Gears of War 3

[maxy]

Rumor,it comes from Edge.

Microsoft will launch Gears Of War 3 in early April 2011, a trusted US publishing source has told Edge.

The first teaser trailer for the third person shooter is expected to debut next month on April 8, exactly one year ahead of the game’s pencilled in release date. A full reveal is due at E3 in June.

While it hasn’t been officially announced yet, Gears Of War 3 is currently in development at series creator Epic Games. It will continue the story set out in the first two games, which centres on humankind's battle for survival against the nightmarish Locust Horde.

Gears Of War debuted on Xbox 360 in 2006 and on PC a year later. A follow up was released for Microsoft’s home console in 2008.

We understand that the game could be completed as early as this year, but that Microsoft is keen to release it during a different window to Halo: Reach – rumoured to be launching in September 2010 – and Natal, which is set to arrive this holiday.

“Microsoft’s keen to avoid a clash with Halo: Reach and wants Natal to own Christmas. That’s why we won’t be seeing Gears Of War 3 until next year, but expect a major marketing push ahead of its release,” said our source.

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/gears-of-war-3-releasing-april-2011-%E2%80%93-source

So April 8 is the date...

Cole

[Brehvolution]

I thought it was coming out on the 720. 

[MCD]

I thought it was coming out on the 720. 

> implying 360 isn't the last MS console.

[Brehvolution]

I thought I read somewhere that Gears 3 was going to be a 720 launch title. But it was probably some rumor mill shit.

[Stoney Mason]

I thought I read somewhere that Gears 3 was going to be a 720 launch title. But it was probably some rumor mill shit.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/next-gears-will-be-on-next-gen-consoles

[Brehvolution]

 
Yep, that's the article.

Stoney

[GilloD]

Eh. I like GoW2 enough, but I don't think I need a 3rd one. I'd prefer a new IP/

[Green Shinobi]

I dig it. The first two were fantastic single-player games, so more of that adventure is fine by me.

[TripleA]

Hopefully they'll fix the atrocious net-code and matchmaking. I would have never sold my copy if the online didn't take half an hour to get me into a match.

And the story as well, please make the story better so the single-player actually makes sense this time.

[AdmiralViscen]

Hopefully they'll fix the atrocious net-code and matchmaking. I would have never sold my copy if the online didn't take half an hour to get me into a match.

And the story as well, please make the story better so the single-player actually makes sense this time.

They patched the matchmaking within 2 months of launch.

Never quite fixed the gameplay balancing though or latency within matches.

[Brehvolution]

People take great offense at getting chainsawed. They will tell you how you sleep with men via a sternly worded message.

Only hate mail I've ever gotten in any game was for G2 online.

[maxy]

gearsofwar3foliage.jpg

Looks like Uncharted 1

Cole black ass will roam through that foliage...so gearsofwar3foliage>>>>Uncharted 1,2,3,4,5,6...

[TripleA]

Hopefully they'll fix the atrocious net-code and matchmaking. I would have never sold my copy if the online didn't take half an hour to get me into a match.

And the story as well, please make the story better so the single-player actually makes sense this time.

They patched the matchmaking within 2 months of launch.

Never quite fixed the gameplay balancing though or latency within matches.

Yeah they released a patch, it didn't work. 4 months after launch it still took me over 10 minutes to get into a match.

GeOW2s multiplayer is the worst multiplayer experience I've ever had. It's crazy considering GeOW1s multiplayer was rock solid after they ironed out a few kinks.

[WrikaWrek]

If they can have those tech demo jungles in it, Uncharted fans will be crying.

[OptimoPeach]

Snore

[TripleA]

If they can have those tech demo jungles in it, Uncharted fans will be crying.

  bitch please

[Mupepe]

Pics of said jungle?

