Source: Gears of War 3 Releasing April 2011

Microsoft will launch Gears Of War 3 in early April 2011, a trusted US publishing source has told Edge.

The first teaser trailer for the third person shooter is expected to debut next month on April 8, exactly one year ahead of the game's pencilled in release date. A full reveal is due at E3 in June.

[TOO PAWNED]

"and wants Natal to own Christmas. " - it's nice to want things.

[Hellsvacancy]

I laughed aswel lol

[Cold 2000]

Sounds pretty feasible to me.

I know its not possible but it would be great if they could use another engine for Gears 3.

The Unreal engine showed its limits with Gears 2 already.

[gaffyh]

Good timing imo, usually there isn't much to play in April, so this should keep us going for a while.

@cold - I think they are using Unreal 3.5, so slightly better than what we've seen so far.

[MurderMyDoll]

Pleeeeeaaaase be true please please please I need more Gears! I guess we'll find out on april 8th if there is any truth to this claim.

[Cold 2000]

You said it yourself, "slightly better" :/.

In 2011 I dont want a "slightly better" looking Gears. I want a significantly better looking Gears.

[King_of _the_Casuals]

I was expecting November 2011 but April works with me!! But I can imagine Gears working with Natal. Imagine Chainsaw action with Natal!!! SWEET!!!

[StanLee]

Makes sense. Gears could own the summer. Hopefully there is a beta this time and the multiplayer sees a smooth launch.

[Venatus-Deus]

Could it be a 6 month timed exclusive and a Oct release for the PS3?

Just asking, before anybody gets their knickers in a twist. And quite a reasonable one seeing with other recent news/confirmation.

[jjohan35]

Shows you that Epic was lying all along with their "next gears will be on the next platform".

[TOO PAWNED]

I am sure that they will first give false info that it is coming this year, but then they will delay it, typical for MS and DELAYbox. I am sure xbots will defend that move, after all they are so into casual Natal gaming, MS can do no wrong, they can delay it until 2012 on delaybox and bots would still defend them hahaha

[JeffGUNZ]

hahahahaha, you do know the PS3 is the king of delays? Wow. Your comments are slipping pal, maybe you should take a breather. GT5 says hello. From what I have heard, they just delayed the release AGAIN. But that's cool, because now you can wave your wand in the drivers seat. Def. worth the delay.

[madmonkey0]

@ above, you shouldnt beleive all you hear in the media, gt5 has only been delayed once, and that was in japan. the rest of the world have never had a release date.

[JeffGUNZ]

Someone posted a link in a MOVE article stating GT5 is being delayed to add MOVE capability. Come on, you're going to tell me that Sony does not have a bad track history of announcing games way too early and then pushing them back? Come on, they did that since PS1!

[TheXgamerLive]

sony wannabe fan girls running here to lie and whine about an Xbox 360 title, slide down this and look at all the little wannabe's here. so frickin sad. Stay and whine on your own side where your games just suck like there's no tomorrow, ok. Every time you run here posting it just goes to show your jealousy and wantimng to have an Xbox 360, and don't even reply b/c it shows it again.

seriously, leave and go play clod of war.

[madmonkey0]

"Microsoft will launch Gears Of War 3 in early April 2011"

Microsoft won't be launching it, epic might do though.

[Denial]

Microsoft publishes it.

[madmonkey0]

i didn't know that, i guess in that case they could have some say in when it is released. thanks.

[BeaArthur]

With an extensive beta to proceed it? If ever a game needed open beta testing it is the Gears of War franchise.

[Munky]

No Joke, I still have no clue how they messed up the multiplayer for GeOW2 so bad.

[edhe]

I'd have to agree on this one.

[BeaArthur]

Munky...they screwed it up by being patted on the back about how great they are. GoW was glitcy too but I can excuse that because it was their first attempt. Instead of trying to perfect their product they just made a sequel with new features (cough, cough, IW), because they knew everyone would buy it. They know that they can just patch issues as they come up; so why spend the extra money to test the game?

[Munky]

I won't argue the fact that GeOW was a bit glitchy, but the main difference was that the mulitplayer for GeOW was crazy fun. I don't know what it was was exactly, maybe the simplicity of it all, the fact that it was all about your 4 man squad against the other team, the fact that each weapon had a clear purpose... I'm not really sure. All I know is that GeOW's mulitplayer awesomeness was totally lost for GeOW2 somehow, and I just hope they get back to that.

[madmonkey0]

@ bee,

reminds me of the last time i played gears, just started the game and i walked into a pile of rubble just after picking up the hammer of doom, and it spawned me back to the start of the level, it was quite funny becuase i was playing co-op and my mate had to wate for me to get back so i could kill the big thing.

[Denial]

Uh-oh.

[Convas]

I'll look into Gears this time. As long as they do something that allows for ALOT of feedback into their MP experience. God knows how crappy that was on Launch Day.

As for seeing Gears at E3 ... ummm ... duh?!

