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Friday, Nov 20
Kotaku Game Club: Modern Warfare 2 Discussion Resumes.. NOW (Levels 13-15) [Modern Warfare 2]
Also, what do folks think of territory-defense levels like Loose Ends? I was frustrated in the 90s with GoldenEye's late-game level like this. But I rather liked the one near the end of the first Gears of War. I believe MW2's was another success, offering the player to make tactical decision...
Thursday, Nov 19
Make Preparations For More Shadow Complex [Epic]
A job advertisement for Microsoft Game Studios is looking for somebody to work "with an experienced team at MGS and the world-class developers at Epic to drive the success of Gears of War and Shadow Complex in the highly competitive and fascinating world of interactive entertainment".
Monday, Nov 16
The Nintendo Download: Let's Get Ready To Pokémon Rumble [Nintendo]
Description: BIT.TRIP BEAT brings retro action back as you use the Wii Remote controller's motion sensor to bounce beats in this rhythm game. Retro visuals, classic game play, four-player multiplayer and an 8-bit soundtrack will get you in the zone and rock your world. Pay attention, thou...
Sunday, Nov 15
Kotaku's Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists [Lists]
•Top 5 Most Incredible War Scenes in Gaming [MSNBC] Do they mean "incredible" as in "not believable"? Or do they mean "impressive," or "amazing"? If so, they should say that. Death From Above in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare takes top honors, over Halo and Gears of War 2.
Tuesday, Nov 10
Something To Make Up For The DOA Gears' Snuggie [Street Fighter Iv]
Hearts were broken, gift lists shattered when Epic confirmed to Kotaku that while there was a Gears of War Snuggie in the works, it wasn't going to be sold. Good news then, to gamers with cold arms and a need to snuggle: Street Fighter IV Snuggie is real and for sale.
Wednesday, Nov 4
This Week In Video Game Comics
Delta has located survivors from the Jilane massacre, and it's a motley crew filled with far more people than expected! With an anticipated Locust attack, does Delta have the firepower to hold out until help arrives? Further exploring the world of the sensational hit video game!
Friday, Oct 30
Notebook Dump: My First DSi-Only Cartridge, Gears And More [Extras]
Gears of War Comic Tops All? This didn't become a post because it was old and nebulous and I didn't have time to try to confirm it. But a report from earlier in the month from Rich Johnston, one of the comic book world's top gossip reporters, indicates that the best-selling comic for Superman a...
Fallout 3 Wins The Golden Joysticks [Awards]
Check out the full list of awards and their winners below. MSN Multiplayer Game of the Year: Call Of Duty: World At War The Rampage Soundtrack of the Year: Guitar Hero World Tour Xbox Game of the Year: Gears of War 2 PC Game of the Year: Fallout 3
Tuesday, Oct 27
Who's Who In Halo: Evolutions [Required Reading]
ROBT McLEES, Bungie game developer and writer on Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and Halo 3, as well as the upcoming Halo: Reach. KAREN TRAVISS, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of her own Wess'har series as well as Star Wars and Gears of War novels.
Saturday, Oct 24
Kotaku Originals: Tough Love [Originals]
Microsoft Explores Xbox Live Rewards Program Halo Waypoint Still Evolving, May Eventually Have Gameplay What Don't We Know about Dead Rising 2's Multiplayer? The Gears of War Snuggie Army of Two: The 40th Day Multiplayer Preview: Extract Some Fun
Friday, Oct 23
Lost Planet 2 Preview: Let's Hope This Works [Capcom]
Capcom was showing a desert level of the company's winter-slated third-person shooter in New York this week. It controlled the same way the demo now available on consoles does, but it presented a new theater of combat. And in that theater were about a dozen human-sized combatants, many wie...
Thursday, Oct 22
Army of Two: The 40th Day Multiplayer Preview: Extract Some Fun [Preview]
What We Saw A flamethrower character was briefly demoed for games journalists. Then they turned us loose on the multiplayer modes. I played two matches of Team Deathmatch in the Temple map, two matches of Control in the Aftermath and Crossroads maps and one round of Extraction in the Zoo map.
