Apparently, this video below is supposed to be the exclusive Gears of War 2 video bundled with the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament III. It’s a mix of new and old info/footage.
Looks awesome nevertheless.
It’s one part preview and two parts interview with CliffyB and Gears of War 2. Burly men with chainsaws guns shooting the crap out of subterranean monsters. Is there anything more manly? Check out the 16 minute 1UP Special. Lots of details about the game’s multiplayer. All of it sounding awesome.
You can also check out Dan Hsu’s preview from EGM. It includes new screenshots! Oh, and using the sniper rifle as a bad ass club is golden.
The event was today and it was chalk full of tidbits from games published by Microsoft Games Studio. I’m going to link to this awesome NeoGAF post which summarized everything quite well. Lots of details if you want them.
However, for the incredibly lazy, I’ll break it down a bit.
It’s official. It’s out. It looks awesome.
“Bigger. Better. More badass indeed.”
I like how much of a statement this game is making.
A.) It’s proving that Unreal Engine 3.0 can do outdoor environments.
B.) It’s proving that Epic can move away from the emo color palette.
Favourite part? When he grabbed that downed Locust and used it as a shield. Chainsaw dueling is ridiculously awesome, though. Now if we can navigate through huge battlefields like that while on foot (not on a predetermined path)– I’d be very impressed. Oh, did I mention how impressed I was with the framerate and lack of screen tearing? Good job, Epic.
November cannot come soon enough.
Game movies rarely work. I don’t know why Hollywood bothers bringing interactive experiences into the passive medium. I just don’t know.
The latest “victim” of this risky conversion is BioShock which will turn last year’s awesome game into a feature film with Gore Verbinski at the helm. Universal Studios is funding the project. I’m curious how it’ll turn out, but I don’t have high hopes. Uncharted, another 2007 game, is rumored to be optioned for movie adaptation. I’m more optimistic for this game-to-movie conversion since it was heavily influenced by movies like Indiana Jones already; it’s just coming full circle back to film.
Another one of these compilation posts? I may just make it a habit. Anyways, Game Informer unofficially (?) released three screens from Gears of War 2. Check them out. One in-game render, one concept drawing, and one burly looking model render.
Impressive so far. I like how the first screenshot isn’t all dark and grimey.
As for the online beta, it’s the Metal Gear Online Premiere Beta which I just installed and currently patching. I cannot go online until April 21st, 2008, but we’ve already begun the preloading phase. So far I’m somewhat impressed and perplexed. This beta will not be going through the PlayStation Network and thus I have to create Konami ID and a Game ID. Hopefully, this malarky will only be for the beta, because I want a seamless experience. This is Metal Gear, but c’mon.
On the interesting and geeky front, the MGO has the ability to use Bit Torrent to acquire its patches. I do believe this is the first console game to use BT technology. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
I found it neat.
May’s Game Informer is chalk full of Gears of War 2 info. For those who don’t have the issue, Shoteh Fock Op from NeoGAF posted a great summary of the 12 page spread. Between this Resistance 2, Quarter 4 of 2008 is shaping to be even more epic than 2007’s final quarter.
I’m excited.
What a surprise! Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios announced that Gears of War 2 is coming out November 2008. Looking for details? There’s very little right now. There is a teaser trailer though! There’s also a demonstration of the new features found in Unreal Engine 3 which could appear in Gears of War 2.
I’m excited to see what changes CliffyB is going to work in.
Honestly, Gears of War 2 was not a surprise. We knew it was coming. However, even without rumors there was nothing else big enough to fill the holiday lineup shoes Halo 3 filled last year and the original Gears of War filled in 2006.
For the lazy, there’s a GameTrailers version of the teaser trailer below.
