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The Kotaku Game Club is Playing Gears of War 3!

Mike Epstein — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:20:00 EDT

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The wait is over, everyone: Game Club is back! September is the beginning of blockbuster season in the world of video games. The release calendar is rife with returning franchises and long-awaited new games. Most major publishers are bringing out their big guns. The CivWorld experience was great, but it's time move on to something fast and loud and exciting. It just wouldn't feel right if we weren't playing wasn't something highly anticipated. With that in mind, I hope all you Xbox players have your Lancers revved up and ready to go, because we're digging into Gears of War 3 for the next four weeks. More »

Amazon Begins Gears of War 2 Pre-Orders, Then Stops?

Mark Wilson — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:20:56 EST

Gears of War 2 ~~is available for pre-order on Amazon now~~ was available for Amazon pre-order for moments. They list a release date of November 15th, 2008. Of course, take that date with a grain of salt for the time being, but know that someone, somewhere, somehow thought that Gears of War 2 would be out on November 15th, 2008. And that should mean something. Important. More »

GoW Chains of Olympus (Combo Fiesta)

Mark Wilson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:20:17 EST

Before we get you too excited, we should remind you that GoW Chains of Olympus isn't hitting the PSP until March. With that said, enjoy checking out all these sweet Kratos combos. More »

Cliffy B Talks Gears of the Rings

Mark Wilson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:40:07 EDT

Freakin' LOTR. I thought that pop culture had finally overcome the overrated madness of the overrated movies based upon overrated books. But it's inescapable. Take a stew-eating, pure diesel, sci-fi future, manly man game like Gears of War—it seems completely free of of stupid ring fantasies. That doesn't sound like LOTR at all, right Cliffy B?

We wanted the Locust to be intelligent savages; they're like the Uruk-hai in LOTR, only with guns...The Uruk-hai would organise themselves, line up and then storm in - even though they look like horrible monsters. That's what the Locust essentially are...

Freakin' LOTR with guns? Did you really have to ruin it for me, Cliffy? Did you?? More »

Len Wiseman May Direct Gears of War Film

Mark Wilson — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:00:42 EDT

Len Wiseman, director of Live Free or Die Hard and both Underworld films is said to be in negotiations to direct New Line Cinema's Gears of War film. He's a fairly hot director at the moment, especially after building the looking-to-flop Underworld into a franchise making over $200 million worldwide. Since I haven't seen any of his three directed films, I'll refrain from judgment (at least until after the jump). More »

Why $50 Games Are the New Average, $60 Here for Good

Mark Wilson — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:40:55 EDT

We all knew that the first time we broke down and spent $60 on a game, the floodgates would open and we would atone our sin at the checkout for th rest of our lives. We admitted that the companies had the power, and we were but weak, desperate gamers itching for a fix of HD graphics. Next Generation has actually done the math behind that sick feeling in your stomach, confirming that $60 is the new $50, and that $50+ is the new average. More »

Clip: God of War on Atlas

Mike Fahey — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:40:01 EST

Sony, in a continuing effort to whip God of War fans into a frenzy, have released another gameplay clip from the sequel. This one features winged Kratos cavorting around and about the humongous Atlas. More »

Gears of Mortal Kombat?

Mike Fahey — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:20:44 EST

No matter how you may feel about Gears of War, you have to admit that it is a visually stunning game...even Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon seems to think so. So much so, in fact, that he wants the next chapter in the MK saga to look like it, as he told Game Informer in a recent interview. More »

Alabama Big Screen GoW Tourney

Mike Fahey — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:40:27 EST

If you live in or around Gadsden Alabama you might not be able to attend our New York Barcade Party or read (as a Georgian I am contractually obligated to take at least one cheap shot at Alabama per mention), but come February 3rd you'll be able to experience Gears of War on the big screen. Premiere Cinema 16, MIX 102.9 FM, and GameStop are sponsoring a GoW tournament at the Gadsden Mall movie theater. For a $10 entry fee players can battle it out one on one, best of three rounds, with the top two players receiving a cash prize at the end of the night. More »

Gears of War Sells 3 Million

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:40:00 EST

It was only a little over a month ago that we reported on Gears of War sales reaching 2 million worldwide, and now Microsoft has officially announced yet another million copies to add to the tally. That's something like 40,000+ copies of the game sold a day. More »

Clips: CliffyB Introduces New GoW Maps

Mike Fahey — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:40:57 EST

The Gears of War update is live now, complete with fixes, tweaks, and two new multiplayer maps. Rather than try to explain the maps to you myself, I'll let game creator and future Tiger Beat coverboy CliffyB do the talking, courtesy of the preview video available for download via Live, lovingly uploaded to YouTube by the fine folks at Aeropause. More »

Amazing Custom Gears of War Figure

Mike Fahey — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:40:26 EST

Emilio Lopez, the artist for a webcomic called Terranova, created this custom Gears of War action figure to give to his cousin for Christmas. More »