'Unreal Tournament 3' didn't launch to the nigh-universal praise of its 2004 precedecessor -- it had to contend with critics ragging on its ho-hum bots and general lack of ingenuity. But if you steered clear of UT3 the first time around, you might want to take a second look this weekend. Yesterday, Epic Games released the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 26, 2009
On February 1, Microsoft will be kicking off the "13 Days of Gears" promotion on Xbox LIVE, where players playing "Gears of War 2" can win prizes each day for 13 days straight. In total, the prizes are worth more than $25,000. To enter the contest, players will need to head on over to the sweepstakes's [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 22, 2009
Rod Fergusson of Epic Games has informed the "Gears of War 2" community of the second title update's availability. This patch includes a vast amount of fixes and tweaks, but there's not much in the way of new content or gameplay, aside from seven new achievements which relate to the already released DLC maps. Once again, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 17, 2009
Speaking to GameDaily BIZ, "Gears of War 2" global product manager Guy Welch revealed that Microsoft's hit franchise and Xbox 360 best-seller (and the fourth most popular game on Xbox LIVE in 2008) has sold over 4 million copies worldwide since its release, doubling the original "Gears of War's" pace. "The original 'Gears of War' was [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Gears of War 2 fans have a lot to look forward to, if one Mark Rein is to be believed. Of course, considering he is Epic Games' beloved vice president, I think we can all more or less trust the guy when he creates a forum thread announcing the contents of a patch for one [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 14, 2008
Here's proof that Spike TV's VGA awards are good for more than just hype-driven and irrelevant honorary titles. Everyone watching one of the live streams available was treated to some exciting news, as Epic revealed that the Combustible DLC map pack would become available as soon as tonight, at midnight to be exact. The cost [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 13, 2008
Not too many games and movies still feature Easter eggs, but when they do it sure is entertaining seeing what people discover. As you can tell by the title and image, this one takes place in Gears of War 2. The hunt for the Easter egg started when Gears of War 2 level designer Dave Nash [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 27, 2008
It seems that not everyone checked out early for Thanksgiving. Very early this morning, Epic Games released an update for Gears of War 2 to deal with the current matchmaking issues. According to Epic’s Rod Furgesson, “In order to get the update out as quickly as possible, we focused just on immediate infrastructure issues and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
In recent months, we've heard a great deal about how the game industry is using DRM -- for good or for ill -- to fight against PC piracy. Arguments for and against DRM have been bandied about the blogosphere, to the point that companies like Crytek and Stardock have come out publicly on either side. But [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 24, 2008
It's the kind of story that has us all consulting our thesauri for appropriate superlative terms. According to a story in Variety, Legendary Pictures is in talks with Epic Games, which may lead to the movie production company acquiring the game developer. As Variety points out, the two companies are already collaborating on the Gears [...]
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