 Media Reactions to the Gears of War 2 Announcement
Hit the following links to find out what the gaming press is making of all this Gears of War 2 talk.
Gears of War 2 Announcement Details:
- IGN:
"News is coming in that Gears of War 2 has been announced for release in November of this year."
- 1UP:
"Epic Games is back behind the sequel, which Cliff Bleszinski said will be 'bigger, better, and far more badass in every way.'"
- G4TV:
"Epic Games revealed some details on upcoming blockbuster sequel."
- Joystiq:
"Despite only scraping by with a couple of million units sold, Microsoft is determined to help the motley bunch of macho marines break into the niche shooter market with an Xbox 360 sequel."
- Xbox 360 Fanboy:
"In an instant, this massive GDC announcement put to rest a year full of speculation and rumors that has kept the Gears community on the edge of their seats."
- Gamepro:
"Epic Games did show off new Unreal 3.0 technology that will presumably be used in Gears 2."
- Team Xbox:
"[Gears of War] was just a set up for all the things that we are going to see in Gears of War 2."
Limited Collector's Edition Info:
- Kotaku:
"Gears of War 2 is coming in two flavors."
- Xbox 360 Fanboy:
"A press kit for Gears of War 2 already confirms a Limited Edition is in the works."
Articles on what the Unreal Engine 3 means for Gears 2:
- IGN:
"Nobody knows Unreal Engine 3 as well as Epic does. They created it after all. You can be sure all of the latest UE3 tools are used to their utmost ability in Gears of War 2."
- Team Xbox:
"Do the math and it’s not too difficult to surmise that anything Epic is currently working on with Unreal Engine 3 is most certainly going to be fully optimized in the Gears of War sequel."
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