[Xwow2008]

qoute"“Microsoft’s keen to avoid a clash with Halo: Reach and wants Natal to own Christmas. That’s why we won’t be seeing Gears Of War 3 until next year, but expect a major marketing push ahead of its release,”"
because MS want to natal to be big hit they will screw their hardcore gamers by delaying gears until next year.

[-MD-]

How is that screwing their hardcore gamer? They're releasing Reach and Natal this year and we don't even know what games Natal will bring.

Go play some Warcraft you're bad at this.

[Denial]

ouch

[JeffGUNZ]

Releasing Gears of War 3 and Halo Reach at the same time is business suicide. April 2011 is the earliest, possible fall of 2011.

Anyway, this game better be on dedicated servers or it might just be a rental.

[Cold 2000]

Sony are delaying GT5 to add Move compatibility.

Is that "screwing" their hardcore base ? Yeah you're pretty bad at trolling.

[RadientFlux]

Don't forget Fable 3 is out this fall as well, that's two big fall releases and E3 hasn't even started yet.

So it makes sense to push GeOW3 to 2011.

[Xwow2008]

halo reach and gears at the same year is full of win for 360 hardcore gamers,and if u think natal is gonna bring good hardcore games then ur dreaming(hardcore games need low latency).

p.s whats wrong with warcraft and for shooter games iam sure i can own u in any shooter :).

[-MD-]

Yeah I'm sure you could beat me in a shooter lol my brother says the same thing but it never happens, thanks for the laugh though I appreciate that kind of humor before I go to bed. What are your ratings in Warcraft by the way sub 1500?

Let me guess, a hunter right?

[Xwow2008]

looks like u know about WOW :),too bad i quited because when they released lich king the game became noob friendly but PVP needs skill
and also gn8.
edit:no a rogue and druid.

[siyrobbo]

how can a game that hasn't been announced, therefore has no release date be delayed?

the only way MS would be screwing over the hardcore was if they said, no more gears, as we are spending the money on My little pony adventure for NATAL

Or making gears 3 a natal mini game compilation

I cant really see either of those happening

[The real killer]

Is the reason why Gears 3 a another year wait for the PS3 version?

[dirthurts]

It would be coming to PS3.
That would be nice if it did though. I'm hoping for a pc version here...

[Akagi]

Murder, are you seriously suggesting Natal will cater to the hardcore demographic equally as the casual demographic?

Can you pass me what you're smoking?

[-MD-]

Well I'd say I'm in the hardcore gamer group as I play a ton of games, and Rare is developing for Natal so that makes me pretty pumped for it, but like I said very clearly in my original post "we don't know what it will bring",

Also no, the rest of the weed is for me.

[JeffGUNZ]

I don't think he said it will cater more to one side or the other. I took it as some people will enjoy some of the games and most will enjoy the interactive features with the dashboard, pics, movies/netflix. Heck, I am looking forward to Natal so my fiancee can finally play the 360 with me without a controller holding her back.

I am sick of everyone making assumptions about natal. Wait until you see the final product at E3 before passing judgment. These people are the same people who vote for democrat or republican, before a candidate is named, just because of the party their in. Anyone who makes up their mind before they have all the facts is juvenile at best.

[R2D2]

People here on N4G dont realise that the hardcore gamer is more than one thing. I consider a hardcore gamer to be some one that loves video gaming on every console. N4G people think hard core gamers are people that only play games like Gears, Killzone, Resident Evil, God of War.

I too have been trying to get my girlfriend on my PS3/360 but she keeps saying what happen to the days when the controller on had A and B and the games was a platform game.

I can see where she would love that Ball game that Natal has shown, because of how simple it is.

[Munky]

Some poeple on N4G need to realise a lot of things, like:

-Sales does not equal a great game
-Graphics does not equal a great game
-Being able to shoot a person in the face does not make the game hardcore

And those are just a few, but I'm like you when it come to keeping an open mind when it gomes to games which is much more difficult for some people to accept the fact that we as "gamers" are very fortunante as the quality of games being produced right (across all platofroms) now is amazing. Good gaming to you man, peaz.

[Convas]

N4G =/= Common Sense, Decency, or Intelligent Thought

Very few, including the posters directly above me (Well, I dunno about Murder, he can be quite the Fanatic at times) can sit back and look at some of the issues plaguing gaming today without their Fanboy goggles on. Akagi is not included in this group.

That being said, Natal is something I'm mildly interested. And because I've yet to see what MS is doing with it, I can't run out saying "Oh NOEZ!!1!!!11! MS is screwing over the hardcore for Natalzzz!2212!!"
We'll have to wait for E3 before making any judgments. Which is the only sensible thing to do.

[JeffGUNZ]

Exactly. I agree 100%. That is the same problem with my fiancee, she can not handle the dual analog which leads her to frustration and ultimately, she gives up. She always said she missed the days of Mario, where it was simplistic and the controller was never and issue.

