WRUP: Gears of Joystiq

by Alexander Sliwinski on Sep 23rd 2011 11:00PM

Congratulations again to Josh Smith, winner of our Joystiq T-shirt contest. You'll be able to pick up his Joystiq-inspired design and one by Cory Schmitz soon at TopatoCo.

What's everyone playing ... besides Gears of War 3?

Alexander Sliwinski (@XanderSliwinski): Getting in as much Gears of War 3 Horde mode as possible. I may dabble in the deathmatch. Maybe. Also, want to finish off Tropico 4, which has a substantially sized campaign.
Arthur Gies (@Aegies): I'll be playing the "make sure someone can feed my cat" game while I get ready for a trip next week to see some games. In the meantime, I will demon hunter it up in Diablo 3, get in some Horde in Gears 3, and play some more RE4 HD.
Ben Gilbert (@BigBossBgilbert): Gonna try my best to finish Deus Ex and get right into Gears of War 3. Also, I've gotta spend some quality preview time with Rochard and Sideway, which is to say, "I'll play the preview games and nothing else, and then be disappointed in myself come Monday."
Christopher Grant (@ChrisGrant): With Gears of War 3 in the bag, my plan is to ... probably replay Gears of War 3. Arcade Mode, co-op, Beast Mode, Horde Mode ... where to start?
David Hinkle (@DaveHinkle): Gears of War 3! I'm currently level 36 -- if I don't hit 50 this weekend and unlock my boy Hoffman in multiplayer, then I will be very disappointed in myself.
Griffin McElroy (@griffinmcelroy): I'll be finishing up the co-op Gears 3 campaign before watching the Packers/Bears game on Sunday, finally emerging from my cocoon as a newborn Bro.
JC Fletcher (@jcfletcher): I'll be playing the wackiest indie games of tomorrow at Fantastic Arcade.
Jess Conditt (@JessConditt): My roommates and I just decided on a group Halloween costume, and to mentally prepare, I'll play some TF2. And Minecraft. Also, I'll secretly edit fairy wings onto Jordan's Gundam models for every Oxford comma he uses this weekend.
Jordan Mallory (@Jordan_Mallory): My car is hemorrhaging cash money in the shop all weekend, so I won't be able to attend any of the fantastic fantasticalness at Fantastic Fest. Sorrows will be drowned by El Shaddai, Gundam model building, and secretly editing Oxford Commas into Jess' posts when she's not looking.
Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy): I bought Gears of War 3, but haven't had time to play it yet. Hoping to dip into that and some more Adventure World on Facebook. Don't you judge me.
Ludwig Kietzmann (@LudwigK): I'm planning to alternate rapidly between Gears of War 3, Catherine and Bloodrayne: Betrayal. Let's test the fragility of my brain!
Mike Schramm (@MikeSchramm): Gears of War 3, Diablo 3, and LoL: Dominion are all games that are waiting at home for me while I'm out of town at an improv festival. So it's GoatUp and Golden Sun: Dark Dawn while I'm still out on the road.
Richard Mitchell (@SenseiRAM): It's a monstrous weekend for me, with hellish helpings of Diablo 3 and Vampire Savior.
Steven Wong: Going to take advantage of this Sega sale and try out Space Channel 5: Part 2. Also picked up FEAR 3 on discount, so I'll be giving that a spin too.

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Reader Comments (58)

I've got Gears of War 3 and NHL 12 on the plate. Also I'll be playing Tedious Paper Work 4.

@TaintedKane

I almost forgot since Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright is going to be a thing I'm planning on playing some Professor Layton finally.

@TaintedKane

Dude, I swear to God, I came here to post the EXACT same thing! I'm also really looking forward to WWE 12. It's now my most anticipated game for the rest of 2011.

@asslber

If WWE 12 doesn't have a Road to Wrestlemania for Zack Ryder or something equivalent I will Riot.

BESIDES Gears of War 3? Good one!

@Schlecht

That's what I was thinking. Why would anyone be playing anything else?

Well - I guess I might play a smidge of Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light when I'm in bed. Lots o' Gears though.

Gears of War 2

Dead Space 2
More Dead Island.. mostly dead island though. Its my crack

@Faenix You and me both, trying to work through Mass Effect 2 at the same time but dead island is firmly lodged in the crack pipe for now

Getting down on some Renegade Ops and some RE4 HD yeah I love my new PS3 headset!!!!

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.

And Gears.

what else? BFBC2... i honestly cannot wait for BF3, i watch alpha youtube vids all the time.

if anyone wants to play i'd be more then glad to squad with some competent mates instead of all these wookie randoms. http://bfbc2.statsverse.com/stats/ps3/PROPHETA/ just make sure you update my stats if they arent

@Meganinja Get the stun gun. It's hilariously overpowered.

Just finished LA noire and Wow what a ending , also I'm evee training on pokemon white

@Meganinja

Ditto with the stun gun. I was able to play through more than half the game using JUST that.

