Gears of War

As we’re closing in on the end of one year and getting ready to start the next, a lot of people are reflecting on the year that’s past and others are looking at the year to come. I’m one of those looking to the future and I’ll tell you why: 2016 and the coming years after are going to be an extremely exciting time for games. While gaming has always been a longtime passion of mine, I...

Gears of War is unanimously one of the flagship titles for any of Microsoft’s consoles. To date, the franchise combined has sold over twenty-two million copies – grossing in just over $1 Billion dollars. With this acquisition, Microsoft hopes to continue giving the fans even more Gears of War games and merchandise. Currently, there are four Gears of War titles but it’s likely we can expect to see more news on this soon – perhaps E3? We...

Microsoft’s Games with Gold campaign keeps chugging along like the little engine that could. This month is no exception as one of the big hitting exclusive games, Gears Of War – released Nov. 7th, 2006, will be free from December 1st through December 15th. When Gears Of War was first announced, it dropped the jaw of many gamers. It spent its fair share of time in the Top 10 leaderboards of Xbox Live gaming activity and rightly so. While...

As with the trends of modern day gaming, not that I’m a huge fan of some of these deals, Epic Games announced today that Gears Of War: Judgment will be receiving the Season Pass treatment. Saving you approximately 20% if you were to buy them all separate, the Season Pass will include six multiplayer maps, two new modes, new weapons, armour skins and weapon skins. Here is a more detailed list for what is in the Judgment Season...

Gamer’s who pre-order Gears of War Judgment at Wal * Mart will be given vouchers for not only the original Gears of War but also the rest of the games in the trilogy – 2009’s Gears of War 2 and 2011’s Gears of War 3. For new players that is a hell of a deal, allowing them to play through all four titles for the price of one! A demo version of the new Overrun mode for...

The co-founder of Epic Games, the company behind the Gears of War and Unreal Tournament franchises, Cliff Bleszinski, is finally leaving his comfy office seat. It seems that, like Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka of BioWare, Bleszinski is deciding to write a new chapter in his life story. Founder of Epic Games Tim Sweeney states, “In 20 wonderful years with Epic, Cliff Bleszinski has grown into a true design luminary, and his contributions to the Unreal and Gears series...