Gears of War 2 and the extremely giant COG tag

Tucked away in the dark, at the far back of E for All is a fair-sized Gears of War 2 booth with many stations showing off the Horde mode, and handing out COG tags. However, these are fairly normal sized tags, about the size of a dollar coin. So what's up with this image of a giant COG that looks like it could serve as Sauron's ring?

We asked one of the community managers at the GoW2 booth, and he said, "Wait... did you see this image recently? A huge COG tag that's thick and made out of metal? Yeah, there's a big announcement about that coming out. I can't say anything about it really, but keep watching the website all weekend. And no, it's not something you can buy. It's made of metal, is thick, and weighs about two pounds."

Is Epic hiding these in the world somewhere, and there's a contest to find them? Are they items you can win based on your in-game performance like those rings they added to Madden? Is it just a huge paperweight? We'll keep watching the site, which yesterday put up a blurb about COGs. How convenient. What do you think it is?

[Via JoystickWidow]

Reader Comments (30)

Looks kinda cool.

it takes a real sour grape to say that gears of war sucks, i mean yea, you might not like it.

but it sure as hell doesn't suck.

crap, tried to reply to that other guy below =(

And I think it might be the same (though there is a difference in shinyness) here

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=248800

Why in the hell is this not included in the collector's edition?

Shipping costs.

Yeah I received one and it has a special code on the back that you enter on gearsofwar.com/lastday and it unlocks something.

Here is me with my big cog tag and the code if you want to enter it.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e136/mdk2002/E%20For%20All/EForAll2008033.jpg

CSID#913018-ZSFBM-EL

Why so serious?

Spoiler alert: That is the final boss of GoW2.

I've seen this picture in the last video they put out. The developer diary thingy about the Locust Horde. It was one of those split second images you would have to pause the video exactly at the right time to see. The only reason I saw it was because I was streaming the video and it happened to hiccup right there on that frame.

oh yeah me, for some reason i always take serious pictures most of the time, don't know just the way it is.

a Gears of War movie prop?

Man I want one.

I find it sad/infuriating that it's not in the collector's edition, and is extremely limited. Stop teasing us.

Cliffy B's wedding ring?

Cliffy B's cock ring...

...he wears it around his neck...

As much as I disagree with the sentiment I have to applaud this masterful "dick head" joke.

Wow Thrall, you're definitely in the minority. When I think of Gears of War. I think what's not to like? I think this more has to do with PC gaming being at an all time low and you're upset at the companies abandoning PC gaming. Hey, the times are changing. Consoles can now do almost everything a PC can. Last time I checked Orange Box and Bioshock are on 360. The Crysis series is overrated. PC gaming is going the way of the Dodo. The 90's are over. PC gaming is dead. Get over it.

while it isn't as popular as it used to be, pc gaming is no where near dead.

All time low = $10.4 billion of a $40 billion industry dominated by handhelds?

Learn economics, cretin.

The Gears characters are so big that IS a normal sized cog tag for them.

I don't understand.. The Orange Box and Bioshock are on the consoles as well... >.>

I got two of those, they secure the weights on both ends of my barbell.
No code on any of them thought.

I thought Pc gaming was dying anyway, Seems to me the 360 and PS3 are eating into its market ( not that they have much choice with the wii eating into the rest of the console market and Sony and Microsoft unwilling or unable to take Nintendo on). I bet you'll see most PC developers moving over to the HD consoles in time.

I saw some people with those at E for All today.

Interestingly enough, even though it doesn't seem like it, the PC is actually the largest and most successful gaming platform at 10.4 Billion dollars. It has continually been rising because of cheaper hardware.

Yeah, not sure where this "PC Gaming is Dead" talking point is coming from lately. It's garbage.

I think his point is that Gears of War 2 isn't on the PC. It's a shame, I probably would have bought it.

Looks like someone found my cockring!

My Brother got one of those and it pointed him to a Microsoft webpage with a gears splash background wow

Gears of War 2 and the extremely giant COG tag

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