E308: Gears of War 2 'Rendezvous' trailer

by Xav de Matos { Jul 14th 2008 at 4:15PM }

Gears of War 2 hits November 7. That's pretty much all you need to know at this point, if you're a fan of shooting stuff that is. The trailer above, showcased at the Microsoft press conference is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. In HD the trailer looks beautiful, but only here will you exclusively get a sneak peek at Xav's dashboard theme at the very end. Ya, sorry 'bout that.

Tags: e3-08, e3-2008, e308, epic, gears-of-war-2, xblm

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

webster1990 @ Jul 14th 2008 4:19PM

I love that voice over, is it from something?

webster1990 @ Jul 14th 2008 4:27PM

knew i recognized it, i found the poem online now

ryan @ Jul 14th 2008 6:51PM

i loved the first Gears of War trailer with that soft melody and this one works just as well with the voice.

This trailer in of itself kicks Resistance 2 in the balls. (yeah, i pitted the two games. what of it?) :P

chenry @ Jul 14th 2008 8:15PM

The words are from an Alan Seeger poem, "Rendezvous". I cannot place the voice though. I know the voice, but I cannot remember who it is.

Profnoxin @ Jul 15th 2008 1:16PM

I believe the voice over is by William Morgan Sheppard... might not be, but the voice is very similar.

Apeezee @ Jul 14th 2008 4:21PM

GOW trailers are always so good. It's a nice reprise from the normal "triumphant fast music" action game trailers

Ghostbuddy @ Jul 14th 2008 4:24PM

New Gears of War 2 screens/ concept art/ renders up at IGN. It includes new weapons ( Mini Gun, mortar) and enemies ( Some kind of cave crawling thing, and new Boomer variants).

Neuromancer @ Jul 14th 2008 4:24PM

With a name like Rendezvous I expected a gritty bathroom scene with Dom tapping Marcus's foot.

J @ Jul 14th 2008 5:52PM

Larry, is that you?

emirabal @ Jul 14th 2008 4:27PM

This was so movie like and that battle is so epic yet deadly, i see some foreshadowing here, looks like Dom might kick the bucket.

RedSonRising @ Jul 14th 2008 4:46PM

trailer looks good, nothing new though.. game looks like more of a war and less like an insurgency..

where is the dashboard preview? that 2 seconds at the end looks like a regular theme loading..

D dogg @ Jul 14th 2008 5:36PM

As far as I'm concerned, they could've kept the EXACT SAME GAMEPLAY and just continued the story, I would've bought it and I'm sure MANY a fanboy would've to.

Keep it in perspective, this is the Nintendo Revolution (Wii), this is Gears of War on Xbox 360.

D dogg @ Jul 14th 2008 5:37PM

*NOT the Nintendo Revolution (Wii)

Fierod @ Jul 14th 2008 4:37PM

dude that was the most epic (pardon the pun) trailer ever.

Dan Mowchan @ Jul 14th 2008 4:34PM

The GeoW trailers are always great, loved the old one for the first Gears and this one is almost as good. Plus, that battle looks like an absolute deathtrap.

emirabal @ Jul 14th 2008 4:45PM

This guys voice is F***ING AWESOME, this trailer is sick, i have been watching it over and over again.

Joe @ Jul 14th 2008 5:37PM

Did anyone notice Cliff had a red controller? Special Edition maybe?

Rick @ Jul 14th 2008 5:44PM

Yeah, they showed it on Gametrailers.com in the episode from Friday night. It's got custom art on the side, too.

cjwild @ Jul 14th 2008 5:39PM

Me want :) Mhmmmm.

Seriously though, wtf would be goin through your head in a battle like that? :/

Rick @ Jul 14th 2008 5:45PM

You just know one of those COGs is thinking "Did I remember to close the garage door when I left this morning?".

SaNcTuS @ Jul 14th 2008 6:08PM

Heres a youtube link in case video above is slow at loading

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E8GgCK_AUyA

warrenpeace @ Jul 14th 2008 8:00PM

http://www.bartleby.com/104/121.html
American Poet Alan Seeger. 1888–1916

Cool. Hope there's a HD one up on XBox Live soon.

xvertigenx @ Jul 16th 2008 11:06PM

Ironic he only lived to be 28...

Cal @ Jul 14th 2008 8:12PM

I preferred the Mad World trailer =(

chenry @ Jul 14th 2008 8:18PM

Does anyone know who's voice this is?

maest @ Jul 15th 2008 12:04AM

They are so good with these teasers. This one is up there with the Small World teaser.

The voice reminds me a bit of James Earl Jones reading Poe's Raven in the Simpsons but I doubt it is him.