First Gears of War 3 Gameplay Details

Gears Of War 3 will feature a reworked cover system and underwater missions for the first time, Edge can reveal.

Developer Epic Games is set to evolve the franchise's combat by introducing Locust foes with tentacle-like appendages which are capable of extending to player cover spots.

[SnuggleBandit]

So wait, did they announce it then??

[xXRight3yeXx]

No but they did announce how the gameplay is going to be like and it sounds interesting.

[Eamon]

Uhh, I think Edge spilled the beans before Cliff did/could.

Well, here it is. Gears of War 3 has been confirmed.

[EVILDEAD360]

LOL @ Eamon..I'm with you..Edge completely almost completely took the 'edge' out of Cliffy B announcing it on the show.

Why would they take a couple of extra days to 'polish the game'..unless Cliffy is doing a live demo on the stage.

Maybe they are re-doing the trailer for the announcement..

Either way..sweeeeeeeeeet!

'MAD WORLD' GEARS OF WAR trailer..easily one of the greatest commercials for a new IP in gaming history..

Life is good..cant wait till Monday

Evil

[iFLOWLIKEWATER]

I'm having a sh*tty day at work and this definitely puts a smile on my face :) and also an OMG =O

[Montrealien]

Can`t wait! Gears was the reason I actually bought a 360. I hope this ends on of this gens greatest franchises in style.

[DOMination]

The game that's defined this whole generation is BACK.

[Lightsaber]

This is just a rumor that they are trying to pass off as fact. If you read the whole thing you notice they said "our US publishing source told us." The source is a link if you go to it. It links to another page on their site. So their source is theirself.

[JokesOnYou]

"While the first two Gears games offered mobile cover in the form of objects like burnt out cars that could be pushed around, Gears Of War 3 will feature a heavy duty mech suit the COGs can utilise both for protection and to wreak havoc."

"All of these new features will be present in the singleplayer campaign and multiplayer modes, Edge understands."

-I think I remember some talk about Gear3 being on the next gen consoles, and last I heard some talk about it releasing in March or April 2011 I think that would be the perfect time for Gears3 and looks like thats closer to the truth with this news from Edge. Releasing Gears3 about 6mo after Reach should give me plenty of time to enjoy Reach multiplayer to its fullest as my main game. Damm more good times, thank the Gaming Gods 'cause I'd love more Gears this gen and next gen, Gears, and ME are easily my favorite new IP's this gen. The chainsaw machine gun(Lancer Assault Rifle) is the most iconic weapon of any game this gen, hell you could just show a pic of it and even the most casual gamers would know its Gears of War and the enemies in Gears reminds me of Bungie/Halo when it comes to variety and tactics, except of course Cliffy goes for the overgrown/gruesome effect vs the sci-fi style of Halo. Also the campaign/story for Gears2 was much improved. Great news today.

JOY

[Inside_out]

Here we go...Alan Wake ( E3 trailer dropped ) Crysis tomorrow...no doubt cliff wanted the last word...They want to see what Crytek has and will reply on Monday...I hope Cliffy demos an in game piece like Gears 1...This year just keeps getting better....Epic said Gears 3 would shock everyone... Crytek said the best graphics on consoles...Hmmmm...fighting words...Remedy drops their E3 trailer and it looks like a very serious contender....where the heck is Killzone 3, you have to be blind to not see what's going on...Sony better get off their butts and join the fun, I expect alot from guerrilla...the more the merrier...Bragging rights HUGE this year...CoD 7, MoH, Splinter cell, Lost planet 2, Brink, Halo Reach, KZ3, Gears, Crysis and Alan Wake...plus whatever surprises at E3....

Quick...somebody ring the bell...It's time to RUMBLE...

[Government Cheese]

I bet some of these news sites had an embargo placed on them until today, because the game was set to be revealed last night. But since it got a last minute delay, they didn't have any time to delay the embargo either so Edge was within their 'right' to reveal the game lol. Sorry Cliff

[GameGambits]

A lot of this doesn't add up. Hasn't Cliffy always said he wants the game to be a bit slower paced with stop and pop gameplay. If there is things that rip you out of cover, and other grenades that burrow in the ground to get you out of cover, then it seems kind of like a full on gameplay changer for the game series as a whole.

