The Official Gears of War Thread

[Joker T]

I'm quite excited about this one and I know alot of others here are so I fgured I'd start this seeing as the game is out soon.

I have my pre-order down at Game Crazy for the regular version and will be picking it up on the 7th

[LucidDefender]

I'm quite excited about this one and I know alot of others here are so I fgured I'd start this seeing as the game is out soon.

I have my pre-order down at Game Crazy for the regular version and will be picking it up on the 7th :D

You'll be picking it up the 8th :) It ships the 7th to stores. But, like you, I'm very excited.

[Alucard79]

I pre ordered my copy of Gears Of War the other day at Best Buy. It came with a kick ass shirt too. That alone was worth the 5 dollar preorder fee. Check out the pic, sorry about the creases, I just opened the package.

[Richter Belmount]

OMG I thought god would never let this day come its coming out so soon =D
4 more days
http://primotechnology.com/articles/...sc/gears1b.jpg

[GrandAmChandler]

I have my limited edition pre-ordered, and will be picking it up on launch. Lets hope it's as good as it looks!

[business]

I've had the collectors edition pre-ordered for awhile now. My only concern is time. I mean, Call of Duty 3 and Gears on the same day? Looks like an all nighter for me.

This thread needs that .gif of the headshot immediately! Someone get on that asap!

[business]

This thread needs that .gif of the headshot immediately! Someone get on that asap!

Don't worry guys, I got it.

This makes me want Gears 400x more.

[diskoboy]

I pre-ordered the Collectors Edition. Namely because I want the little book of conceptual art.

I pre-ordered my copy @ Circuit City for the free faceplate.

I also want this, even though it's from MadCatz...

[hezeuschrist]

I'm quite excited about this one and I know alot of others here are so I fgured I'd start this seeing as the game is out soon.

I have my pre-order down at Game Crazy for the regular version and will be picking it up on the 7th

You'll be picking it up the 8th It ships the 7th to stores. But, like you, I'm very excited.

Actually the game was originally street dated for the 7th, as GH2 is. But it no longer has a street date and will be ready for sale whenever they get it in, likely monday.

[Richter Belmount]

=D Awesome street date only? I got a ebay preorder and I know the guy is gonna be sleazy and give copys right away when he gets them mwuahaha

[Trebuken]

I preordered this at EB about two years ago, literally. It was a few months before the 360 launch and just after E3 expo I believe. It seems to have been delayed a bit.

EB also had a demo of it. It had actual gameplay footage for at least the ten minutes I watched it. The blood spatter in the above clip was very common, maybe over-used; though cool. Every time your character was shot the blodd would splatter from you, it seemed.

Gameplay was much faster than I expected, and the use of cover was a major element; yet the game looked great. There is a rumor that there are vehicles in the game, but I could not find any images or clips of it...

Was this game originally slated for Nov. 19th or so?

Later,
Trebuken

[diskoboy]

Was this game originally slated for Nov. 19th or so?

Later,
Trebuken

Actually, it was originally slated for the 12th (Emergence Day + My birthday = absolute sweetness!).

But I'm hearing it's now slated for this Tuesday (7th). Still don't think we'll see it until the 12th.

[hezeuschrist]

It's definitely going to be out on the 7th.

[NYLatenite]

Not sure how accurate the original statement by Mark Rein was (about Gears shipping/getting picked up from Microsoft's warehouse at midnight on the 7th) as I checked with my local Gamestop, and they advised they should have the game in some time around noon on the 7th.

I just can't picture Gamestop paying to overnight the thing to all their stores - could be wrong though.

[Richter Belmount]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO CLOSE
Yet so far

[sickdrummer420]

is there gonna be 2 different versions of this? like also a collectors edition?

[heybtbm]

Not sure how accurate the original statement by Mark Rein was (about Gears shipping/getting picked up from Microsoft's warehouse at midnight on the 7th) as I checked with my local Gamestop, and they advised they should have the game in some time around noon on the 7th.

I just can't picture Gamestop paying to overnight the thing to all their stores - could be wrong though.

Most stores already have this. Our local Best Buy had 20+ copies in their 360 "game-cage" on Friday night. Wouldn't sell them until Tuesday. Target and Walmart should already have these sitting in the back.

I hope I can get a copy on the release day. I pre-ordered (paid in full) at Gamestop a month ago (which means nothing these days). At that time they had 185 pre-orders.

[s1lence]

Got the collectors edtion pre-ordered myself. This is going to be an expensive gaming month, Gears is just the start of it.

[diskoboy]

Tomorrow's the day.

And they better not pull this "Ships tomorrow - in stores Wednesday" shit, either.

My trigger finger is super itchy.

[segagamer4life]

Tomorrow's the day.

And they better not pull this "Ships tomorrow - in stores Wednesday" shit, either.

My trigger finger is super itchy.

nope, it ships to stores, TODAY... or in some cases, they have it already, but its street dated... WOOO FUCKIN HOOO... tomorrow babay!!!!!!