Gears of War 3 News

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Great video, Hopefully this isn't the last game, there is so much more left in the story.

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'Don't Trust Gears Of War 3 Leaks', Says Cliff Bleszinski
By Edge Staff


Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski has warned gamers not to trust Gears of War 3 info leaked via scans of a Russian games mag.

According to translations of the mag, the third Gears of War game has humanity in pieces, split into tribes and fighting for their survival. After flooding the last human city, Marcus and Dom have taken refuge on an aircraft carrier called Raven's Nest (which you can see here), on which the game kicks off. You can read what the article related here.

But Bleszinski contests its authenticity: "Please don't trust badly translated leaked scanned info on Gears 3. Lots of false info out there," he tweeted.

He went on to say: "Gears 3 is nothing like Waterworld, my friends, you're doing it wrong. The Raven's Nest is only one level."

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5 things you didn't know about Gears of War 3. Until now

We managed to get *some* details from the Gears of War 3 trailer, but we fully expected that E3 would be the next time any additional info on the game would be released.

However, some scans from a Russian games mag have cropped up on the Epic forums (and been subsequently translated) that have provided us with a whole bunch of stuff to get excited about. Like what? Well, like these 5 things that, until now, you didn't know about Gears of War 3.

Note: All images on this page are taken from scans of a magazine. We're using them here for illustrative purposes only.

The chain of command has pretty much collapsed. Like everything else

18 months after GoW2 and there is no COG and no government. The survivors that remain are waging their own wars and the last remnants of humanity has gone tribal. Even the Locust themselves are in a similarly shitty situation to the humans, having been in conflict with the aggressive Lambent (Locusts gone mutant after prolonged exposure to Imulsion).

And speaking of Imulsion - the valuable resource that caused the war in the first place - it seems that it's somehow killing the planet. Sucks to be on Sera.

Marcus and his Delta Squad chums will be on a boat. A really BIG boat with its own vegetable patch

Some of Gears of War 3 will take place on a COG aircraft carrier.


It sounds like the open waves won't provide absolute respite from the conflict. Apparently the carrier has its own vegetable patch, which has to be protected from enemies. Seriously.

New grenade launcher. New shotgun. New rifle. And more

Mentioned in the article is a double-barrelled shotgun that takes an age to load but is stupidly-powerful. A grenade launcher that fires explosives that travel underground to reach their targets. And a rifle that fires single shots in quick succession, with each shot incrementally causing more damage.

Also, players will be able to swap weapons and ammo with their teammates.

The environment is constantly shifting

It seems like Sera is not entirely stable - a feature that will be apparent in single and multiplayer modes. Observe this scan that shows a 5 minute time-lapse in a multiplayer match:


Spot the difference? Yes, there is a huge chunk of floating rock in the bottom picture.

There's going to be a chunky-ass mech to control

Reserved for 'special situations', players will get to use a COG mech-suit. Check it out:


There were rumours about mechs in Gears of War 3, and this seems to confirm those rumours as FACT. The mech is armed with a machine gun and a grenade launcher. It can also be used as a turret when in stationary mode and deployable shields provide cover for foot soldiers. It looks bad-ass. No mention of whether or not it'll show up in multiplayer.

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Gears of War 3 has been delayed until Fall 2011.

Microsoft says the shift occurred so that Gears of War 3 could be positioned as the company's big holiday title for next year.

"Gears of War 3 promises to be the biggest entertainment launch of 2011," a Microsoft spokesperson said. "The teams at Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games have done great work thus far readying the title for release in the Spring of 2011.

"However, we've elected to move the launch of Gears of War 3 until Fall 2011 to make it the marquee title for the holiday season."

Gears of War 3 was originally supposed to launch on April 5, 2011. This delay will certainly give Epic Games additional time to add any polish that may be needed.

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Ugh, mechs!? That's gay, get that out of there.

The shotgun is already a one hit kill in this game, how could it be more powerful? Can it kill you in half a hit?

Any 'polish' they are adding to this game will most likely be sold as DLC a few weeks after release....