If this pans out being true Monday, then wow I'd be pissed as Cliffy B, because it lowers the hype.

[TROLL EATER]

so much for monday den

[Lord Vader]

April 11th, 2011.

[Gamerbee]

I love all the gears.

[vhero]

no proof of this..

[sid4gamerfreak]

Has the game been announced already?

oh wait, this is edge?

Now everything seems to make sense...

[Fishy Fingers]

Under water huh, they better be in some form of vehicle because if I see Marcus swimming about in that suit I'll laugh my ass off.

Edit: To those disagreeing, you can imagine someone in COG armour swimming? Or is it more like, "is he saying something negative about Gears, I dont know, better disagree"

[The Time Reaper]

Yup. Logic be damned. You're a fanboy for saying anything.

Good ole N4G.

[IaMs12]

I didnt disagree but i do see what your saying but who the hell cares its a freaking game, if you want reality walk out your door.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

maybe its to drill a hole in the ocean floor and flood the locust holes.

[Fishy Fingers]

My bad for trying to make a light hearted observation. Sometimes I forget gaming is serious business.

[GameOn]

I have actually seen giant lumps of metal float. seriously though, we don't know anything about their armor except that they have a metallic finnish.

[Godmars290]

You never know: the padding beneath the armor might be enough to counter its weight in water.

[Greysturm]

It most be heavy as hell to explain the way they move and their limited sprint time.

[Fishy Fingers]

Actually, we know pretty much everything about every type of armour http://gearsofwar.wikia.com...

Seriously though, I was just joking.

[The Time Reaper]

+Bub Fishy. Humor isn't allowed in gaming.

Best not to mock Snake's cardboard box hiding either.

[Kratos Spartan]

today you are a PS3 fanboy. Which side will you be on tomorrow? Stay tuned to N4G for the latest update...

[SolidSystem]

Bioshock big daddy moment. the Cog's gear weighs em down, so we will walk on the ocean floor perhaps...

or maybe we can see the fabled female cog.... wet.

[sikbeta]

Ah... maybe the Suits are "amphibious", I mean the suits are huge enough to have all of kind of stuffs, who knows...

[Montrealien]

I don`t know what`s funnier, the hilarious comment Fishy put up. Or the fact that he is suprised by the reaction he got. rofl

[corneliuscrust]

there is no limited sprint time in Gears...least not in Gears2. Been a while since I've played the original

[k-Lan]

It doesn't sound like you were joking to me. lol! It's the most common excuse to use when you make yourself look like an ass. lol!!

[kwicksandz]

lol @ fishys indignant reaction. Im sure if i was to browse his post history id find a distinct lack of jokes about ps3 exclusives =)

[Kamikaze135]

They went out of their way to show off new game mechanics at E3 a few years ago. They also went into detail showing off the new capabilities of the engine Gears of War 2 ran on. In the end, none of the features they mention made it into the game; not the important ones, anyway. I hope the same doesn't happen this time around.

[nilamo]

Lol fail, every feature that was shown in that tech demo made it into the game. Locusts swarms? in the game. Meatball? did you miss that worm level? better watereffects? in the game. Tiles that can be shot of the environments? in the game.

[Kalowest]

Most if not all of those features made it into GeoW2

[mcnablejr]

the features he mentioned were present, but not in the way which i had hoped, most of them didnt seem quite as amazing as they appeared to be in the tech demo's.

[DARK WITNESS]

@ mcnablejr

totally agree..

technically yes the new stuff did make it into the game... but the way they were actually implemented in the final game didn't do them any favors in my opinion.

none of it impressed and the destructible cover and all that was a joke. whats the point just having bits chip off with the under section remaining the same and making no difference to your position.

anyway, lets see what gears 3 holds, gears 2 was a let down for me.

[Nelson M]

Marcus and Dom in thier Bikini's in the underwater section

[Ric Flair]

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[The_Beast]

lmfaoooooo hahaha that was a good one bubs

[mcnablejr]

droids getting jealous?

[The_Beast]

haha even a better one bot

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[KILLERAPP]

Monday is Dday then...

[GiantEnemyCrab]

You mean EDay?

