Gears of War 3 represents the kind of game that’s become deeply embattled as bite-sized smartphone gaming and freemium models shift the economics and expectations around the video game medium. It’s big and loud and costly to make. It runs on only one game platform and appeals mostly to a meat-and-potatoes fanbase that doesn’t appear [...]
To everyone expecting a Gears of War 3 review: It’s coming.
The latest trailer for Epic Games’ hotly-anticipated Gears of War 3 hit the media today and the clip promises an explosive and emotional end to the interspecies war that threatens to destroy the planet of Sera.
So far, 2011 looks like a year without Halo. (Yes, we know about those Combat Evolved rumors…) What that means is that Gears of War 3 will be the big tentpole title for the Xbox faithful this fall. Epic Games will be rolling an appetizer of what to expect when the multiplayer beta launches in [...]
First there was a minor kerfuffle, dubbed #Boobstorm, that started on this very site as a result of an interview I did with producer Tanya Jessen, where she talked about the internal debate over female character Trishka’s breast size. Following that, sensationalistic reporting from Fox News went crazytown with inventing dangers around Epic Games’ newest [...]
Although many gamers were excited about the prospect of being able to unlock Gears of War 3 material from playing previously released Epic Games titles, unfortunately the company had to pull the plug on the project. Gears 3 design director Cliff Bleszinski had previously tweeted, ”Look for special unlocks in Gears 3 for those of you who have played [...]
What happens when one company makes two of 2011′s most anticipated games? Well, if you’re Epic Games, you reward players who buy the limited edition of Bulletstorm with exclusive passes into the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta.
Players all over–including Jimmy Fallon– were thrilled to hear that the next installment of the gritty sci-fi shooter series would be hitting stores in the spring of 2011. But, Microsoft’s taking the wind out of everyone’s sails by delaying Gears of War 3‘s launch to the fall of 2011. Representatives from Microsoft say that this [...]
Or maybe he just needs to get, you know, laid.
Here’s the second half of the interview with Cliff Bleszinski in audio form (Check out Part I here). Over the last half of the hour we talked, Cliff mentions the comics he’s reading and his love of alcoholic superheroes, the process of how Bulletstorm came about and what he thinks of Playstation Move’s chances vs. [...]
Little known fact: I love the Gears of War franchise. Love. It.