Army of Two: The 40th Day Introduces Extraction [Clips]
Imagine Gears of War 2's Horde Mode combined with Left 4 Dead's escape-the-zombies gameplay and you'll have something similar to — but not exactly like — Army of Two: The 40th Day's new multiplayer mode, Extraction. Extraction comes as a bonus multiplayer mode for GameStop pre-order cus...
Wednesday, Oct 21
This Week In Video Game Comics [Comics]
The best-selling video game franchise arrives with a blast! This story bridges the gap between the Lightmass Bombing at the end of the first Gears of War game and the start of the second game. Follow the brutal adventures of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad in their battle against the Locust in t...
The Gears of War Snuggie
It really does exist..." according to Epic Games rep Dana Crowley and her Twitter feed. She tells Kotaku that the snuggie pictured is a "prototype" that sadly won't be mass produced.
For Little Money And In Many Words, These Gamers Help You [Feature]
More Impressive Than Achievements I was surprised at how fast I was able to get something up," Williams told me. He's written guides for Fable II, Resident Evil 5, and a partially completed one for Gears of War 2. ODST was atypical, compared with his other efforts.
Friday, Oct 9
Epic: Unreal The "Unofficial Engine" Of Project Natal [Epic Games]
Epic Games, makers of things Unreal and Gears of War, are fully on board with this Project Natal thing that Microsoft has cooked up. VP Mark Rein calls the company's popular Unreal tech "the unofficial engine of Natal." Mark Rein Interview [OXM UK via GameSpot]
Sunday, Oct 4
Kotaku's Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists [Lists]
•10 Game Ads That are Horribly Up Their Own Ass [GamesRadar] Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST make up half the field of what is more or less a rehashed Top 10 of overhyped games. I'm not sure if it was an advertisement on mass media or just a game trailer, but this Call of Du...
Tuesday, Sep 29
Frankenreview: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
1UP And, once you complete that delicious blend of combat, cinematic storytelling, and visual/aural spectacle, there's also multiplayer. At press time, I've only played some of the beta and a handful matches with other media and Naughty Dog personnel, but I can at least say this: multip...
Crackdown 2 Campaign: Mutants, Revolutionaries and Explosions
Before getting my hands on Crackdown 2's multiplayer and learning about the fun new ways you can use a jump pad, the guys at Ruffian Games walked us through what the game's single-player campaign was going to be about. The inclusion of robust multiplayer, four-player coop and Keys to the Ci...
Saturday, Sep 26
Capps: Gears of War 3? Not in This Generation [Gears Of War]
In a Q&A following Mike Capps' session at Tokyo Game Show, the Epic chief said any Gears of War sequel will be made for "the next console generation, whenever that is." We're very concerned that the next generation will be massively parallel and most engines won't be able to adapt for th...
Friday, Sep 25
Kojima Talks More About Hardcore Natal Plans [Tgs09]
I am very interested in Natal," he said through a translator. "It seems like magic." Some of the excitment around Project Natal has been from those who see it broadening the access of gaming systems to non-gamers, of making the Xbox 360, like the Wii before it, a better generator of casual exp...
Thursday, Sep 24
Epic Games Expands To Tokyo, Teases "Secret Plans" For Studio [Tgs09]
Epic Games president Mike Capps announced at his Tokyo Game Show panel today that the Gears of War and Unreal Engine developer is expanding its empire into Japan. It may also have grander plans for Epic Games Japan. Epic currently has an office in Seoul, Korea to handle similar support effor...
Tuesday, Sep 22
Your Life-Sized Gears Of War Lancer Replica Is Almost Ready
Okay, $949.99, but I very much doubt that $50 under is going to sway anyone to the dark side of video game collectibles. TriForce's Lancer has been crafted by some of the biggest names in the business. Names like Erick Sosa, William Valenzuela, Jorge Martinez, Toi Ogunyoku and painter, Paul K...
Sunday, Sep 20
Frankenreview: Halo 3: O.D.S.T.
