Gears of War 2 details emerge from X360 magazine

by Griffin McElroy on May 24th 2008 7:00PM

Though other shooters have surpassed it in terms of Xbox Live activity, we still hold a dear, dear place in our heart for the multiplayer portion of Gears of War -- a place intricately carved by an enemy chainsaw. Sure, the character advancement of Call of Duty 4 and Vegas 2 led to a more compelling overall experience, but they lacked a certain panache that only a well-timed curb stomp can supply.

Imagine our excitement when we caught wind of the intimidating flood of details for the sequel's multiplayer component in the upcoming issue of UK's X360 magazine. There's a full list of said details on our Microsoft-related sister site, but to inspire you to continue reading, here's a few tantalizing buzzwords you'll find behind that link: Meatflag, Poison gas grenade, Flamethrower, Ten person multiplayer, Chainsaw duels, and last but certainly not least, Verandas. If that didn't sell you, we don't know what will.

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Tags: cliffyb, details, epic, gears-of-war, gears-of-war-2, gow, gow2, meatflag, microsoft, multiplayer, preview, x360, Xbox-360

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I'm a shotgunner in Gears and nothing beats instant shotgun kills in a multiplayer shooter.

Halo3 with its wimpy weapons. Hitting enemies like little pebbles.

COD4, oh great looking weapons that sound amazing, but why can't it terar apart my enemies?

Kills are boring these games. Gears gets it right!

I agree on everything but man the shotgun is so damn cheap also that no scope sniper kills in Gears are way better.Beat blowing someone head off without even trying,is just plain awesome.

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i'm ready for this. here's hoping it's longer than the first.

I think the first one felt about just the right length.
It feels like you get your moneys worth when you play a shorter game through 4 or 5 times, rather than just once and put it on the 'dusty shelf'.

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