It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the season of Gearsmas. Once again this year, we will be having twelve days of fun events in Gears of War 3 and we will also be randomly awarding the fans with Gears of War and Epic Swag! We have an Epic Edition, a Retro Lancer, a Gears of War board game and much, much more! The events start tomorrow morning. Last year’s events were so popular, we’re going to do it [...]
This is a today only offer on the Xbox Live Marketplace for the Gears of War 3 Season Pass. You’ll save 50% on the Season Pass if you buy it today, it’s the perfect time to buy if you haven’t already. Source: Major Nelson
It’s a return of a past epic event, “BoomSnipes”. This playlist features Team Deathmatch, the default weapon load-out will be changed to Boomshot and Snipers. The ribbon for this event was originally given starting on 12/13/2011 during Gearsmas, so if you missed it then, be sure to get it now! Also in honor of the start of training camp for the National Football League, we will have the Thrashball Drone skin available for you to choose. Give us your feedback [...]
It’s that time again folks for another #GearsWeekend, it’s the return of Zeta Execution! Plus you’ll be given an exclusive weapon skin for this weekend only by the name of Tyranny(check the picture below the post for a look) If Zeta Execution isn’t your thing Gnasher Guardian will be staying for another week, players will spawn with a Gnasher and Snub in this special Guardian playlist. There will be no other weapon spawns in the maps. Although the event ribbon [...]
Epic Games has just released new screenshots of the Gears of War 3 DLC “Forces of Nature.” There are three brand new maps, Cove, Aftermath and Artillery. Two old fan favorites will be making a return, Jacinto and Raven Down. Fog, snowstorms and tsunamis will make playing these maps quite an adventure. Fans will also be treated to four character models and seven new weapon skins. Two of the weapon skins, which were designed based on community feedback, will need [...]
All of the new maps in the just-announced Gears of War 3DLC “Forces of Nature” take place during or after a natural disaster. There are three brand new maps, Cove, Aftermath and Artillery. Two old fan favorites will be making a return, Jacinto and Raven Down. Fog, snowstorms and tsunamis will make playing these maps quite an adventure. There are also special weapons hidden in the maps during Horde and Beast mode called “Elemental Cleavers.” The cleavers do different types [...]
If you haven’t turned on your Xbox 360 yet you should. If you haven’t already got the Season Pass, this is the perfect time to buy it, it’s only 1800MSP, which is a 600MSP discount, on top of that they’ve reduced the “Weapon Skin Bundle” to 1800MSP, which is a 1800MSP discount and they’ve also 50% off the Gold Lancer avatar and the boom shield avatar item. On the 1/1/2012 the weapons such as the Gold Lancer avatar, [...]
Epic Games have shown exclusive footage of RAAM’s Shadow on G4TV. RAAM’s Shadow is the second piece of DLC for Gears of War 3; this DLC brings 3 hours of Campaign, new playable multiplayer characters and a weapon set. If you already have the Season Pass this dlc will come at no additional cost, but if you don’t, it will cost 1200MSP. Source: G4Tv
There’s a new playlist on the block, under the name of “Booster Pack TDM” playlist, which is standard Team Deatchmatch with the new maps which consists of the maps from the Horde Command Pack; Azura, Blood Drive, Rustlung and the two new editions from the “Booster Map Pack“, Bullet Marsh and Clocktower. A great chance to get to play those new maps. Source: Gears of War 3
Today Epic Games, Inc revealed the first video of “Bullet Marsh”, this map is one of the darkest maps from Gears 1. Its part of the Versus Map Pack and will be released on November 24th with the Clocktower Multiplayer Map. “Don’t stray too far from lit areas, and be sure navigate the low-lying marsh areas with caution as you trudge through rain and lightning. Beware of the map’s darkest corners, where the Kryll are waiting to swarm and devour [...]
On October 28th Quinn DelHoyo made a thread on the Epic Games Forum discussing the Hammerburst which have led to recent changes in the rifle thanks to the members of the Epic Games Forum for suggesting the ideas to add more focus to the rifle. The chances they’ve made are: “1. Long range damage increased. The Hammerburst used to lose damage past a certain distance, but no longer does. This should help it excel at its intended role as a long range [...]
Today Epic Games have announced the second Game Add-on for Gears of War 3, appropriately named “RAAM’s Shadow,”, the return of a few familiar faces and also a selection of new characters. This Add-on will precede the events of Gears 1. This Add-on will also include six new multiplayer characters, the chocolate weapon set and more achievements worth 250 gamerscore. “RAAM’s Shadow” is being released on December 13th for 1200 Microsoft points or free if you purchased the Season Pass. “RAAM’s [...]
The Official Xbox Magazine have made an article on the top 10 ways to fail with the Retro Lancer, most should be common sense to most of you, but nevertheless it can still be useful to read it. “Go full auto at long range Go full auto at long rangeIt’s got a massive steel blade dangling off the barrel, and the rifling groove seems to have been designed using a sandstone chisel. You’re not going to hit anything smaller [...]
Today G4TV released the world premiere of 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 [...]
Epic Games, Executive Producer Rod Fergusson hosts another Live Stream on October 5th, 05:30PM EST / 10:30PM UK time. During the Stream Rod will be discussing statistics of Gears 3, green liquid metal skins, upcoming events and upcoming DLC. Watch live video from epicgamesinc on Justin.tv Statistics of Gears 3 so far; most played horde map is Overpass, 56.5% of people who played Gears of War 3 have completed the first ten waves of horde and 1% have completed the insane difficulty. Also 89,394,000 waves of Horde [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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”, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
You may have noticed when playing Gears of War 2 online that quite often players use Gold Lancers & Gold Hammerburst Rifles. These are “bonus” weapons that are rare and can impress your friends however they do not come as standard with Gears of War and cannot be unlocked in-game by completing achievements, tasks or finishing campaign. These can only be obtained by the methods below. Gold Lancer When buying the “Limited Edition” of Gears of War 2, you receive [...]
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 [...]
It was announced today that depending where you buy your copy of the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition will change what you get, as different retailers are giving away different Xbox Live downloadable content. Below you can find a list of the different retailers and what they’re offering, as we find out more we will publish it here! U.S. Retailers: Amazon – Savage Kantus BestBuy – Mechanic Baird Gamestop – Commando Dom Walmart – Savage Grenadier Elite U.K. Retailers: [...]
Yesterday in Raleigh, Epic Games played “TH3 NSAN3Z” in the final version of Gears of War 3. If you don’t know who “TH3 NSAN3Z” are, they currently are the best MLG Gears team to date. The great thing about this event is they’re playing on the finalised game that will be released on September 20th. In this event they played 3 matches, unfortunately Team EPIC lost 3-0, this video features Chris Puckett(MLG commentator) Quinn Delhoyo from Epic Games as a commentator [...]
Today Epic Games released their full Map line-up for Gears of War 3. It consists of 10 maps, including a returning fan favourite from Gears 1&2, Gridlock! Epic Games said there would be changes to the maps in the Gears 3 Beta and as you can see below there’s been significant tweaks in Trenches and Thrashball! Checkout Checkout is set in an old supermarket, with tipped over shelves and freezer cases providing cover positions, and a circular [...]
Characters Aaron Griffin Go to Facebook and Like the Official Gears of War Facebook Page then Click “Get Griffin” redeem code your Code on Xbox Live, for more information check out our Tutorial. Aaron Griffin is not exclusive to Facebook he can also be unlocked in-game but is difficult to unlock him in-game. Adam Fenix Available with the Epic and Limited Editions of Gears of war 3 and/or the Gears of war 3 Limited Edition Console Augustus “Cole-Train” Cole [...]