Aside from the single-player game (which can also be played through in co-op), Halo 3: ODST also features a co-op multiplayer mode called Firefight. Similar to the Horde Mode in Gears of War 2, Firefight pits four human players against wave after wave of Covenant forces. The waves are rando...
Saturday, Sep 19
Halo 3: ODST Review: The More Vulnerable Edition
Halo 3: ODST was developed by Bungie Studios and published by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 on September 22. Retails for $59.99 USD. Played through the campaign on co-op with N'Gai Croal on the recommended Heroic difficulty at a Microsoft review event, using finished copies of the game, over th...
Thursday, Sep 17
How Are Top Five Xbox 360 Games In Japan Similar? [Xbox 360]
What Hachima Kikou seems to be getting at here is that Japanese gamers who do not own an Xbox 360 or have no intention of doing so can enjoy the Xbox 360's biggest sellers. In short: in the top five, there are no "exclusives" — whatever that term means these days. Though, since Microsoft publish...
Wednesday, Sep 16
Gaming's Creepiest Couples
Crispy's list of the twelve most uncomfortable pairings is video game history is pretty much spot-on, echoing my own sentiments at every turn. If you played through Professor Layton actively wondering about the professor's relationship with his young male companion, you've probably...
Monday, Sep 14
Minority Report: The Non-White Gamer's Experience
You become so used to it," Mills said. "You turn on the TV, the main character is white. Play a game, the main character is white…You don't think about the underlying meaning of it. It's just what's going on. People really do think of it as the norm; you make a character, he's going to be white."
Tuesday, Sep 1
Gears Of War's Imulsion Canned, Available On Earth
Imulsion, the glowy resource at the heart of all things Gears of War, has been canned, laced with sugar and preservatives, and put on sale in the United States for $2.99 a pop. Bonus treat: check out the drink's Amazon page, which is able to sum up the Gears of War fanbase better than words could...
Monday, Aug 31
Bang Bang, Is Creativity Dead?
Epic's Gears of War has become the poster title for that much-maligned "male power fantasy." The original game and its sequel have moved more than 11 million units to date, numbers that challenge the assertion that musclemen chainsawing aliens in a sci-fi warzone is a concept with limite...
Tuesday, Jul 21
A Gears Of War Screenplay: Our Thoughts [Update]
While the movie will be based on a script by Chris Morgan, it appears that Stuart Beattie - who worked on the Pirates films, as well as the in-limbo Halo flick - penned a draft as well. Then, after the credits, you get a treat for sticking around: a word-for-word, scene-for-scene recreation o...
The Gears Of War Screenplay: Our Thoughts
There are scenes where Marcus and Dom eviscerate entire squads with their chainsaws. Marcus' first Locust kill is via a vicious curb-stomp. He also manages to blow four Locust's heads off in succession with a longshot, we witness extreme acts of torture and bloodshed on an epic scale, as a L...
Wednesday, May 6
New Gears 2 Content Striking Retail On All Fronts [Microsoft]
Microsoft and Epic Games deliver seven new multiplayer maps to Gears of Wars 2 in July's retail release of the Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection, finally answering the question "what is Dark Corners?" The seven new multiplayer maps in the "Gears of War 2: Dark Corners" Game Add-on are:
Tuesday, Mar 24
Mmmm, Rotting Groceries [Note]
Microsoft Pretties Up Games For Windows LIVE New Steamworks Feature "Makes DRM Obsolete" Ubisoft's Real-Time Strategy Is A Clever R.U.S.E. Patapon 2 Review: A Familiar Beat Microsoft Sued Over Gay Bashing What Is Gears Of War 2: Dark Corners?
Saturday, Jan 31
Epic Explains Gears Meltdown
A digital certificate that expired on Wednesday borked the original Gears of War for PC players; Epic is working up a fix. Meantime, VP Mark Rein has given an explanation and an apology. Rein said Epic is working with Microsoft to re-sign the binaries properly, and they "hope to have this fix...
Wednesday, Jan 21
Gears of War 2 Update Arrives With Mountain of Fixes and Tweaks [Gears Of War 2]
Gears of War 2 updated last night with a patch that includes quite a number of fixes for multiplayer and balancing issues as well as some new features. The patch, which went up about 3 a.m., also adds seven new achievements, four of which require the Flashback Map Pack that came free with new cop...