[MCD]

spoiler (click to show/hide)

As soon as he heard one of his comrades scream "SQUAD BROKEN!", Cliffy B the Space Marine knew that he was doomed. He charged forth in a panic, firing his plasma gun wildly into the air. Somehow the orks had surrounded them! Cliffy B's teammates ran shrieking into the depths of the abandoned tanker, the grunting lustful orks in swift pursuit. Soon Cliffy B was alone.

The brawny Space Marine collapsed against a wall, panting raggedly. His plasma gun had nearly overheated, and his com units were malfunctioning. No use even if they worked. By now, his whole squad was surely dead.

Squad broken.

TBC

[close]

[Brehvolution]

 

[MCD]

damn, forgot my spoiler.

[ManaByte]

Rein said it's not true:

http://www.vg247.com/2010/03/16/rein-on-gears-3-youre-kidding-right/

Cliffy B has been hinting at Gears 3 via twitter since before GDC. It's their big E3 reveal.

[Tieno]

I hope 3 is more intimate like 1, unlike 2. 2 was pretty and all, but the battles were too large and at too great of a distance, which is not gears' strength.

[Bocsius]

I'm looking forward to it.

Gears 1
Gears 2

Which reminds me that one day I need to play some Gears multiplayer. Haven't touched it yet.

[WrikaWrek]

If they can have those tech demo jungles in it, Uncharted fans will be crying.

  bitch please

That shit had more detail and better lightning than Uncharted 2 jungle. Suck on that

[ManaByte]

Rein said it's not true:

http://www.vg247.com/2010/03/16/rein-on-gears-3-youre-kidding-right/

Cliffy B has been hinting at Gears 3 via twitter since before GDC. It's their big E3 reveal.

Or they could be officially announcing Bulletstorm, which is dated for 2011.

"In games we do things in threes. I don't know why, honestly, we just do."

Where is Bulletstorm 1 and 2?

[Brehvolution]

It's foliage. Who gives a shit? 

[Bildi]

What is all this jungle talk - was there a rumour that Gears 3 will be set in a jungle?

I don't care where it's set ultimately, the gameplay is so much fun it could be set in a white room with cardboard boxes and I'd buy it.

[TripleA]

If they can have those tech demo jungles in it, Uncharted fans will be crying.

  bitch please

That shit had more detail and better lightning than Uncharted 2 jungle. Suck on that

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Oh you actually think the final game will look like that 

[Bocsius]

Oh yay, system war graphical tard fight.

 

[duckman2000]

Day 1 for sure. Gears is awesome, warts and all. It honestly feels like some kind of medieval game, with guns, closer related to God of War than your typical pew pew shooter in feel and presentation. Hopefully we get some large battlefield moments this time, wading through blood while tearing up droves of grubs.

Gears of War

[Bildi]

Oh you actually think the final game will look like that 

Yeah Wrika, there'll be rocks.  You can't take cover behind leaves you tard.

[Bebpo]

Just give me Gears 2 with a good final boss this time and I'll be happy.

[ManaByte]

Isnt that jungle an Unreal 4 demo?

[Reb]

Oh you actually think the final game will look like that 

Yeah Wrika, there'll be rocks.  You can't take cover behind leaves you tard.

[WrikaWrek]

Oh you actually think the final game will look like that 

Yeah Wrika, there'll be rocks.  You can't take cover behind leaves you tard.

Ain't that the damn truth.

[maxy]

Oh you actually think the final game will look like that 

Yeah Wrika, there'll be rocks.  You can't take cover behind leaves you tard.

Maybe those leaves are bulletproof

[dark1x]

If they can have those tech demo jungles in it, Uncharted fans will be crying.

  bitch please

That shit had more detail and better lightning than Uncharted 2 jungle. Suck on that

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I really love the look of those shots.  Actually, they do seem to share a lot with Uncharted in that they don't approach foliage with a bunch of flat grass textures stuck together.  Would love to see some serious foliage in Gears 3 as that's always been one of the weak points in UE3 games.