As in Emergence Day? :)

(for the Slow. Epic announced the launch day of Gears as Emergence Day)

[ScubaSteve1]

do not disapoint me epic

[theunleashed64]

lol HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAha is this it xbots? marcus and dom in their bikini's lol :D

[AliTheBrit19]

Wow, way to be original, how did you get that line? look up? LMFAO

[Omega4]

Revealing Gears 3 now must mean whatever MS has for E3 must be pretty damn special.

[Gradient]

Keep dreaming.

[DOMination]

I agree. FFVII remake exclusive to 360 will do nicely for starters please.

[Digitaldude]

Lol Domination makes me lol.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

That Answer only makes you:

http://img519.imageshack.us...

[Gradient]

So the Locust aren't underground, they're under the sea?

This franchise has the worst story ever created, period.

[BeaArthur]

Is looking for 360 articles to troll on all you do all day?

[k-Lan]

This guy again? How you are not banned by now is proof of how crap the mods are on this site. It's okay buddy. You're hurting and we know it. lol! Go play GOW3 for the 7th time.

[hmmmm]

This might come as some kind of shock to you and im sorry for changing how you perceive the world but..There's ground under the sea moron...

[Gradient]

This explains the Lost Planet 2 tie-in, it appears (in exchange for Marcus Fenix and Dom) Capcom are lending their gameplay mechanics.

[edhe]

The buckethead powered armour is in the concept art for gears 1 google it :)

[BeaArthur]

The only detail I care about right now is "open beta".

[DirtyLary]

What about that host advantage Cliffy? Fix that multiplayer yet? You're on your third attempt. Should be a charm.

[midgard227]

um guys gears 3 was announced before gears 2 was out

[Omega Zues]

Did you catch that "source" part. Still GoW3 isnt confirmed yet. The article keeps going over about how a "source" is giving them all this info.

Theres also this:

"Gears Of War 3 has yet to be officially announced. However, Epic design director Cliff Bleszinski is set to reveal a new game on Monday’s episode of US talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and it could be on the agenda."

Notice how it says "Reveal a new game" why dont Edge just say "GoW 3" if their so sure?

I dont mean to be a downer but I would keep this as nothing more then speculation and rumor. This would be the 4th or 5th time that a source has claimed the showing of Gears 3. Every time so far they have been wrong. Just sit tight and wait till Monday. Simple as that.

[Montrealien]

This is so confusing, what are you talkinbg about, God of War 3 or Gears of War 3?

[corneliuscrust]

everyone would just leave GoW to God of War (out first)

and just type Gears for gears... it's 2 more letters...

[koehler83]

Innovative Waist and Shoulder high walls. Stay tuned!

[seinfan]

They better fix the online experience. The 2nd game was trash online (story mode was alright).

[Kingdom Come]

Being a HUGE Gears of War Fan, this is Music to my Ears, no complaints here!

[Sobolov]

Halo Reach and Gears 3 just shows that the 360 has the whole shooter genre wrapped up.

Bring it on Cliffy!

[NinjaSp33d]

can't wait gears 3 gonna be AWESOME

[Socomer 1979]

queers of war just got even more homo erotic.
guarantee cliffy b comes out of the closet in the next 5 years.

[-MD-]

Grow up.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Murderdolls, your comment could apply to just about every PS3 fanboy on this website.

[Das_Bastardion]

Just face it, your console of choice is inferior, jump out while you can

Otherwise, expect a RROD when Gear of War 3 is inside your faulty console, cuz it will make it explode

[AngryTypingGuy]

Wow Das_Bastardion, what a compelling argument, your intelligence amazes me. That's sarcasm by the way.

I probably will get a PS3 eventually. When, I don't know, it's not a must have for me at the moment.

[Silly gameAr]

A mech suit, underwater levels, and borrowing explosives to take out enemy cover?

I'm sold. Bring that s... on.

[Denethor_II]

I wonder what the PS3 version will look like compared to the Xbox version?

[Sobolov]

Hahahaha. Really?

[KwietStorm_BLM]

You could miss me with the underwater crap. I hated underwater stages across all games since Super Mario Bros.

[Mikelarry]

the second one left a bitter taste, i really hope they find a balance.

[REDHULKSMASH]

You geeks got all excited for that doo doo sequel ...oooooh chainsaw duels cool for about e3 and annoying after that. What makes u sheep think 3 will b any better? All this new crap will just slow down multiplayer even more. Let's make gears 2 longer they said result shoddier graphics remember 10 gig discs fellows. Cliff make Hulk laugh. Puny little polish man.