Monday, Jan 19
Patch: More Gears Of War 2 Achievements? Sure, Why Not [Xbox 360]
They've recently turned up on Xbox.com, and appear certain to go live once the patch is released to the public. In all, there are 175 points up for grabs, with all seven achievements focused on the recent Flashback and Combustible maps. Gears of War 2 Achievements [Xbox, via X3F]
Thursday, Dec 4
Opinion: Gears of War 2 RC Centaur Tank Verdict? "Garbage" [Xbox 360]
While that Gears of War 2 remote control Centaur Tank might looks good in blurry newspaper scans — that's about it, it seems. Italian site HobbyMedia brings word that RC car site Big Squid RC has reviewed the tank. It's a video review, because something must be seen to be believed.
Friday, Nov 28
Gears Of War 2: Patched
Having matchmaking issues with Gears of 2? Epic's got your back. A patch has been released that (should) fix the agonising wait times encountered during matchmaking, as well as a few other bits and pieces. OFFICIAL: Title Update for Gears of War 2 Now Available [Epic, via X3F]
Wednesday, Nov 12
Frankenreview: Gears Of War 2 [Round Up]
The original Gears of War hit the Xbox 360 like a freight train, bowling over critics and fans alike with it's gritty graphics, rough characters, and run, gun, and hide gameplay that seems to have taken over the shooter genre these days. Cliff Bleszinski's baby even managed to give Microso...
Sunday, Nov 9
Gears of War 2 Review: Bigger, Better and More... Poignant
Gears of War 2 was developed by Epic Games, published by Microsoft Games Studio and released on Nov. 7 for Xbox 360. Retails for $59.99 USD. Completed single-player campaign alone, tested campaign coop, Horde and other multiplayer modes.
Friday, Nov 7
Podcast: DLC Might Be Released "Somewhere Down The Line" [Gears Of War 2]
It's Friday, Gears of War 2 is out, and people are playing it. For those who are not playing it or not sick of the game for that matter, Cliff "DH" Bleszinski is talking Gears 2 in an interview with Irish radio station RedFM. For those who are not sick of him, give it a listen.
Wednesday, Oct 15
Gears of War 2 Campaign Impressions - Uninhibited [Impressions]
We made it to the end of the level where we began to encounter some of that religious junk the Gears 2 plot was peddling in some previews. At the risk of comparing Gears to Halo – I have to ask: what’s with shooters and religious organizations? Is it mere coincidence that Halo 2 featured the Arbi...
Tuesday, Oct 7
Gears of War 2 - The Non-Review Review [Gears Of War 2]
Hit the jump for a Gears of War 2 fix. Frag Grenade – Duh. Lancer Assault Rifle – You know it. You love it. Use it. Smoke Grenade – I’m sure you can imagine what this does. Snub Pistol – Arg. More pistols. “Gears of War 2” Vehicles I’ll be buying Gears of War 2 when it comes out November 7.
Friday, Sep 5
Dead Space Gets Internationally Banned [Dead Space]
In Germany, when not outright refused, as in the case of Gears of War, Army of Two and Crackdown, some titles have their content noticeably sanitized — see The Darkness. Based on our experiences with Dead Space, cleaning up the game would take some serious effort.
Saturday, Aug 9
Opinion: Epic Boss: Lower Scores for PC GoW are "bullshit"
A month later, E3 quotes, comments and tidbits are still coming out in dribs and drabs. Here's one: Outspoken Epic honcho Mike Capps, in a lengthy video interview elsewhere, is a bit pissed at the fact reviewers hated on Gears of War for the PC.
Tuesday, Jul 29
Opinion: Gears Author Ponders Lancer Cleaning
SAN DIEGO, CA—Cliff Bleszinski, design director at Epic Games, was the featured speaker on the Comic-Con International “Xbox 360 Gears of War Showcase” panel, over the weekend. Sitting alongside was comic book writer Josh Ortega, who worked with him on the Gears of War 2 story, and New Yo...
