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Gears of War 3 Getting a Multiplayer Beta Next Year

October 7, 2010   Games

Like many, I was disappointed to hear that Gears of War 3 was being pushed back to Fall of next year. But not to fear, there’s a silver lining. Epic announced at their press event this week that their upcoming flagship title will have a public multiplayer beta next year. While no specific date was given, we at least know that it’s coming. Epic has stated that they always wanted to do a public beta, but never would’ve had time to implement any changes before the game launches. Now, with the launch date being pushed back with the game still being ready for the Spring launch, Epic will be able to do just that. I know that I’ll be playing a lot of this, whenever it comes around. Hit the source link for some videos of the new gruesome things that Gears of War 3’s multiplayer has to offer.

Sorce: Kotaku

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Gears of War 3 pushed back to Fall 2011

October 1, 2010   Games

Well, I had a feeling this was coming. Gears of War 3 has been officially delayed to Fall 2011, and not for any legit reason. Microsoft had this to say:

“Gears of War 3 promises to be the biggest entertainment launch of 2011,” the Microsoft statement reads. “The teams at Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games have done great work thus far readying the title for release in the Spring of 2011. However, we’ve elected to move the launch of Gears of War 3 until Fall 2011 to make it the marquee title for the holiday season.”

If the game needed more time for development, sure. But just because you’re missing an A-list title for the holiday season? The first half of the year is usually pretty dull, as far as game releases go (though that trend seems to be on its way out, what with so many games being pushed back to early 2011), so it was nice to see a company willing to release a big-name title sometime other than the fall. But, it couldn’t last. Microsoft saw how great Reach was selling, and decided that GoW 3 needed to be in that slot for 2011. Am I disappointed? Sure. Hopefully this gives Epic time to improve some stuff, which is always nice.

But really, I’m just bummed that I have to wait another half-year to find out whether Clayton Carmine will live or die. Ah well, c’est la vie.

Source: IGN

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