Want part 3 to be good? Use 2 discs for campaign and 1 more for multiplayer. That way the campain will have the graphics of part 1 and the length of part 2. Length is important but I don't expect u geeks to know about that most of yous never been with a woman. Hah puny geeks. All gears 2 was cinema after cinema. Sure it was cool but call of duty came out and stomped the sh1t out of it. Then uncharted2 stomped cod.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Are you for real? Hulk stupid.

[Sobolov]

The irony of calling anyone a geek on a forum about video games is I'm sure lost on you Hulk.

As for Uncharted 2 stomping COD. What are you on about? Gears 3 will destroy Uncharted 2!

[Sez]

"gears 2 was cinema after cinema" who are you fooling. You haven't played gears. Maybe you watched it on YouTube. Uncharted 1/2, mgs4,HR, even ff13 has way more cinema then both gears put together.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

This is definitely big news. We all knew it was coming. Next to Mass Effect, Gears of War is the biggest new franchise that has come this gen. Micrsoft looks to take no prisoners for this year's E3. Don't worry sony owners, I'm sure you'll see another GT teaser. LMAO!

[thebudgetgamer]

some of us ps3 owners also own 360s. i cant wait to buy gears 3, and i will be buying gt5.

its good to be a multi hd console owner.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

ah Budget.. If only you would preach your wisdom to the overwhelming majority of PS3 fanboys on this site.. But alas, you choose to put that energy into the 3-6 360 hardcore fanboys/trolls..

I guess I understand.. If you were to take that up it would be a full time job because literally I can't even keep track of how many hardcore PS3 fanboys/trolls are on this site now.

[SephireX]

I think the characters will look less blocky in Gears 3. Cliff B stated his concern about people's negative perception of the blocky character models. He also mention how sad he was that the multiplayer in Gears 2 was plagued with so many problems. This is a good thing because at least he recognises the weaknesses with past installments and thus Gears 3 will benefit from that. With Reach out this year, I don't see Gears 3 being released until early 2011 at the earliest. Graphics is not what Epic should be worrying about. They need to innovate in the area of gameplay, both online and off. They need to ensure that the multiplayer problems that Gears 2 had don't feature in Gears 3. The other important thing they need to do is put more effort in to the story and character development because those components were lacking in the previous iterations. Due to the competitive environment nowadays and Epic's great reputation, I think Gears 3 will live up to the expectations. I think we will see it in fall 2011 and as unlikely as it may seem, I wouldn't rule out a PS3 version.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

To tell you the truth I am really shocked if this announcement is Gears 3. It just does not seem to be the MO for Epic/MS and this franchise.

Not that I am disappointed at all.. This is fantastic! Gears 3 is a day one purchase for me.

[darkbladez]

even though it had a lot of bugs still was one of the greatest 3rd person shooters

[NateDPG]

Looks terrible

[ktchong]

A new Mass Effect. A new Halo. A new Gears of War. A new Fable. A new Splinter Cell exclusive. Alan Wake. All in the same year.

Seems like this year Xbox 360 will actually have a better exclusive lineup than PS3.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

if it comes out, I'm copping one.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

"F**k me TENTACLES, wow, this is like the best news ever, f**king tentacles, awesome, take that PS3 fanboyz and wii owning losers, we got tentacles, wot the f**k has u all got? I can't wait till you all see this game in action, you can all come round mine when it's released and I'll show it to you, I bet you'll all be like "dude, what the f**k is that?" and I'll be like "motherf**king tentacles my man" and you'll be like "sh*t man, tentacles rock, deep down I always knew that Uncharted 2 sucked, and now I now why" to which I'll reply "no tentacles" and you'll be all "word like a motherf**ker, homeboy. don't I know it" and thats when you'll know deep in your sorry little hearts that the 360 rulez."

Tentacles are kinda badazz. God of War III has tentacles.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Damn, and we almost made it through just ONE 360 new game announcement without bringing up UC2 or KZ2.. I thought we had a winner there for a second..

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

it was funny, and that is all...!

[Norwegians R Dumb]

Can't wait!