Saturday, Jul 26
Gears Of War 2 Features "Backwards Compatible" Linked Achievements
Cliff Bleszinski presented Gears of War 2 to Comic-Con attendees today, walking fans through the Sinkhole level shown last week at E3. While that gameplay session may be old news to Gears fans, Dude Huge had two new announcements for the crowd.
Thursday, Jun 26
"Metal Gear Solid" Is What The Cliffster Is Not Doing. Dude.
We wanted a blockbuster pace [in Gears of War 1], and in doing so, we lost the story a bit. So that's one of the lessons we learned. This time round there's more repetition. Games aren't movies and aren't consumed in a single sitting. So secondary characters will remind you about stuff, which is r...
Tuesday, Feb 26
Opinion: Mark Rein Promises Gears of War 2 "Good Surprises" [Xbox 360]
Gears of War 2 is coming. And so soon! Not surprising since it's been in development before Gears of War 1 shipped. Does that mean it's going to be Gears rehash? You know, more of the same? Epic honcho Mark Rein says: Like a cohesive story? Rein Interview [Eurogamer]
Wednesday, Feb 20
Our Worst Guesses for Microsoft's GDC Keynote [Gdc08]
Gears of War 2 Is Episodic Downloadable Content Hey, wouldn't it be neat if Gears of War 2 was offered as DLC? Errr. Yeah. It might make for a slew of Xbox Live Gold sign ups, but would piss off just about everyone who doesn't have a hard drive.
Tuesday, Feb 19
Opinion: Liveblogging Microsoft's GDC Presser [Gdc08]
Now he's moving on to Xbox 360 Achievements. This morning the Xbox 360 community has now unlocked over one billion achievements. (A little One Billion Achievements Unlocked Achievement just popped up on the screen.) Gears of War 2, it says.
Friday, Jan 4
Your Most-Played Xbox Live Games For 2007 Were... [Xbox Live]
Most-Played Xbox 360 Titles 1) Halo 3 2) Gears of War 3) Call of Duty 4 4) Rainbow Six Vegas 5) Call of Duty 3 6) Crackdown 7) Oblivion 8) Guitar Hero II 9) Forza 2 10) Lost Planet Top-Selling Xbox Live Arcade Titles Most-Played Xbox Titles Top Xbox LIVE Games of 2007 [Microsoft] [Image: Getty]
Thursday, Dec 27
Xbox 360 Games Don't Sell In Japan [Dead Horse, Beaten]
New numbers have come from Famitsu, who has broken down Japanese sales figures on the top 50 Xbox 360 games since launch. None of the results are good. While Blue Dragon, an RPG by famous Final Fantasy developer Hironobu Sakaguchi was indeed Japan's most successful 360 title, it only sold 20...
Monday, Dec 10
"Chuck's" Josh Gomez Talks Games [Chuck Star On Games]
We're both HUGE Gears of War fans," said Gomez. "Halo was Halo...it will always be that, but as soon as I played the first Halo is how I feel about Gears. I anticipate the sequel to Gears like I anticipated the sequel to Halo. It's going to be tough to follow up on that. I understand why Halo kind of dippe...
Sunday, Oct 28
Gears of War Almost Ditched Multiplayer
Mike Capps, President of Epic Games, revealed two horrible judgments that he almost made regarding Gears of War. The first regarded multiplayer: I was going to cut multiplayer from Gears because I thought it wasn't coming together fast enough...The day before E3 I'm like "no guys, it's not p...
Thursday, Oct 4
CliffyB on Halo as Bathtubs of Combat
RALEIGH, NC--While Cliff Bleszinski is still mum on anything regarding Gears of War 2, the lead designer of the game franchise that has sold over 4 million copies on Xbox 360 was more than happy to discuss the new PC version of the game. Bleszinski was the centerpiece of attention at Epic Gam...
Tuesday, Sep 25
A Half-Week In Halo 3 Hype [Multi-tap]
All considered, campaign, presentation, the replay mode, online/multiplayer/co-op modes, I'd give the game a solid 9.5/10 Multiplayer: I hate when people refer Halo multiplayer as FAST PACED. Unreal Tournament is fast paced, Halo 3 feels like Doom. God, I hate Halo!