I just recently completed 3D Dot Game Heroes and Star Ocean: The First Departure, so with them out of the way, I decided to start up Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for the PSP and the original Suikoden for the PSOne. Finally, I'm on disc 2 of Blue Dragon and I have to say that I'm enjoying that game a bit more than Lost Odyssey.

I'm playing Ratchet & Clank on PS2 and Gears of War 3 MP. And Tomba! on PS1.

Cutesy characters and the Cole Train. And chainsaw machineguns. Wow.

Deciding between Planescape Torment and Icewind Dale, the only two of the classic D&D rpgs I've never played that I picked up from GoG this weekend.

Of course, gotta finish my pacifist Deus Ex run first.

@Colin

Can't vouch for Planescape, but Icewind Dale was an amazing game. I never really enjoyed the Planescape campaign setting for D&D, but that doesn't really effect how fun the game could be I suppose. Icewind Dale has an amazing soundtrack by Jeremy Soule though, so I vote that (he did Morrowind, Oblivion, Guild Wars, Dungeon Siege and a billion other great soundtracks)

Is it just me, or is everybody else anticipating Skyrim more than Christmas? I had never played a single Elder Scrolls game until last month when I bought Oblivion just to get ready for Skyrim, and now, I seriously can't wait. I hope I'm not alone.

Not trying to be a mindless drone but everything gears when I have the chance.

TF2 until the BF3 beta starts!

L4D2 and RDR multiplayer goodness. Also some more of GoatUp, Jeff Minter's latest which is taking up far too much of my time. Perfect pick up and play goodness. And the obsession I have over how many goats I've kissed is....worrying.

Where are all the League of Legends (Dominion) posters at?

Oh yeah, playing, better get back to that. XD

SSF4 AE, LBP 2's Move pack, Killzone 3...and thinking bout getting Driver: San Fran...anyone recommend it?

I would never wear this as a shirt, but if it was a sticker? Hint, hint.

Sadly I'm not playing Gears 3. Instead it's some Fallout Lonesome Road and Resistance 3 for me.

Still putting my reformatted Brawl file back together. I had forgotten how long the Great Maze at the end of Subspace Emissary is

Not enough money for Gears, still repaying my 3DS. Playing F.E.A.R. 1+2+DLCs, Kingdom Hearts 2, and considering having a go at Torchlight even though I'd have to start over since I'm on a new computer and my old pimpin Destroyer didn't carry over.

Just finished the story in FFXII, now I'll be finishing up the hunts,, espers and sidequests, I can't friggin wait until I get to Yiazmat.
Then in 2 weeks? DAAAARRRRK SOOOUUUULLLLS

(and any LBP2'ers, please check this out? :( http://lbp.me/v/53mh4p )

I want that sword.. That is all.

JOYSTIQ TAKE MY MONEY!!!

I finally got around to finishing ME2 on Insanity along with the Arrival DLC. Halfway through a L.A. Noire rental and will return to Gears 3 when that's done.

If it ships StarFox 64 3D and Crycis 2 for xbox360 picking up Gears of War 3 in a week or so.

Banjo-Tooie.

Gears 3 here too, and maybe, just maybe, I'll get the last 4% of the story finished in Dead Island. Maybe.

GOW 3 and Space Marine...It's a weekend full of large armored men.

Aliens vs. Predator (2010). Definitely one of the most underrated games out there.

You know... That game... With the guns with chainsaws... That may or may not be Gears of War 3...

Just finished dead island yesterday.. wow is that a massive game (and addicting, too!). Just started the gears 3 campaign maybe 4 hours into it.. pretty good so far.

Disgaea 4, Black Ops, and LoL Dominion

I'm off to the Eurogamer Expo in a few minutes so I'll be playing Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, Battlefield 3, Batman: Arkham City, RAGE, Counter-Strike: GO...

Playing Diablo 2 Expansion - Yeah thats right. Getting my clicking ready for D3 ^^

Hours earlier, I would've said "wrapping up the last few Trials and Paladin runs in Castlevania Lords of Shadow," but I'm sitting pretty with my twelfth Platinum trophy this morning.

Honestly won't get to play much of anything else this weekend.

Finally getting to Witcher 2 this weekend. I booted it up last night to get my settings all good to go and was surprised at how well it runs on my laptop. Only issue was the mouse was not working in any kind of predictable manner, but the internet revealed it was a common problem with an easy fix. Witchering Ho!

I'm playing 'revise surgery' this weekend, next week, and the weekend after (Oxford comma!). Followed by 2 months of 'revise medicine' in the run up to exams the last week of November.

Then 4 weeks of Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, Layton, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Mass Effect etc etc etc

Resident Evil 4 HD for me this weekend. Hopefully ill have time to clear some of this MASSIVE backlog I have... Who am I kidding? RE4!

I've been replaying Infinity Blade on my bus rides from my main campus to my other campus, so much fun.

Went back to PC gaming.
Bought Mass Effect.
Installed Mass Effect.
Started Mass Effect.exe.
"Mass Effect has stopped working".
Understood why I became a console gamer.

Gears of War 3 has a terrible versus mode.

i'll be playing gears of war 3 multiplayer. horde mode most likely unless team deathmatch and beast mode seem fun

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