[Third]

I don't trust Epic's tech demo's anymore.
Remember the Gears 2 demo where you could blow everything up? My Gears 2 lacked that tech...
Epic tech demo's are nothing else than...tech demos. Will never be achievable ingame.

[WrikaWrek]

I don't trust Epic's tech demo's anymore.
Remember the Gears 2 demo where you could blow everything up? My Gears 2 lacked that tech...
Epic tech demo's are nothing else than...tech demos. Will never be achievable ingame.

Gears of War 2 had the destructable environment tech in it actually. Surfaces of columns and covers get pieces of it blown.

[TripleA]

I don't trust Epic's tech demo's anymore.
Remember the Gears 2 demo where you could blow everything up? My Gears 2 lacked that tech...
Epic tech demo's are nothing else than...tech demos. Will never be achievable ingame.

Yup.

[AdmiralViscen]

You could damage the environment in gears 2. But its a cover based game. so only the edges, or shields.

[Smooth Groove]

Epic's engine is fine.  For Gears 3, they just need to keep zooming in and out and add a bunch of semi-interactive segments.  Then even PS3 fans like Third would be impressed. 

[Sho Nuff]

Looks cool. New foliage + Lightmass lighting engine equals good times

[maxy]

Gears Of War 3 will feature a reworked cover system and underwater missions for the first time, Edge can reveal.

Developer Epic Games is set to evolve the franchise’s combat by introducing Locust foes with tentacle-like appendages which are capable of extending to player cover spots.

Meanwhile, the COG members of Delta Squad will be equipped with explosives that can travel beneath the ground to take out enemy cover positions, our US publishing source told us.

While the first two Gears games offered mobile cover in the form of objects like burnt out cars that could be pushed around, Gears Of War 3 will feature a heavy duty mech suit the COGs can utilise both for protection and to wreak havoc.

All of these new features will be present in the singleplayer campaign and multiplayer modes, Edge understands.

We were also informed that the game will be set during the summer and introduce a number of new environments to the series, including underwater locations. The end of the last title saw the COGs sink mankind’s last city, Jacinto, and flood the Hollow in order to take out the Locust Horde beneath the surface.

Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 demo at GDC in March showed off jungle or foliage-heavy areas, which could also make an appearance in Gears Of War 3 - Epic previously used GDC 2008 to debut Unreal Engine upgrades that went on to show up in Gears 2.

Gears Of War: Jacinto's Remnant, a novel written in conjunction with Epic, continues the Gears story from the conclusion of the second game. One story strand focuses on the island of Vectes, a former COG naval base sporting fertile lowlands, forests and a river. This setting could be ideal to show off the developer’s new Unreal Engine features were it to show up in Gears Of War 3.

Gears Of War 3 has yet to be officially announced. However, Epic design director Cliff Bleszinski is set to reveal a new game on Monday’s episode of US talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and it could be on the agenda. He was originally set to appear on tonight’s show - the same day we predicted Gears Of War 3 would officially be unveiled – but said that the change in schedule would allow Epic “to take a couple more days to polish” its game.

Gears of War

[AdmiralViscen]

Sounds like multi is already ruined.

[demi]

There's an ad on my Xbox Dashboard

"Gears of War 3 Announced"

"Epic story concludes April 2011"

[treythemovie]

There's an ad on my Xbox Dashboard

"Gears of War 3 Announced"

"Epic story concludes April 2011"

Did they forget that the reveal was delayed until next Monday?

Someone's getting fired 

[maxy]

Surprise ruined by some kid...

  Justin Bieber

[cool breeze]

I don't like that kid.  A few weeks back on an off day there was a bunch of girls yelling across the street, I found out later it was because he was making an appearance somewhere and the yelling lasted for hours.  It was a hot day too so I wanted to keep my window open, but I couldn't stand all the yelling.  Now he bumps Gears of War 3.

