Originally Published: April 15, 2010, on Examiner.com and Lundberg.me
Well, if you haven’t heard by now, you must be living under a rock. This past Monday, Cliff Bleszinski, one of the main men behind Xbox 360’s epic Gears of War series, went on to Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy is a well known game aficionado and has had several game developers and personalites on before so it was no surprise to see such a big name on the show. And Cliff came bearing gifts. Specifically the trailer for Gears of War 3.
The trailer, titled “Ashes to Ashes” (and yes, I remember this being a chapter in Gears 2 as well), shows several new gears, soon accompanied by Cole and Marcus, running through humans turned to ashes (side effects of a previous weapon, a new weapon, or a telltale sign of things to come?) before being surrounded by lambent and locust forces alike.
All I can say is…YES!!!!! As a diehard Gears fan, this is a moment that many of us have been patiently anticipating for quite some time. And the trailer tells us much more than meets the eye. Firstly, the lambent are back and are quite the force to be reckoned with as some new tentacle creatures look to be wreaking havoc on locust and human alike. Secondly, something many female gamers have been clamoring for, female gears look to be a part of this, assumedly final, installment of the Gears series (hey, if Halo can do prequels, why not Gears?).
There is a lot more to speculate though about this chapter in the Gears canon. Will it be NATAL compatible? Can we play with other characters besides Marcus? What can we expect in terms of the multiplayer? How will Marcus’s father play into things? It may be a year to wait, but in the end, I’m sure it’ll be worth it. By the way, my birthday happens to be April 8th, so if anyone wonders what I’ll be wanting next year, take a guess.
If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, then head to http://gearsofwar.xbox.com and check it out, or you can check out Cliff’s appearance with Jimmy over at http://latenightwithjimmyfallon.com and see the entire segment (look for Monday, April 12th’s episode, which will be available until April 28th).
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