Thursday, Aug 23
Opinion: "PS3 Benefitting from Gears of War"
So! If you thought Gears of War on the Xbox 360 was hot shit, wait until you see Unreal Tournament 3 on the PS3. Epic's "a little ahead," and the engine's "a little better." But the game? A LOT BETTER. Must be all those extra maps Rein is cramming in there.
Monday, Jul 9
Army Called Out For GoW Lovin'
Liberal news and politics weblog The Raw Story is calling out the U.S. Army over Gears of War. The beautifully violent game is one of the titles chose for gamers to compete in during the first Army Gaming Championships, and in an article entitled " Army tournament features chainsaw massacre v...
Tuesday, Jun 19
No Gears Sequel at E3 [Re-Emergence Day Cancelled]
Unhappy campers gather around the campfire and hear about how there will be no announcement of a new Gears of War game at E3. We are not announcing a sequel to Gears of War at E3 this year. Did you see the update we just did for Gears of War last week? We're still working on the first one," said Epic'...
Saturday, Mar 31
Patch: Gears Of War Gets New Multiplayer Mode
Epic Games' Mark Rein dropped a little piece of good news over on the company's forums. A new title update (read: patch) will soon be available for Xbox 360 juggernaut, Gears of War. The update will include glitch fixes, 720p support for VGA users running at 1280x1024, and a new multiplayer m...
Thursday, Dec 21
Next-Gen Proclaim Their Top 50 Games Of 2006
3. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 1. Gears of War Please note that GRAW, Resistance and Dead Rising are there at the expense of Bully (17), Final Fantasy XII (12) and Wii Sports (18), which is a big call. Oh, and no...Sonic didn't make the cut. Luke Plunkett
Tuesday, Dec 19
Analysts: PS2 Rules 06, Xbox 360 Disappointing
Microsoft is surely due for a price drop this spring, with some stand out original titles in the pipeline, as well as Halo 3. Will 2007 be the year of the Xbox 360? Will the non-hardcore crowd finally bite with unproven IP like Lost Planet, Blue Dragon, and Mass Effect? It sure worked for Gears...
Thursday, Nov 2
Gear's Hype Explodes Heads [Gears Of War]
Microsoft Game Studios head Shane Kim told Reuters that demand for Gears of War is second only to Halo 2's pre-sale hype. Halo 2 launched with record one-day sales of $125 million. MS: 'Gears' Demand Second Only to 'Halo 2' [GameDailyBiz]
Tuesday, Oct 3
Microsoft's Review: Gears of War Is Great
Gears of War is not a decent game. It's not "okay." It will kick your fuckin' teeth in. Who says? Ken Lobb. And who's he? He's one of the folks behind Golden Eye 007. Ken's review: I finished the game for the first time this afternoon... This game is insanely good. I have always thought that this was going...
Tuesday, Sep 19
Most Anticipated 360 Games
Interesting lists. I don't know if I could number mine, or if there are even ten for me, but I'd say BioShock, Castle Crashers, Gears of War, Assassin's Creed, Lost Planet (mostly because Luke keeps gushing about it to me) and Stranglehold are all on it. What about you? What games for the Xbox 3...
Friday, May 19
Podcast: Kotaku Stalku: D.M.C. from Run-D.M.C. at E306
Bust out the Adidas kicks and Kangol caps. Xbox-centric Gamertag Radio interviewed legendary rapper Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels as he checked out Gears of War at E3. D.M.C.'s not really a gamer. He talks and talks about things like being an honorary Dominican for five years. Non-sequiters abound, D....
Saturday, Nov 19
Opinion: CliffyB Talks Nintendo, Gears and Next-Gen With Kotaku
Cliff Bleszinski AKA CliffyB, lead designer for Epic Games' Gears of War and Kotaku reader, shot me an email the other day about an article he read on the site. Do you think the 360's Xbox Live Arcade is going to have a significant impact on the independent game development scene?
