlighting the Play Smarter at Gears Of War ( Tips) video series from VideoFletcher or on Xbox Live Gamertag Z i i. We’ll be posting each of these videos in the run up to the launch of Gears 3. The videos featured tips, techniques, strategies and commentary on Gears of War gameplay. Whether your a new Gears player or been playing since Gears of War 1, we’re sure you’ll find some useful tips and techniques to [...]
As we know there is a lot of information our there on the interwebs and it is hard keeping up to date with the latest and most accurate information. At Gearsblog we’ve created “Tweets of The Week”, this topic will track all the latest Tweets from people at Epic Games/Gears of War Team in the run up to Gears 3 release on September 20th. Already this week we’ve seen Chrome Weapon Skins, Liquid Metal Weapons & Gears 3 Multiplayer [...]
Microsoft Games Studios & Epic Games, Inc have just released the latest Trailer from the Gears of War series titled “Dust To Dust”. The video features a selection of short scenes from Gears of War 1 up to the next release Gears of War 3. The trailer closes with Delta Squad making their “last stand” against the Lambent. Let us know what you thought of the video? We quite enjoy the RAAM pointing moment. It began with “Ashes to Ashes”, [...]
Have you seen the “Making of Gears 3 – Video Documentary” series? If not we’ve combined all these videos in one useful post. If you have already seen the videos you may want to check them again because we’ve spotted a couple of things that we haven’t noticed the first and second time around. We dont want to spoil it all here but we’ll put some of the things we spotted at the bottom of this post Compilation of all [...]
GameStop’s latest commercial promotes the Go Commando Campaign that they are promoting leading up to September 20th. The video shows Commando Dom in action with some other Delta Soldiers including Marcus, Cole, Dizzy & Anya. Check out the video for yourself below. Will you be going Commando with Gamestop? Maybe your prefer Savage Grenadier Elite? Let us know which Retailer Specific DLC your getting and why. Bonus Video – Check out GameStop’s last commercial featuring Thrashball Cole & Carmine [...]
In the run up to Gears of War 3, We’re highlighting the Play Smarter at Gears Of War ( Tips) video series from VideoFletcher or on Xbox Live Gamertag Z i i. We’ll be posting each of these videos in the run up to the launch of Gears 3. The videos featured tips, techniques, strategies and commentary on Gears of War gameplay. Whether your a new Gears player or been playing since Gears of War 1, we’re sure you’ll find some useful tips and techniques to [...]
We at Gearsblog have decided to celebrate the recently announced Gears 3 Maps by creating a Desktop Wallpaper. The wallpaper features the full 10 confirmed maps: Gridlock, Sandbar, Hotel, Thrashball, DryDocks, Mercy, Trenches, Overpass, Old Town & Checkout. This Wallpaper is available in 7 different resolutions: 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200, 1856 x 1392, 1920 x 1440 & 2048 x 1536. We hope you enjoy these wallpapers and if these go down really [...]
As you know it’s only 22 days to the release of Gears of War 3, but today Epic Games and Microsoft have decided to use a system called a “Season Pass” for a variety of post-release DLC. A Season Pass is an all-new program that offers subscribers full digital access to the exclusive Liquid Metal weapons set and also the first four Add-ons released for Gears of War 3. “Adding hours of campaign and multiplayer mayhem, these game add-ons will [...]
If you know Anthony Carmine, Benjamin Carmine or Clayton Carmine, one man is the voice behind all of these COG Soldiers – Michael Gough. A true heavy hitter in the world of Voice acting Gough has done it all from Winnie the Pooh, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles then moving on to video games such as Osmund Sadler and what we all relate him to, the Carmine brothers. In this interview he talks about himself, his favourite characters and Gears of [...]
It’s only 23 days to the release of Gears of War 3, but somehow a legit version of of the final product that is Gears of War 3. stickskills have said, “Thanks to our forum user lazer88, we have been sent images that show a Gears of War 3 disc out in the wild.” stickskills went on to say “after spending a brief amount of time inspecting it, the disc does seem rather authentic. Could someone have the game in it’s [...]