[ManaByte]

There's an ad on my Xbox Dashboard

"Gears of War 3 Announced"

"Epic story concludes April 2011"

[Stoney Mason]

lulz at the notion of "epic story being concluded".


I blame Halo for all this foolishness in that regard. As if these aren't franchises where you will see games in the franchise until the end of time.

[WrikaWrek]

lulz at the notion of "epic story being concluded".


I blame Halo for all this foolishness in that regard. As if these aren't franchises where you will see games in the franchise until the end of time.

I'm sure it's gonna be the end of Marcus Phoenix's arc. I'm sure, much like Halo, the desire from Epic is to turn Gears of War into a multi story, multi genre game, multi platform too i'm sure.

[TripleA]

Sounds like multi is already ruined.

Hard to ruin what has never been good.

GeOW2 had horrible online but GeOW1s multiplayer was superb.

[Stoney Mason]

It's a big sort of chunky slowish MP with somewhat fiddly cover based controls. I think people were more into the first simply because it was the new thing when it came out. Not only did 2 have lots of netcode issues but I think it simply sort of fell more to where it would have been in the first place. Its going to attact an audience but I don't think the audience will be as big as the other shooters.

Of course this depends on how they have adapted and made changes to the cover system but I still predict a lot of people won't like it simply because it feels very different than most shooters.

[OptimoPeach]

Yeah it's pretty bad

[Stoney Mason]

I just think the mechanics of certain games lend themselves to MP more than others. I think Gears is a great single player game but those mechanics unless radically changed aren't necessarily the most conducive for a competitive MP enviroment.

I feel the same way about Dead Space 2 for instance.

[TripleA]

Sounds like multi is already ruined.

Hard to ruin what has never been good.

GeOW2 had horrible online but GeOW1s multiplayer was superb.

I found the mutiplayer in the first Gears to be cheap glitchy bullshit and not how I imagined cover based multiplayer at all I was instantly turned off by it, but to be fair maybe I just got into the game late and was met with super skilled players. Gears 2 seemed to try to and make things a little fairer with stuff like stopping power and chainsaw duels but poor netcode still made things feel cheap due to those that wished to exploit the game. I sticked with Horde because of this.

I dunno, I expected something a little more tactical I guess. Not rolling all around blasting each other with shotguns.

That's a fair point.

The problem with GeOW2 wasn't just the netcode and weapon balance though; the Map design was just BAD.

Reading the mech suit stuff about GeOW3 already has me worried, but i'll hold off until I actually see it in action.

[TripleA]

I just think the mechanics of certain games lend themselves to MP more than others. I think Gears is a great single player game but those mechanics unless radically changed aren't necessarily the most conducive for a competitive MP enviroment.

I feel the same way about Dead Space 2 for instance.

I disagree. Like I said, GeOW1s multi-player was really good while GeOW2s multi-player was really bad.

Also, the single-player in Gears -while good- isn't that great of an experience. Especially when you take story into account.

[OptimoPeach]

90% of the time in matches is spent diving behind cover and waiting for a teammate to flank and shotgun your enemy in the back. So fun. Oh and CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK

[WrikaWrek]

I just think the mechanics of certain games lend themselves to MP more than others. I think Gears is a great single player game but those mechanics unless radically changed aren't necessarily the most conducive for a competitive MP enviroment.

I feel the same way about Dead Space 2 for instance.

I disagree. Like I said, GeOW1s multi-player was really good while GeOW2s multi-player was really bad.

Also, the single-player in Gears -while good- isn't that great of an experience. Especially when you take story into account.

Aside from Uncharted 2, there's pretty much no competition for Gears of War 2, as far as blend of great gameplay, great action set pieces, great pacing, and a story that ties it all together.

Don't know where you are basing your standards on, but Gears of War 2 told a simple story pretty well, which is more than i can say for 99% of games out there that either have a simple story and still can't tell it, or have a stupidly complex story that is unbelievably shitty.