Monday, October 8, 2007

Beattie Gears of War

Beattie (who scripted the first Pirates of the Caribbean flick, and Buz Luhrmann's upcoming epic Australia) praised recent hit 300 and hinted at the visual feel of the Gears film: "It's interesting. Everyone's talking about 300. They use it as an example of where things are headed. That film was shot completely on green screen, which is amazing when you actually see the film. It's probably how we're going to do Gears of War."

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Gears of War PC platform

Gears of War was a deliberately paced game, and not one that would immediately take to the PC platform. Though it adds new content in the form of five singleplayer chapters, three multiplayer maps, and some improved visuals, it all really comes down to the controls--and thankfully, developer Epic Games has nailed that aspect in every way.
Gears of War for Windows makes its way to stores on November 6th.
The game will feature five new singleplayer chapters, a new "King of the Hill" multiplayer game mode, three new multiplayer maps, a game editor, and the first and last showdown with the infamous Brumak boss. Also included will be all of the Xbox 360 downloadable content released thus far, for a total of 19 multiplayer maps.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Gears of War Xbox Live

Gears of War was the most popular Xbox 360 game on Xbox Live but that has been kicked down to second place by the sales juggernaut that is Halo.
Halo 3
Gears of War
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
Madden NFL 08
Call of Duty 4 Beta
Guitar Hero II
BioShock
Forza Motorsport 2
Call Of Duty 3

Monday, September 17, 2007

How To Defeat General Raam Gears of War

Hint - Berserker Beat Down
To defeat the Beserker at the end of act one, simply dive to the side when she charges at you. Run through the doorway to your right and continue to the door at the end of the room and face your back to it. Get the Berserkers attention by shooting at her or revving the chainsaw then, dive away at the last moment when she charges causing her to break the door down for you.
Continue this to get through the next two doors. When you finally lure her into the courtyard simply use the Hammer of Dawn twice to take her down. [If Dom is killed the mission is over, so revive him if he's knocked down]
Hint - How To Defeat General Raam:
In order to defeat Raam, you need to have grenades and a sniper rifle which is supplied in the center of the room before entering the boss arena.
After entering the arena, stay behind the wall you ended the cut scene with. This is important because you need to maintain your distance from Raam. Also, it helps to command Don to "cease fire." This will make him run back towards you keeping him alive longer to distract Raam.
The trick is to get Raam's swarm away from his body. In order to do this, you need to throw a grenade at Raam. If successful, the swarm will disperse giving you clear head shots using the sniper rifle. Repeat until he’s defeated.
If you don't defeat Raam by the time he reaches your wall cover, move in the opposite direction he does and shoot when the swarm disperses. You will take damage from Raam’s machine gun, but you stay in the light which prevents the swarm from killing you.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Success of Gears of War

The success of Gears of War also shows why online gaming is so important. It allows gamers to be social, rather than isolated in front of their PC or consoles. It's a game where players organize tournaments, meet up on certain nights to play, and keep a dedicated friends list of high-quality players. Gears of War—and other titles with a strong online component—get a boost in sales because gamers want to be part of a tight-knit experience and join a community of friends who want to play together online.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Success of Gears of War

The success of Gears of War also shows why online gaming is so important. It allows gamers to be social, rather than isolated in front of their PC or consoles. It's a game where players organize tournaments, meet up on certain nights to play, and keep a dedicated friends list of high-quality players. Gears of War—and other titles with a strong online component—get a boost in sales because gamers want to be part of a tight-knit experience and join a community of friends who want to play together online. I bet Bioshock takes the same route.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Smuggler Corporation Gears Of War tournament

The Smuggler Corporation will be having a 2v2 Gears Of War tournament this Friday Sept 7-Sept 8
Rules
No Entry Fee
2v2 Exc
Weapon Swap
Friendly Fire Off
Weapon Slide TBD (Both Teams Must Agree)
No Taunting
Best To 5
Single Elimination
No Split Screeners
If caught cheating in anyway you will be immdeailty disqualified
Brackets will be made thursday night
1st Prize-25$ Gift Card To Gamestop/EB Games
2nd Prize-1600 Microsoft points
3rd Prize-1 Month of Xbox Live