BODIES AS SHIELDS!!!
I haven’t typed out that phrase in a long while. Chances are you probably already downloaded the Snowblind Map Pack for Gears of War 2 but if you didn’t then this is your reminder. It’s available now for 800 MS points. You can also earn an extra 250 Achievement points. Hit the jump for a Snowblind trailer and further details on the new achievements.
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Frickin’ bodies as shields! All right, that’s getting old, even for me. This week, Zero Punctuation rips into Gears of War 2 and concludes what we’ve all known for months. But he’s so much more eloquent about it then the rest of us.
Looks like that Gears of War 2 patch didn’t fix this nasty little bug. As the hilarious video shows, the game’s walls, at least in multiplayer mode, might as well not even be there. Damage goes right through them. Utter chaos.
In fact, Kotaku calls the glitches “game-breaking,” but from what I’ve read, mulitplayer has been janky since launch, so this is just a cherry on top of the cake of failure.
Epic has yet to comment on these glitches, but I imagine it would be something like, “we’re aware of a minor issue affecting a small number of users that in on way hinders…” yada yada yada.
BODIES AS SHIELDS!!!
VGChartz is reporting that Gears 2 has sold over 2.1 million copies on its first day with 1.4 million sold in NA and 700,000 sold everywhere else. Halo 3 sold 3.8 million in its first week, but Gears launched on a Friday which puts them at a disadvantage because their first week sales only account for two days. However, the numbers are expected to be roughly 3.8 million copies sold after week two, which is actually 9 days. I think Microsoft has found a new franchise.
Who thinks the third title will be about the Pendulum Wars?
Here’s how to get your Golden Lancer and Maps for Gears of War 2 if you’ve been having trouble.
1. Launch the Xbox Dashboard
2. Sign into your Profile
3. Go to the Marketplace blade Read More
BODIES AS SHIELDS!!!
This won’t be a complete review because I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone. Like you, I’ve been waiting since I completed the first Gears of War, so instead, I’ll tell you what’s different. Cool?
But I can tell you that it’s everything I could have ever hoped and dreamed for. The reviews that came out earlier this week were spot-on with the scoring. It’s amazing, but there are a few things that are worth noting for the hardcore Gears fans. Read More
The greatest game of all time launches tomorrow and today AOL is going to stream the entire soundtrack every hour at the top of the hour (one track per hour) starting right now.
GamePro’s Sid Shuman sat down with Cliff Bleszinski in a recent interview and they rapped about everything Gears and while it’s an interesting read I enjoyed Bleszinski’s answer about why there’s no beta or demo for GoW2. Be sure to check out the rest of the interview when you have a few minutes of downtime. Read More
Gamers in southern California! Be advised that you have the opportunity to meet Gears of War guy Cliff Bleszinski in person at the Gears 2 launch in Universal City. Be there at the GameStop (1000 Universal Studios Blvd.) tomorrow night from 9pm to midnight to “party.”
Even cooler than meeting Mr. Bleszinski, in my opinion, is meeting John DiMagio, who’s the voice of Marcus Fenix. More importantly, he’s the voice of Bender Bending Rodriguez, possibly the greatest cartoon character in history.
Could be fun, I guess.
Oh, what it would be like to work for OXM, or even PTOM for that matter, and be privy to games before all of us schmucks? One can dream.
The chaps at OXM have announced to the world that the first review of Epic’s upcoming sequel to Gears of War has garnered a 9/10.
The new issue of OXM is on-sale today containing the world’s first review of Gears of War 2. And, well, it’s easily as good as we were expecting so it’s nabbed a prime 9/10 score.
OXM Monobrow was the lucky man to play through the stunning single-player campaign and was blown away by it – we reckon it’s the biggest blockbuster you’ll see this year.
We’ve also spent a lot of our own time on the multiplayer in lunchtimes and evenings and that’s awesome too. It’s going to go straight to the top of the most-played games on Xbox Live, no question.
Lucky bastards.
This statement from a Microsoft spokesperson, as told to Edge, has the Internet mildly interested:
We can confirm that Gears of War 2 will not be available in Germany or Japan indefinitely.
Then, a short time later, Microsoft rushed to clarify the statement, saying it had “no announcement” has been made regarding the game’s release in Japan. When you consider that Gears of War was the first Xbox 360 game to sell more than seven copies in Japan, it would be silly not to release it there.
As far as Germany goes, well, the ratings board (the country’s version of the ESRB) refused to rate it back in May.
Not that the kids in IRC aren’t talk-talk-talking their mouths off about how great the game is. Youngsters, I suspect—who else would yap in IRC all day?
Some genius stole more than 100 copies of Fable II and Gears of War 2 from a Tennessee warehouse, selling a number of them on the black market. The man, Technicolor employee Rodney Gray, was found with some 31 games on his person; police found several more copies of the games, as well as other DVDs, elsewhere.
All told, police found more than $100,000 worth of stolen games and DVDs.
Now, is this related to today’s leak of Gears of War 2? I mean, that the game leaked a full three weeks before its release date is a pretty big deal, and you know Microsoft and Epic are none too pleased. In fact, Microsoft had this to say about the game’s leak:
We do not comment on police investigations in progress.
Police investigation? Good luck, bro, to the guy responsible for the leak. Methinks Microsoft and Epic aren’t messing around.
Ironic: Cliff Bleszinski’s quote about PC piracy being a problem. I’ve spent the better part of the day in various IRC rooms and the kids there are dripping with sarcasm vis-à-vis that quote.
Wow, Gears of War 2 has now leaked and can be found all over the place. I just checked Usenet, and it’s there waiting for you. It’s also on private and public torrent sites if you feel like risking a hefty fine (maybe).
The game is scheduled to come out three weeks from now on November 7.
It can’t be too long before Epic and/or Microsoft make a comment about its leak.
Looks like this episode was released a little prematurely.
One more month!
Bridging the gap between the first GoW game story line and the upcoming sequel is Joshua Ortega’s Wildstorm series from DC Comics. The first six issues will get you ready for the November 7th launch of GoW2 with all sorts of filler for you to froth over. Download a preview here. Or you can hop on down to your local comic book store and pick one up for $4. There’s also an alternative cover to the Crimson Omen version that’s seen in the preview.
Last week Cliffy B made a few remarks about why GoW2 wouldn’t be ported over to the PC and his argument was based two things: piracy and the making games for open systems was a pain. Shacknews recently rapped with Cliffy after a GoW 2 event and went a bit further into the subject.
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