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Cliff Bleszinski: Comparing Gears of War 2 to Resistance 2 is “Largely Apples to Oranges”

In a recent interview, Cliff Bleszinski talked a bit about his opinion on Resistance 2, and how it might affect the sales of GoW2. Since the two games will be shipping in the same week there might be a bit of competition in sales, despite the sci-fi shooters being released exclusively on different consoles. Bleszinski [...]

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New Gears of War 2 Developer Diary Video: Epic Talks Multiplayer Enhancements

The latest installment of the Gears of War 2 Developer Diaries, titled “Never Fight Alone”, gives us an inside look at some of the changes made by Epic to improve the mulitplayer aspect of Gears 2. Highlights include the addition of stopping power when firing at advancing targets, crawling when you’re down, new multiplayer modes, [...]

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Gears Branded “Shoes of War”

First there was the Lancer Assault Rifle replica. Now, for your consideration, the brain trust at Globe skate footwear bring you the Gears of War Special Edition Co-op shoe. Chainsaw bayonet not included. The website declares that: “Globe has teamed up with EPIC and their Gears of War video game, one of the best selling [...]

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No Gears 2 for PC: Mark Rein Cites 360 Focus Not Piracy Concern as Reason

By now you have likely heard that the highly anticipated Gears of War 2 will not be making its way to your PC. Assuming that you wanted to play it there in the first place, the news may have come as a disappointment to you. Personally, I don’t play very many games on my PC, [...]

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Gears 2 Launches with Five Free Gears 1 Maps via DLC Available with New Purchases Only

To quote Cole Train (my favorite Gears character) “Who loves ya, baby?” The answer — CliffyB loves you baby. And to prove it, he is apparently giving Gears fans five original Gears 1 maps in Gears 2. The list, according to the latest issue of GamePro magazine, includes Gridlock, Subway, Canals, Mansion (my hands down [...]

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Gears of War 2: Developer Diary Part 3, Kill the Locust “Potentially Once and For All”

Delta Squad family photos. Get to know them personally whether you want to or not. Though Cliffy says that your goal in Gears 2 is to kill the Locust “potentially once and for all”, something tells me that the more people that try to kill them on the game’s release date, the more likely they [...]

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Fracture Multiplayer Video Walkthrough With Commentary by CliffyB in Twenty Years

New Fracture Multiplayer footage surfaced in the form of a walkthrough. I tried really hard to watch it, and focus only on the game itself, but all I could think was “oh my God, that is going to be CliffyB in twenty years.” Is it just me or does that guy’s over the top dude-a-riffic [...]

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Amazon Exclusive: Full Size Replica COG Lancer Plus Gears 2 Game for $139.99

Why should Cliffy B have all the fun? On Nov. 7, Amazon.com is offering a special promotion with the yet to be released Gears of War 2: a replica COG Lancer Assault Rifle. Evidently no replica Locust torso is available to saw through. Bollocks. The replica Lancer comes complete with the infamous chainsaw bayonet and [...]

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CliffyB Breaks Mark Rein’s Face

After being nominated as some of the people in videogaming that need to “shut the fuck up“, Cliff Bleszinski and Mark Rein take it to the ring to decide which of the two of them wins the right to shut up more. Using the photo upload tools in EA’s new game Facebreaker, I was able [...]

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Comic-Con 08: Gears 2 Linking Achievements With Gears 1

As one would imagine, Gears of Wars 2 has a pretty strong presence at Comic-Con 2008. Aside from talking about the upcoming film adaptation, Cliff Bleszinski also discussed a few things about the game, one of which being the inclusion of “linked achievements.”

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Comic-Con 08: Cliff Bleszinksi Has High Hopes For Gears of War Movie

Continuing our coverage of Comic-Con 2008, during a Gears of War panel, the developer formerly known as CliffyB was asked about the upcoming film adaptation of his beloved shooter. Read what he had to say after the break.

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Gears of War 2: Podcast Reveals New Features

The recent GearHeads podcast shed light on several new features, as well as changes to the old, that will debut in the highly anticipated Gears of War sequel. While some of the changes may not thrill you, the long list of enhancements proves (if nothing else) that Epic listens to their fans, and is not [...]

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CliffyB Calls Metal Gear Solid “Passive Entertainment”

Cliff Bleszinski, lead game designer of Gears of War 2, cites Metal Gear Solid as the kind of game Epic doesn’t want to make. What were his exact words? Read on to find out.

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GDC 08: Return of the Ripten

As you may have noticed, Day Three exploits are going up a little later than usual. Unfortunately, we had a run-in with the Blaznatz chewing up our bandwidth, so we were unable to get a good connection. Damn him and his chainsaw bayonet… We’ve decided to combine our day three info with day four, which [...]

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