Gears of War 3 - April 2011

[A-J]

Probably wasn't meant to be leaked like this ..

[Carnivol]

Probably not. And, yeah, seen a lot of people take snaps of their dashboards showing it, so I guess it's safe to say it's probably legit.

Man, management of the spotlight, marketplace and Inside Xbox has been so screwy ever since they added the community tab. Wonder what happened... automated system? Local/Outsourced update management?

[A-J]

That stupid Beiber kid replaced Cliffy on the Fallon show otherwise this would have been officially announced, even with some footage, by now .. someone forgot to inform the live guys of the Cliffy's delay I guess ..

[Carnivol]

Sounds plausible.

[Barry Burton]

the good thing is, they are not going to rush it and if its 2011 it could be early or late 2011.

[Guest]

Oh!! I knew it!! well, everybody did, but still, I'm really exited for this, I now have three games to wait for 2011: Dead Space 2, Gears 3 and a Project Natal game!!

the good thing is, they are not going to rush it and if its 2011 it could be early or late 2011.

It says April 2011, so it will be early

[Vector]

This has been rumored about for a while. Someone's been leaking stuff on it for a while. Just a couple days ago there were 'rumors' of gameplay elements, like Locusts who have tentacles and can attack you while you're behind cover, and how the Cogs can combat them with explosives that go underground or some shit. And how there's gonna be underwater levels. I can't remember where I read about it, though...

Cliffy B is gonna be on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon this Monday night to show off his next game.

I WONDER WHAT IT COULD BE...

[BBboy20]

I hope they release it on April (Fool's Day); be another awesome birthday game.

[Vector]

Trailer:

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2010/04/gears-of-war-3-video-game-world-premiere-trailer-ashes-to-ashes/

Things of note: new types of Locust and Lambent, different kind of shotgun, female soldiers.

[Beanovsky Durst]

DOUBLE BARRELED SHOTGUN! HOLY SHIT!

Just give me a better matchmaking system please! (I loved Gears 2 but I can't stand waiting 10 or 15 minutes for a match )

So this is going to be the last one? You know, the "Brothers to THE END" phrase

[A-J]

Last one in the trilogy perhaps

but expect Gears of War : ODST sooner or later afterwards :p

[Zombie Fred]

Further information, stealing from AJ and other members via gaf (lawl)

Campaign Information
Features

* Rod confirmed 4 Player Co-Op in the Gears IRC, with 4 unique characters. Rod confirmed that co-op includes Marcus, Dom, Cole, Baird and a "variety of other characters"

Story

* Set 18 months after Gears of War 2, and after the fourth Gears of War book
* The location shown in the "Ashes to Ashes" trailer is a location nicknamed 'Char', where the remains of victims from the Hammer of Dawn strikes are heavily present.

Weapons

* The Pendulum Lancer is in Gears of War 3
* A Double Barrelled Shotgun was spotted in the Ashes to Ashes trailer. Lee Perry expands:
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Originally Posted by Lee Perry

Quote:
FWIW, that weapon didn't exist until several hundred pages of the shotgun mechanic thread. That doesn't really give much away, considering the VAST amount of conflicting opinions in that thread; but the opinions in that thread definitely helped shape the weapon.

Haha, I wonder if we could have made a trailer with basically a slow camera pan down a new shotgun and had about the same amount of interest from existing players, hahha.


Characters

* Dom is now heavily bearded. According to Rod, this is due to his problems dealing with the loss of his wife.
* Anya is the female COG soldier seen in the "Ashes to Ashes" trailer. We will learn more on her transition from pencil pusher to soldier throughout the books.

Enemies

* Lambent Locust: These enemies mutate and transform as you fight them.

Anya's a bad ass now? Should be fun.

[Vector]

Ehh...not sure how I feel about Anya joining the fray. I always admired her as the 'Mei Ling' of the Gears games.

[Bertha]

Ehh...not sure how I feel about Anya joining the fray. I always admired her as the 'Mei Ling' of the Gears games.

Yeah...and I'm wondering how that will affect the pseudo-relationship she and Marcus have.

It does look...interesting. I enjoyed playing GoW with my brother so maybe I'll get a 360 for myself when this comes out.

[A-J]

Some shitty grabs from the youtube HD version.