Gears of War: Judgment multiplayer unleashes the 'Epic Reaper'
Each week, one randomly-chosen member of the Gears of War: Judgment community will wear a special multiplayer skin called the Epic Reaper – yet the ghoul is more than just a skin. The Epic Reaper has "special abilities and physics" that will make him (her? it?) "not very easy to kill," this ...
The bow craze continues in Gears of War: Judgment
Since several of 2012's games were delayed into 2013, "the year of the bow" carries on with Tomb Raider, Crysis 3 ... and here we have Gears of War: Judgment with a fancy crossbow. (And let's not forget the wind-up fun of the original Torque Bow.) ...
Gears of War: Judgment's scribes recount the narrative process
During a preview event last week, I asked Rob Auten and author Tom Bissell, the writers and one pair of "many parents" for Gears of War: Judgment, about the gig and how they were going to instill some drama into a franchise whose calling card is killing underground-dwelling monster men. ...
Gears of War: Judgment's multiplayer comfort food
I am an unabashed Gears of War multiplayer fanatic. I was immediately hooked by Gears of War and its intoxicating blend of third-person cover-based shooting. I struggled through the muddled mess that was Gears of War 2's launch, yet kept playing regardless. Gears of War 3 made up for a lot of ...
Gears of War: Judgment's 'Aftermath' builds a bridge to Gears 3
Gears of War: Judgment will have a special unlockable mini-campaign taking place during the events of Gears of War 3, called Aftermath. The Aftermath campaign is an epilogue to Judgment's main story, centering on Baird, Cole and Clayton Carmine's mission to track down reinforcements before the COG ...
Gears of War: Judgment's Execution mode, Haven map free after launch
Gears of War: Judgment gets two pieces of free, downloadable content a few weeks after the game launches on March 19: The Haven multiplayer map and Execution mode, both scheduled to hit Xbox Live on April 2. Haven is a frozen, ancient monastery in the Azura mountains, featuring an asymmetrical, ...
Gears of War: Judgment offers up 'VIP Season Pass' for $20
Epic Games is following in the footsteps of Gears of War 3, offering up a season pass for proposed multiplayer maps and other content in Gears of War: Judgment. The VIP Season Pass, available for 1600 Microsoft Points ($20) when Gears of War: Judgment launches, will include six multiplayer maps, ...
Gears of War: Judgment registers the Markza for murder
The newest gun in the COG arsenal is the Markza, a semi-automatic mid-range rifle that we like to imagine was named after a mid-'90s rapper who spits rhymes with an over-the-top italian accent. ...
Baird cracks wise about Gears of War: Judgment multiplayer
Gears of War: Judgment shakes up the Gears formula on the multiplayer side, adding a host of new weapons and tweaking established ones. For example, grenades now stick to enemies when tossed. The video above showcases some of the content found in the upcoming prequel, including OverRun and ...
Gears of War: Judgment leaks online, Microsoft warns of account bans
Gears of War: Judgment has reportedly leaked to torrent sites on the web a full month before the game's March 19 release date. "We are aware of isolated cases in which 'Gears of War: Judgment' content has been propped on the Web and are working closely with our security teams and law enforcement to ...
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