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Gears Of War Designer Interested In New Style
You know the Gears of Wars look: brown, bombed out buildings and more brown. Oh, there's some gray, too. The games have really set off a visual flair. More » -
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Celebrate Your Independence With Double Gears 2 XP
What better way to celebrate Independence Day weekend than sitting inside an air-conditioned house gathering twice the normal experience points in Gears of War 2? More » -
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Gears Of War 2 Fixes Coming
Gears of War 2 Title Update 4, and Epic's Rod "Redbeard" Fergusson has detailed over on the game's official boards just what to expect when they take the knife to the game. More » -
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Playing Larger than Larger-than-Life Gears of War 2
Every year some yoyo goes and builds the world's largest TV, but it's not every year some yoyo gets to playGears of War 2Halo on it. More » -
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Cliff Bleszinski Is So Not Burnt Out
Two games into the third-person-shooter Gears of War franchise and series designer Cliff Bleszinski is so not burned out. "There have only been two Gears games," says Bleszinski. More » -
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Gears Of War 2 On PC? Try Bears Of War
Rumors are circulating regarding a possible December release for a PC version of Gears of War 2, but the site the rumors reference might have its compass pointed in the wrong direction. More » -
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The Three (Or More, Or Less) Laws Of Gaming AI
It's pure fantasy. Robots won't ever actually rise up and go to war with humanity. You know why? Because the robots of the future will be governed by Asimov's three laws of robotics. More » -
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Both Gears Of War Games Bundled With 360 Hardware
Xbox Australia have just revealed this new Xbox 360 hardware bundle, which will include an Xbox 360 Pro along with a copy of both Gears of War and Gears of War 2. More » -
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Gears Screenwriter Wants the Rock
Chris Morgan just finished the Gears screenplay and knows who'd be a perfect Marcus Fenix. "A really f'ing good actor" who can blend silent toughness with humanity. AKA Dwayne 'The Rock" Johnson! More » -
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Gears of War 2 Achievement Cheaters Nabbed, Have Gamerscores Eviscerated
Xbox 360 Achievements are serious business. But obtaining that sweet Gamerscore nectar via nefarious means (like gamesave tampering) isn't worth the effort, as shown by Microsoft's sweeping smackdown on Gears of War 2 cheaters. More » -
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Gears Of War 2: Snowblind, As Narrated By Bender [Update]
There's a new Gears of War 2 map pack available. It's called Snowblind. And sure, you could let Microsoft, or Epic try and sell you on it, but how about Bender instead? More » -
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Gears Of War 2 Gets Snowblind
More maps, more achievements, and more hiding behind things and shooting come in the Snowblind Map Pack for Gears of War 2, now available via Xbox Live Marketplace. More » -
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What Is Gears Of War 2: Dark Corners?
The wonderfully twisted passages of the internet have unearthed an Asian product page advertising an April release for a Gears of War 2: Dark Corners add-on. More » -
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Here's Your New Gears Of War 2 Map Pack (And Experience System!)
Epic Games have announced two big changes on the way for Gears of War 2. One is a title update aimed at addressing complaints users have had about experience.The other? Four new multiplayer maps.
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Gears of War Patched ... and Patched ... and Patched
Noticed the heavies in Gears of War all sport soul patches? (Flavor savers, as we call them back in Surry County, N.C.) Here's a breakdown of the top liphair in theFPSthird-person shooter genre. More » -
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Gears of War Developer on Gears of War Ten Year Plan: Bwah?
Just because Gears of War 2 writer Joshua Ortega says Gears of War is "a ten year plan" and that in-game Lancer weapon is the new lightsaber, does that mean it's so? More » -
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Get Ready For Ten Years of Gears
Gears of War is a hugely successful franchise. It's what the kids call a "juggernaut." But don't expect this juggernaut to fade like the summer sun. Oh no. More » -
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Epic Considers Remaking Gears 2 Ranking Structure
The complicated and not-always-transparent TrueSkill level in Gears of War 2 isn't a player favorite, Epic's Rod Fergusson acknowledges. They're considering an overhaul that would make levelling more experience-based, once the third update releases. More » -
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Eric Nylund Writes Something Unrelated To Halo
Tor Books announced today that they'd be publishing an original novel from Halo and Gears of War writer/story consultant Eric Nylund. More » -
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Voice acting in video games
Voice acting in video games makes for popular feature fodder – check out these two articles on vocal talent behind video games if you don’t believe me. More » -
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Gears Teams with Horror Schlock For Gaming Giveaway
Gears of War 2 is teaming up with Friday the 13th, of all movies, to host nearly two-weeks of giveaways on Xbox Live. I suppose both feature chainsaws, so maybe it makes sense. More » -
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Gears of War 2 Update Arrives With Mountain of Fixes and Tweaks
Gears of War 2 updated last night with a patch that includes quite a number of fixes for multiplayer and balancing issues as well as some new features.
