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• Len Wiseman to direct Gears of War and Escape From New York Remake?

  Published: August 2, 2007, 8:15 pm

  Tags: Deals, New Line, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Sequels Remakes, Video Game, Rumors, Escape From New York, Gears Of War, Gerard Butler, Ken Nolan, Len Wiseman, Stuart Beattie

  popular X-Box 360 video game Gears of War and the announced Escape from New York remake. On March 20th, it was announced that New Line Cinema had purchased the rights to make a Gears of War film, with Collateral and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl screenwriter Stuart Beattie writing the script along with Marty Bowen and

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• Play N Trade Announces $2,000 National Gears of War Tournament

  Published: August 9, 2007, 5:22 pm

  Tags: Gears Of War, Epic Games, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies, Bungie, Gears Of War, Play N Trade, Tournament, Xbox 360

  Ever wanted to try out your Gears of War skills at a tournament level? Are you an owner of the Xbox 360 who’s looking for a way to finance the purchase of a PS3? If so, we’ve got the answer for you. Play N Trade, the California-based franchise of game stores, has just announced their national Gears of War Tournament. Teams in the

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• Gears Of War Figures On The Way

  Published: August 10, 2007, 12:38 am

  Tags: Gears Of War, Collectibles, Gears Of War, Halo 3, Neca, Reputation, War Figures, Xbox 360

  that sells extremely well. Gears will continue to be one of the best Xbox 360 game until Halo 3 rolls out. I’m definitely excited about this particular game having figures created considering the soldiers in Gears are perfect for collectibles. Via Toy Bender ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Transformers: Game Gears in DisguiseGears of

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• Epic Aquires Majority Shares of Painkiller Developer

  Published: August 20, 2007, 5:10 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Games Industry, Gears Of War, Epic Games, Gears Of War, Painkiller, Pcf, People Can Fly

  based game developer out of Warsaw collaborated with Epic on the PC version of Gears of War. The partnership began last year when PCF was evaluating the Unreal Engine 3 for use in a new multi-platform game project. PCF showed us their early prototypes within only a few weeks and we were totally blown away, said Mark Rein, Vice President,

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• Gears of War Map Pack Becoming Free to Download

  Published: August 31, 2007, 12:30 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Gears Of War, Microsoft, Gears Of War, Map Pack, Xbox, Xbox Live

  to become 100% free. The Gears of War “Hidden Fronts” map pack has had nearly 500,000 downloads total, and on September 3rd it will be available at no charge. The pack contains four diverse multiplayer maps: Bullet Marsh, Garden, Process, and Subway. Gears of War continues to be the most popular Xbox 360 game on Xbox LIVE, with 4

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• Gears of War sells 4 million copies worldwide! Free Hidden Fronts map pack on Xbox Live from today

  Published: September 3, 2007, 3:24 pm

  Tags: Videos, News, Gears Of War, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Map Pack, Maps, Fps, Game, Hidden Fronts, Epic Games, Microsoft

  of War has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, and continues to hold the title of most popular Xbox 360 game on Xbox Live. The FPS game recorded the most number of unique players among all Xbox 360 games in August 2007, as well as the highest cumulative number of hours played by Xbox Live members. Back in May, Gears of War on Xbox 360

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• Gears of War Map Pack Now Free

  Published: September 4, 2007, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Gears Of War, Microsoft, Downloadable Content, Gears Of War, Halo 3, Map Pack, Microsoft Points, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Marketplace

  reported late last week, the Gears of War Hidden Fronts map pack is now free to download after originally being released in May for 800 Microsoft Points. Yesterday it went live as a freebie on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The map pack includes four maps: Bullet Marsh, Garden, Process, and Subway. After we discovered that Epic originally wanted the

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• Silicon Knights Responds to Epic Games' Counterclaim

  Published: September 14, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Games Industry, Game Companies, Epic Games, Gears Of War, Silicon Knights, Too Human, Unreal Engine 3

  You may recall the ugly situation between Silicon Knights and Epic Games, which is being sued by the former over the Unreal Engine 3. Since the original filing, Epic has filed a counterclaim and a motion to dismiss Silicon Knights' case, which Silicon Knights has now ripped apart. That's about as nicely as I can recap this situation. Next-Gen got

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• Joystiq plays Gears of War PC

  Published: October 3, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Epic, Gear Of War Pc, Gears Of War, Gearsofwar, Gearsofwarpc, Gow, Gowpc, Microsoft Game Studios, Microsoftgamestudios

  under: News, Gears of WarJoystiq recently got a chance to try out Gears of War for the PC at DigitalLife. The verdict: it's Gears of War alright. Beyond some necessary changes made to the control scheme for mouse users, the game is essentially the same one we all fell in love with last November. Joystiq does note that the visuals are

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• PC: Gears of War PC Fact Sheet

  Published: October 3, 2007, 9:00 pm

  Tags: Gears Of War

  fact sheet via Beyond UnrealGears of War Fact Sheet "Gears of War," a Games for Windows title, features the amazing tactical action and multiplayer excitement found in the critically acclaimed "Gears of War" for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system that sold more than 3.5 million units, and a variety of all-new content,

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• Feature: CliffyB on Halo as Bathtubs of Combat

  Published: October 4, 2007, 10:56 am

  Tags: Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games, Feature, Gears Of War Pc, Original

  the new PC version of Gears of War to discuss the impact the game has had on the shooter genre. "My Google alerts say it all," said Bleszinski, who has a Google alert set for Gears of War. "I keep getting previews for new games that read, 'It's Gears of War meets Tomb Raider.' I love Gears as a game and if other people want to make games

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• CliffyB wants charismatic Marcus for Gears movie

  Published: October 4, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Cliffyb, Epic, Gears Of War, Gow

  under: News, Gears of WarSpeaking with GameDaily, Gears of War maestro Clff Bleszinski recently discussed the upcoming film adaptation of the mammoth new franchise. While he gives the typical spiel about how much care is going into creating the film and how the screenwriter knows everything about the game (that's what they said about Silent

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• Blood Required: Cliffy Goes To Hollywood, Talks Gears Movie Rating

  Published: October 4, 2007, 2:20 pm

  Tags: Blood Required, Cliffy B, Epic, Gears Of War, New Line Cinema

  that brought you our recent Gears of War feature, Cliffy B. spoke more about the coming Gears of War movie, and more specifically, why the film needs an 'R' rating to work.My concern is that Hollywood has this love-hate relationship with rated R movies. They go through phases where they're convinced that they can't make a rated R movie that will

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• Gears makes its PC debut November 6th

  Published: October 4, 2007, 2:30 pm

  Tags: Epic, Epic Games, Gears Of War, Gow

  under: News, Gears of WarAnnounced this past July during the craziness that was E3 2007, Shacknews is reporting that Gears of War on the PC will be hitting retail shelves this November 6th with exclusive content not seen in the Xbox 360 version. Gears PC will come jam packed with brand new content including five additional chapters, three

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• Clip: PC-Exclusive Gears Stuff

  Published: October 4, 2007, 11:00 pm

  Tags: Clip, Epic, Gears Of War

  A tight little montage of all the new new stuff you can expect on the PC version of Gears. Which if you're impatient basically boils down to a few minutes of shooting big aliens in dark ruins followed a robot dinosaur.

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