GDC08: Epic announces Gears of War 2 for a Nov 08' release
by Dustin Burg 
{ Feb 20th 2008 at 2:46PM }
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. A year long Gears of War 2 rumor mill encompassing events including Cliffy B hinting at a Gears sequel, seeing Amazon.com pre-orders come and go, reporting on Cliffy's brother knowing something, hearing about a GamePro cover, reading about SurferGirl chiming in and we even sunk as low as to analyze GDC floor plans. All these rumors were reported because we were in search of an elusive GoW2 announcement and now, we have it. We finally have confirmation that GoW2 is real and we can put to rest a year full of rumors. It was fun while it lasted, but we're way more satisfied and relieved knowing that the veil has been lifted. More Gears of War 2 details to come.
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Bluemanrule @ Feb 20th 2008 2:51PM
Finally. Now fanboys can stop speculating. Bring it on!
EPIC COVERT @ Feb 20th 2008 2:51PM
YES BTW a trailer will be on XBLM later today.
http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/20/gears-of-war-2-coming-in-november-2008.aspx
Magic Whiskey @ Feb 20th 2008 3:13PM
Trailer "Duel" already on Live! Same with GDC Ninja Gaiden footage..go download it
Magic Whiskey @ Feb 20th 2008 3:16PM
Theme and Gamerpics are up too
Magic Whiskey @ Feb 20th 2008 3:20PM
Wow..the GoW2 Theme is WAY too red! haha! Text is impossible to read, even on my HDTV..
lysernix @ Feb 20th 2008 3:27PM
But now the question remains - what kick @$$ commercial will they put on TV/Live this fall that could be on par with last time's "Mad World"? It's one of my favorite commercials ever. How can they top it?? Here's hoping.
Wildcat1080 @ Feb 20th 2008 2:51PM
Niiiiiiice
I want one of those gun replicas that CliffyB had :(
Bluemanrule @ Feb 20th 2008 2:52PM
Please don't make everyday a GeOW2 update day, please. It gets old after a while. The Halo 3 fanfare was insane. Please, exercise a little discretion.
AnOffday @ Feb 20th 2008 2:53PM
How about you just not read it? Problem solved.
Zoot Suit Jedi @ Feb 20th 2008 3:12PM
There should be a "Halo 3 Fanboy" blog, separate from this one.
Josh @ Feb 20th 2008 3:27PM
As a Halo 3 fanboy, I like this idea. Not just a Halo 3 blog, but maybe a AAA titles blog. Not to say that all news about Halo 3 and GoW2 isn't worthy of being in the main X3F circle of news, but most of the news surrounding those and other AAA games is borderline useless and not interesting to anyone other than a die-hard fan of the game being "reported."
itsburnsie @ Feb 20th 2008 2:52PM
To quote "The Cole-Train":
BRING IT ON SUKKA, THAT'S MY KIND OF SH**!
Expected news? Maybe. But AWESOME news all the same.
Adam @ Feb 20th 2008 2:52PM
Ok sony fanboys wave your white flag now mgs4 is kaput lmao
wtf is mgs4 anyway hahahahahahahaha
davey @ Feb 20th 2008 3:17PM
lol i hate you so much Adam
I cant wait for this game!!!!!!!
DjDATZ @ Feb 20th 2008 3:31PM
AHAHHAHA...it's SO true!
Jayslacks @ Feb 20th 2008 2:52PM
Man, I wonder if Dustin is excited about this...
ReaperJDJ @ Feb 20th 2008 2:53PM
FINALLY!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
mattclarkie @ Feb 20th 2008 2:53PM
Epic Marketing: Do you think that denying it's existence will mean we sell more units.
Epic Accounting: Well it wont decrease profits, lets give it a go.
Fanboys: GoW rocks.
mattclarkie: I can't wait for GoW2.
Gemini Ace @ Feb 20th 2008 2:58PM
Seriously!? lol!
Rick @ Feb 20th 2008 2:59PM
WOOHOO!!!
Digital Limit @ Feb 20th 2008 2:59PM
I didn't know there was ever a doubt.
Stupendous52 @ Feb 20th 2008 3:00PM
So freaking excited!
KilgoreTrout XL @ Feb 20th 2008 3:00PM
It's shaping up to be another superb year for me to waste an inordinate amount of time playing video games.
Awesome.
