Are you and your partner tired of the Valentine’s frivolities? Already drunk off the champagne? Have you been pricked by too many rose thorns this year? Sick from the boxes of chocolates? Fear not! You can settle down with your loved one and play with each other for a while… No, not like that! Get
Microsoft Studios announced its acquisition of the Gears of War franchise from Epic Studios, its original creators, today. This includes not only upcoming games that will be developed under the studio, but also the previous iterations of the series and all merchandise thereof. The reigns for the development of future games in the franchise have
The Gears of War franchise is one of the unquestionable successes of this generation of interactive entertainment. The first title in the franchise came in late 2006, unheralded from a PC-centric development studio and it simply destroyed its competition. It became the killer app for the Xbox 360, arguably pushing even the vaunted Halo franchise
Can’t get enough of Gears? Yeah me neither, though this very well could be a title that I’ll wait and see with. Announced today at Microsoft’s E3 2012 Press Conference it appears they are going prequel with Gears. Now I’ll hold my judgment until the game is released, until then I’m merely raise and eyebrow
Hi guys! Welcome back to the Water Cooler, featuring your host James Huneycutt, Bob Beshere, Jonathan Crass, Payne Curlin, Alex Wylie, and Taylor Tate. This week’s Water Cooler focuses on the blockbuster hit Gears of War 3! Check it out for the best in genuine, loud, and slightly inappropriate geek discourse. Topics include: Destroyed beauty
Gears of War 3 has finally graced our presence and I am here to tackle the Epic Edition. Is this collector’s edition worth calling “epic,” or just epic fail?
Without even going into a discussion of its mechanical achievements, Gears of War 3 is a compelling work of narrative and the most polished entry in the franchise. It is a rejection of the concept that storytelling is anathema to the shooter genre, and developers could certainly do worse than mimic Epic’s masterpiece. It is
E3 is almost upon us and gamers everywhere will soon be basking in the glow of all the E3 coverage they can handle. E3 is as big as it gets and all of the biggest games will be making an appearance at the show. With that in mind, here’s my Top 5 Games of E3.
Yes, I am telling you to go ahead and buy a game that you won’t have your hands on until February. I know most people might pre-order a game a month ahead at the most, unless it is something so huge that you know it will be good (how early did you pre-order Cataclysm?). But