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Gears of War 2 splash page strongly hints at Nov 9 release date
by Ross Miller 
on Jul 8th 2008 5:40PM
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 5:52PM (Unverified) said
it wont be the first nor last game to do so..........
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 5:52PM (Unverified) said
it wont be the first nor last game to do so..........
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 6:05PM Ballistic3188 said
an exmaple is super smash bros brawl released on a sunday
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 6:36PM OMGOMG said
Well, seeing as the presidential election in the US is on the 4th, and the very real chance that this thing could be in the news for a while AFTER THE ELECTION ala 2000 (watch the great late Tim Russert's theory shortly before he died at a 269-269 tie in electoral votes), I could see them trying to have a non-typical release date.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 6:46PM Anticrawl said
Linkage: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/03/emergence-day-emerges-as-gasp-nov-12/
So yes Emergence Day was on a Sunday. It didn't release on a Sunday but I don't see why November 9th couldn't be some sort of important date for their marketing BS like Emergence Day was. ESC is likely an acronym for some event in the GOW universe like Emergence Day was.
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So yes Emergence Day was on a Sunday. It didn't release on a Sunday but I don't see why November 9th couldn't be some sort of important date for their marketing BS like Emergence Day was. ESC is likely an acronym for some event in the GOW universe like Emergence Day was.
Posted: Jul 8th 2008 7:22PM Dannyboi68 said
Maybe it doesnt matter BUT: the juggernaut that Gears of War "replaced" was Halo, and Halo 2 (2 specifically) was also released on Novermber 9th...coincidence?
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 5:44PM SoCoolCurt said
see i love splash pages like this that actually have a meaning. lol hell it got me all excited and i dont even have a 360.
on the same note, i wish i could figure out what the hell the Resistance 2 splash page meant. im SO confused!
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on the same note, i wish i could figure out what the hell the Resistance 2 splash page meant. im SO confused!
Posted: Jul 8th 2008 5:45PM SoCoolCurt said
well not "that actually have a meaning" but have a decipherable meaning, i should say.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 5:53PM (Unverified) said
This is what I read:
"Visiting the official Gears of War 2 page right now sends you to a splash page with the above image. Using some sort of witchcraft you get Nov 9th as a release date. Microsoft hasn't issued a press release, but it's hard to argue against November 9 being the official release date for Gears of War 2. We expect a confirmation by next week, if not before."
I'm so glad there are people on the internet to do this sort of stuff for us.
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"Visiting the official Gears of War 2 page right now sends you to a splash page with the above image. Using some sort of witchcraft you get Nov 9th as a release date. Microsoft hasn't issued a press release, but it's hard to argue against November 9 being the official release date for Gears of War 2. We expect a confirmation by next week, if not before."
I'm so glad there are people on the internet to do this sort of stuff for us.
Posted: Jul 8th 2008 6:00PM (Unverified) said
Halo 2 was also released on November 9th if I recall correctly.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 6:48PM (Unverified) said
lol it's coming out in november i think everyone can agree on that for sure. There are a lot of other games coming out before that as well so we'll be busy.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 6:35PM (Unverified) said
i think its coming out on the 11th because of Veteran's Day would make a whole lot of sense
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 6:37PM coil said
What a hideous piece of promo artwork. The "art style" is simplistic digital painting without even an attempt to invoke some kind of mood or feeling with the technique. Impressive work... six years ago. Composition-wise, the image crops in all four directions as soon as it might possibly start to get interesting. Shoulders, gun, the landscape in the distance... all could have been interesting, and all are lost in the crop.
All four fingers have been violently broken and dislocated from the hand... which is as lifeless and flaccid as the dangling dog tags. Not even a fist holding the chain, or the tags themselves being contemplated in the marine's palm. The only "motion" in the piece -- two helicopters in the distance -- is actually obscured by the hand, the most uninteresting element of the image.
No artistic weight, horrible composition and cropping, and dull, uninspired subject matter. Honestly, I couldn't be *less* interested by this image.
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All four fingers have been violently broken and dislocated from the hand... which is as lifeless and flaccid as the dangling dog tags. Not even a fist holding the chain, or the tags themselves being contemplated in the marine's palm. The only "motion" in the piece -- two helicopters in the distance -- is actually obscured by the hand, the most uninteresting element of the image.
No artistic weight, horrible composition and cropping, and dull, uninspired subject matter. Honestly, I couldn't be *less* interested by this image.
Posted: Jul 8th 2008 7:23PM mezzaninex said
That's my birthday! The same day Halo 2 came out! Too bad I've never owned an xbox.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 7:42PM In A World said
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