See man, this is what is wrong with this site. Look at you, you have 2 bubbles, yet you replied one of the most logic and coherent responses I have read in a while. I passed along a bubble, hopefully they will increase for you. It has gotten to the point where you can't even be in a 360 only section and not be attacked and bubble raped by PS3 fanboys. It's ridiculous.

I mean come on people, at the end of the day, being loyal to one system gets you nowhere. I just hope for a day where we all can have civil comments about the one thing that brings us together, video games.

[BigKev45]

So if Gears 3 comes out in April of 2011. The question remains, what will MS have for the fall of 2011 to compete with the PS3?

[Erotic Sheep]

Halo Reach: ODST :D

[nchizimbi]

Gears of War 3 and Halo Reach, games being produced by the same publishing house (Microsoft Games Studio) and being the Xbox 360's big guns releasing within the same year would put them in direct competition against each other. The two titles would be gunning for the same audience and dominance on Xbox LIVE.

Gears of War 3 launching, probably mid or fourth quarter 2011 makes perfect sense.

[GenerationWinner]

The king is back. First gears set generation standards. Gears 2 was a good game but the multiplayer was broken badly. I spent countless hours playin gears 1 online it was awsome. Gears of War 3 will be the new standard for consoles in graphics and gameplay but especially in eye candy. This will be the biggest nail in the coffin for sony and the ps3. Then after 2 years of sony tryin to match the eye candy candy of gears 3 MS will announce the new xbox with gears 4 as launch title wohhaaaa. MS only needs 1 more generation and playstation will be gaga.

[iMad]

What developer do you work for?
There is plenty insider info in your post...:) i do beleive you because i had that insider info too.
Gear 3 will blow E3 this year...that wll be real shock fr PS3 crowd.

[Excalibur]

it will be released in November like always.
Hot game titles are like movies that make the biggest pop on it's release date.
There would be a 2 month time frame between the game releases and a 1 month difference in Natal's release.
I honestly don't think M$ cares about Natal competing with a hard core game release as it will be targeting a different casual gaming audience.

M$ wants those Holiday dollars.

[TheTruth2009]

Project Natal Games reveal.
Halo: Reach Gameplay Footage.
Gears of War 3 Trailer.

And that's just the Top 3. Ugh.

Microsoft's E3 will go down as "the moment in which Microsoft officially killed off the Playstation name".

Sony has NOTHING after the release of God of War III. Gran Turismo will make an appearance this year, but it's a racing game. Please. Yeah, they'll show games that "allegedly" will make an appearance in 2010, but they won't give specific release dates to give the impression that they're LOADED.

They're loaded alright. With cannabis.

The Last Guardian? Nope.
Agent? Nope.
(Insert Faux PS3 "Monster" Game) Nope.

THE CONSOLE RACE IS OVER, GENTLEMEN.

Halo: Reach and Gears of War 3 will be the biggest games released in the next year. Gran Turismo 5 will fall short on many levels. The same way God of War III is.

See you in June.

NO ONE CARES about PS3. Sorry.

[talltony]

Id be mad as hell too if I couldnt play God of war 3. For your sake I'd pray that Agent and last guardian doesnt come out this year cause if they do then their is no way in hell you spin sonys year again. Anyways gears 3 better be better than gears 2 in every way. Gears 1 was much better than 2,
Hey Epic here is a hint if your game is lagging with 8 players dont add 2 more. I just want them to fix the networking issues with Gears 3.

[Trebius]

360 has no games :)

I just picked up Heavy Rain and Pandora's Box edition GoW3 ... What do you have ?

Oh, MW2? STILL?? lol

[Rockox]

I'm with you there. I'm always surprised to find out how many people actually care about a racing game. And I'm not slagging the PS3 either. Forza can go fly a kite too.

[lh_swe]

Do you really think that Gears of War 3 will come out this year? Alan Wake, Reach and Conviction & Fable 3 are more likely.

Basically how I see it is that the PS3 has had a really strong start to the year but MS will pick up very late and probably release many of these games within a short timeframe, great for pushing consoles but the sales of the games releasing close to Reach will suffer.

It's been an awesome year so far and it shows no signs of slowing.

[DirtyLary]

@1.3

Isn't much to play!! What the hell, there are awesome games releasing every month. You know you can continue to play a game even if another releases?

[DigitalAnalog]

-End statement

[Phil Mc Crackin]

David Jaffe made 2 beautiful franchises god of war and twisted metal along with sequels. Left sony and now is a NOBODY; and is currently working on some arcade game. I don't blame Cliff Dumbbuttski for staying with the golden goose microsoft; if he takes gears multiplatform he could anger microsoft and potentially lose everything. Microsoft can snub him and put him out on the streets. Gears has a mixed fan base (love it or hate it) thats right no "its alright"s..itsux or its awesome, making it an ideal multiplatform game, never will be a halo; but there are enough fanboys on each console to make it a phenom instead of phlem.