Rick @ Feb 20th 2008 3:01PM
But will it be better than COD4? Flame on. Haha.
ryan @ Feb 20th 2008 4:07PM
most likely the single player will be compelling. i didn't care much for the multiplayer tho. CoD4 is the opposite for me, tho the single player wasn't that bad. just lacked character like GeOW.
JAKEJAX @ Feb 20th 2008 5:19PM
@ ryan.
You have to keep in mind that when GOW came out the multi-player was a last minute thing for epic. They now have more time to polish it up and make it even better.
Digital Limit @ Feb 20th 2008 3:00PM
Heh, nice camera-phone pic-swap. Cliffy B adorning a Lancer, mhmm.
Sad @ Feb 20th 2008 3:04PM
*does a little dance* OHH GOD.
I'm done. The 360 has every game i want this year. NG2, Fable co-op, GEOW2 and condemned 2. I'm happy, 2008 is going to be a good year.
Dadidito @ Feb 20th 2008 3:02PM
Thats a instant buy for me !!! YEAH. YEAHHHHH. Reason I bought Xbox to begin with.
Skyfire360 @ Feb 20th 2008 3:03PM
I'm confused... is this supposed to be a surprise? Did anyone actually believe that GoW2 wasn't coming out?
Sparkstalker @ Feb 20th 2008 3:07PM
The incredulously dense among us, I suppose...
Adam @ Feb 20th 2008 3:05PM
This is gonna put cod4 too shame and mgs4 as well.Sony fanboys were wishing this day wouldnt come now they have caca in there undies.
webster1990 @ Feb 20th 2008 3:13PM
I can't wait.
I mean it isn't a suprise, but i was doubting it would be announced at the keynote for a second when the EPIC guys left the stage.
The biggest hint was "this is what gears of war would look like if it were made TODAY", subtle or what, hahah.
I blogged this as soon as i saw it.
Hockle @ Feb 20th 2008 3:09PM
Gears of Bore 2 - now with extra boring
Code601 @ Feb 20th 2008 3:10PM
I cant be the only person in the world who did not like gears of war :/
Come on make yourselves known!
BobTheMonkey @ Feb 20th 2008 3:14PM
There's nothing wrong with not liking a video game. But the fact is that GoW is a very popular video game, meaning more people like it than dislike it.
And it's not a matter of if GoW2 came out, it was a matter of when. Now that we know when, it gives us something to be excited about!
Rick @ Feb 20th 2008 3:17PM
It's ok. I loved Gears, but absolutely loathe Halo. It's just video games after all.
Adam @ Feb 20th 2008 3:19PM
PS3 IS A SHINE BOX
HEY TOUGH GUY
GO GET YOUR FUCKING SHINE BOX
ccc @ Feb 20th 2008 3:13PM
This is the news everyone wanted and they delivered big time.
Bravo6 @ Feb 20th 2008 3:21PM
OMG what a surprise! This came out of nowhere!
ZEBRA NINER @ Feb 20th 2008 3:23PM
w00t, my friends... w00t.
Stephen @ Feb 22nd 2008 4:00PM
I stand corrected...I really thought this wasn't going to come out until '09. Now can you drop the freaking price of GoW so I can feel good about buying it.
M. Dizzy @ Feb 20th 2008 7:18PM
Wow I totally wasn't expecting that one :|
George Arauz @ Feb 20th 2008 7:31PM
Do it up Cliffy B!!
edward camp @ Feb 21st 2008 4:01AM
Thats a instant buy for me
Boff @ Feb 21st 2008 5:16AM
Oh yes. Bring on the Gears2! At least we have a rough idea when to expect it, only 9 months of hype to wade through now!
But I love it. Let the hype begin!
ZeroCorpse @ Feb 22nd 2008 12:41AM
Yawwn.
I'm a 360 fanboy, and I couldn't care less about Gears of War. It was BORING and didn't impress me in the least. It was gaming on a track. It was like being in a movie, all right-- EXACTLY like a movie, meaning I had little control over what happened and was just being dragged along for the ride, forced to watch the game tell its 'story' while I was left with the un-fun task of filling in the narrative gaps with thousands of rounds of ammunition directed at an enemy that was not of my choosing. I was just the movie's honorary button-presser.
They can take Gears of War 2 and shove it up their pretty, overly-rendered ass. I'll be playing something with a sandbox format, like LOST or GTA IV.
If I play a game on a track, it will be Star Wars The Force Unleashed, and not Gears of War 2.
They should just cut out the gameplay (what little of it there is) and release it as an animated movie.