New Gears of War 2 footage from Gamestop tournament

by Ross Miller { Jul 24th 2008 at 12:45PM }

Joystiq has obtained a video that's set to air at the start of Gamestop's Gears of War midnight tournaments tomorrow. The video contains an introduction by Cliff Bleszinski as well as "never-before-seen footage" from Gears of War 2. Is your interest piqued? Video embedded after the break.

Gallery: Gears of War 2

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 24th 2008 12:52PM

My buddy and I just signed up at the GS 5 min from mah criznibble. It's 32 players max. Oh its on BITCHES!!!

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 24th 2008 1:13PM

I'm betting your inexperience will be your downfall at this tournament. :p

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 24th 2008 1:34PM

lol

Nah it might be a pistolwhip or lancerdown whore. I hate those. :P It would be perfect if it were 2 vs 2 on Ravendown but the rules say Gridlock will be the default map.

Cyro @ Jul 24th 2008 2:09PM

You are gonna get pwned Fenix!!! :P

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 24th 2008 2:38PM

I've unleashed the Fenix Destruction Force upon your Gears cred. Sorry man. :-p

Eric @ Jul 24th 2008 3:11PM

Dude, I respect your opinion when it comes to GOW. What the heck is people's problem with the Lancer - it's the default weapon for crying out loud!

Anyway, looks like run n gun is out for the sequel - running at someone w/ a shotgun will make you slow down as you get shot - so it looks like the emphasis is squarely on cover and teamwork.

Here's what I find people say on GOW:
Lancers are gay
Boomshot is for noobs
Host shotgun
Sniping is cheap

That pretty much leaves smoke grenades as the only fair weapon.

We gotta play some night tho - look me up on Live (GilGalad08)

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 24th 2008 3:13PM

Oh Noez!

:P

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 24th 2008 3:24PM

GilGalad08

I love the Lancer! What I DO NOT like is n00bs backing up away from you just spraying at your feet and the floor all crazy-like so they can down you. I know you've seen it. Anyway, yeah man I've seen you on there. Ill send you a message to join mah party. We play only ranked but don't worry we have it worked out easily so we wont lose the party between matches.

Easo @ Jul 24th 2008 4:23PM

Why do you hate "lancer whores"? Im personally a big fan of the lancer And the pistol whip.
If Im shooting at you from behind cover, and you start roadie running at me with a shotgun im going to switch to my pistol and bitch slap your ass. Why?, because shotgun battles are a craps shoot unless you're the host, so why would I get involved in one.
Quit your whining and eat my active shots :)

Tim The Enchanter @ Jul 25th 2008 10:06AM

You know, I've always wondered what they mean by host shotgun. What's the problem there? I love the shotty

CrazyKinux @ Jul 24th 2008 1:00PM

Darn, the game looks awesome!!

deadjesterx @ Jul 24th 2008 1:08PM

The 5-player co-op multiplayer mode sounds really cool. While I liked the multiplayer for the original GoW, the exploits sometimes killed the experience for me.

Hopefully the campaign is meatier this time around. The first one was way too short.

FSK405K @ Jul 24th 2008 1:20PM

I would watch this but you said it has an introduction by Cliffy. Why can't they find a pretty spokeswoman?

Ross Miller @ Jul 24th 2008 2:22PM

It's Cliff Blezinski now.

BIGGEN (LIVE-PSN: BIGGEN1103) @ Jul 25th 2008 12:41AM

you mean that's not a woman?

BlaznGoldstein (Electric 6 Defense Force) @ Jul 24th 2008 2:19PM

For me it all boils down to the party system. I think the game looks great, and the gameplay mechanics seem to mimic the first. But, I have to be able to play with my friends!!

BlaznGoldstein (Electric 6 Defense Force) @ Jul 24th 2008 2:22PM

Ok so I didn't WTFV... PARTY SYSTEM FTW!!!

Ross Miller @ Jul 24th 2008 2:23PM

The party system can be found ... in your magic murder bag.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 24th 2008 2:37PM

Beat me to it, Ross.

BlaznGoldstein (Electric 6 Defense Force) @ Jul 24th 2008 6:21PM

Hopefully I've got an extra dose of "pay attention" in here as well...

Chris Are @ Jul 24th 2008 2:57PM

Haha, I was just at Gamestop yesterday (friends made me go) and they answer the phones "Thank you for calling Gamestop, home of the GoW party and home of the exclusive content found only at Gamestop... blah blah blah." Exclusive my ass- I don't have to go to Gamestop tomorrow, I just have to read Joystiq now.

Jawmuncher @ Jul 24th 2008 2:59PM

There's a tournament tomorrow?
Wow can't believe I haven't heard about it until now.

hoss @ Jul 24th 2008 3:12PM

The colors blend together so much in the article's lead picture that at first I didn't even notice there was a guy in the lower left. I just thought he was part of the street.

Which reminds me of part of my problem with the first Gears of War. I had a hard time picking out the characters from the environments.

Bloo @ Jul 24th 2008 3:16PM

Time to ditch the 13" B&W Zenith buddy.

KylHu @ Jul 24th 2008 5:30PM

I'm pretty sure the characters wouldn't want to wear outfits that contrasted their environment anyway. Soldiers tend to camouflage themselves. Or so I've heard.

Skeith @ Jul 26th 2008 12:27AM

Haha I just got back it. Tons of fun

Deprincer @ Jul 26th 2008 4:08AM

Heyyy! Nothing wrong with using Lancers, it's the default weapon and isn't the easiest thing to effectively use!

Anyway, if anyone wants to play some gears my GT is: Deprincer

KevinT18 @ Jul 26th 2008 2:34PM

How is there a boomer in gridlock around 1 third into the video? Marcus is shooting a locusts head and it is a boomer, obviously holding and shooting a boomshot.

bigsofty @ Jul 26th 2008 5:57PM

Stop the spamming you turd!

aaron j smith @ Sep 5th 2008 12:54AM

i agree w/ xFenixKnightx noobs are gay and should go play stupid halo and stop playing a mans game like gears of war. btw my gt is xxDaTwigstaXX look me up and lets play some gears 2 starting in november that is until then we must be satisfyd w/ gears