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More Gears Of War 2 Achievements? Sure, Why Not
While we don't yet have a release date for the Gears 2 patch Chocolate Rein promised the other day, we do have a little more information, in the form of seven new achievements. More » -
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How To Throw a Gamer Party
Believe it or not, you can play games with other people. Like people in the same room as you. More » -
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This Japanese Adult Video Game Actress Knows Her Western Games
Adult video actress often say they play video games, but few really play video games. Japanese AV lady Noa, star of MAX ORGASM, does. She's hardcore, yo. More » -
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Free Gears of War 2 Flashback Map Pack Now For Sale
That's Gears of War 2 Flashback Map Pack is now available on Xbox LIVE Markeplace. Remember that? The five maps are 400 Microsoft Points (US$5). Not a bad deal. More » -
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Gears 2 *Should* Be Fixed Later This Month
We loved Gears of War 2. Nearly gave it our game of the year award! But one thing we don't like is that, for some people, the game's online play is all screwed up. More » -
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Gears Of War 2 Figures Grant Your Chainsaw Diorama Wishes
While NECA's first lines of Gears of War figures lagged badly behind the release of the original game, their third line - featuring Gears of War 2 characters - is a little more punctual. More » -
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Jaffe: Gears of War 2 Versus God of War 3, PS3 Versus Wii
Famed Playstation developer David Jaffe may seem like an odd choice for guest developer for our in-game podcast about the Xbox 360's Gears of War 2. More » -
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Gears Of War 2: The Ultimate Glitch Collection
Gears of War 2 attended Glitch Fest 2000. We know that. But just how glitchy? Here's a video that shows off just about all of them. There's 16 total with some honorable mentions. More » -
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A Very Special Kotaku Holiday Podcast
Forgive us if we went a little overboard, or maybe underboard, with this first Holiday podcast. It started out with us doing an in-game interview and then sort of took on a life of its own. More » -
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Gears Of War 2 Gets Localised, Goes Native In Japan
So Gears of War 2 won’t be released in Japan, eh? Rubbish. Not only are imported copies already available in the country, but Microsoft Japan have now seen fit to officially localise the title. More » -
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Here's A Game-Breaking Gears Of War 2 Glitch!
Gears of War 2, for all its single-player improvements, has multiplayer problems. That patches don't seem to fix. But those are the least of the game's problems! This glitch looks a lot worse. -
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Cowboy Up In Gears Of War 2
I have yet to actually try this myself, but if you shoot three hidden cowboy hats consecutively with your pistol in Chapter 3 of Act 1 on Insane difficulty, everyone will be wearing hats! More » -
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Your Gears 2 Combustible Map Pack Looks Like This
Here's a set of screens of the newly announced and released Gears of War 2 Combustible Map Pack for those of you who didn't manage to stay up late last night to snag it. More » -
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Gears Of War 2 Map Pack Announced, Launches SOON (Update)
No marketing, no fuss. Just the way we like it, as Epic have decided the Spike VGAs were as good a time as any to announce the arrival of a new Gears of War 2 map pack More » -
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Gears 2 Map Pack Drops After Midnight
So, Spike TV was screening its rehearsals. Someone (not us) saw it and says tonight's big news for Gears 2 is a bit ... anticlimactic. Like, it's a map pack, available on XBLM at midnight. -
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How to Take Down Soulja Boy
Yeah, we've really shown the Totilo love round here, but he accepted Soulja Boy's month-old call-out to face him online, and the advice from Cliffy B and Bungie is too priceless not to share. -
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Gears of War 2: Over 3 Million Served
Epic Games' Gears of War sequel is in no danger of being branded a dud huge, as the Xbox 360 exclusive has already sold through 3 million copies in just four weeks. More » -
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Gears of War 2 RC Centaur Tank Verdict? "Garbage"
While that Gears of War 2 remote control Centaur Tank might looks good in blurry newspaper scans — that's about it, it seems. Italian site HobbyMedia brings word that RC car site Big Squid RC has reviewed the tank. It's a video review, because something must be seen to be believed. More »












