[clintos59]

This franchise is what made me buy a 360. Hopefully this time they fix the problems they had online & make Gears 3 amazing like the first. Come on EPIC give us dedicated servers & ill buy a year gold membership just to play the hell out of this game online. I miss using the sticky nades & seeing ppl blow up into pieces. :)

[maxcer]

dedicated servers would be awesome, i was looking forward to jimmy fallon tonight but o well. i wonder if we might get another surprise in the form of a new map pack, they did that last time at E3 i think and the maps were available right as the announcement went live.

[OutgoingSquall]

Sony fanboys have alot better burns then 360 fanboys hulk made me laugh so hard.

[IHateYouFanboys]

its funny how people are getting excited about someone announcing a game that we knew 100% was being made anyway. why wouldnt epic make a sequel to a game of theirs that sold 5+ million copies, was always intended to be at least a trilogy, and is one of the most popular franchises in video games?

its not a matter of 'are they going to make it?', its a matter of 'when is it coming out?'. who cares about the announcement that theyre making it?

[maxcer]

cause we like gears, isn't that enough?

I bet if you posted that comment about god of war 3 when it was announced you would have 50 disagrees in about 1 hour.

[IHateYouFanboys]

i love gears of war more too, i just dont see a need to get excited over them announcing something that anyone with half a brain already knew.

[badbond1]

IF ITS ON THE PS3. ONE BLU RAY DISC - AND 3 DVD-9 DISCS FOR THE CRAPBOX! 1080p for the PS3 AND 576P FOR THE CRAPBOX! LMAO!

[RagTagBnd445]

And how many PS3 games with good graphics runs in 1080p? And both gears of war runs in 720p on the 360. That is a fact. If you are going to be fanboish, at least get you facts right.

[Michael-Jackson]

576p? best resolution eva!

[REDHULKSMASH]

Don't be so defensive ladies. Gears is exbox's best and only exclusive worth playing. But each one of yous know deep down that little 7.2 gig game gears 2 doesn't even come close to uncharted. Go ahead and try it's multiplayer and see before u open your mouths. Even your god cliff dumbbuttski said uncharted was "stellar".

If cliffy was smart he'd take the series to the console it rightfully deserves so it can be all it can be and have a fighting chance against uncharted and these blueray monsters.

Stop cheating yourselves & craigslist that faulty exbox and buyyourselves a worry free console with second to none graphics with all the games just not gears...i promise once u play uncharted u won't miss that old gen series, I don't

[aviator189]

Wow, really?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Continue representing the worst in gaming man.. I love being proved right. And this is supposed to be the Gamer Zone..

[spunkee311]

I have both systems and love Uncharted. But Uncharted 2 still needs to grown in terms of the multiplayer. It's fun and addicting. But Gears and Gears 2 are still superior I believe.
Not only that, Gears 3 will sell good on the PS3, but not Xbox numbers. Especially considering the other 2 games are exclusive to Xbox, a lot of people might not want to buy a game in the third series without knowing the story already.
PS3 doesn't have a proper community as well when it comes to multiplayer. I played Resistance, Warhawk, Resistance 2, Motostorm, Killzone 2, and Uncharted 2, and pretty much half the time a lot of people never use their damn mics or doesn't even have them connected.
Gears of war is a game were you need constant communication.

[maxcer]

uh oh, a butt-hurt ps3fanboy sees another great game coming from epic games and is cranky. who are you trying convince anyway? yourself? keep trying because with all these sad posts you make it seem obvious your not happy with your ps3.

[AngryTypingGuy]

I guess I better go set my DVR for Monday's Jimmy Fallon...

Gears 3 is going to kick some major ass. Period.

[-DeathWraith-]

Me=hyped.

Need to buy myself an Xbox 360 again :)

Pretty big Gears Of War fan

[RabeloNext]

This game realy need a especial attencial the first 2 is my favority game in this generation

[OutgoingSquall]

Yikes that's sad have you played anything else?

[i3eyond the Circle]

Most successful New IP of this generation is back!

[SDF Repellent]

Morganfell saw GeOW3 running on the PS3 backstage at the Jimmy Fallon show. He said they delayed the announcement til next week to optimize it for the Cell. Is that true? /S

[spunkee311]

It's funny this day in age with all this speculation and "leaking" of whether or not this game or any game will be released.
It's common sense that Gears of War 3 was coming.
Now we get our sequel news and surprises through series of "leaks" and webpages that have been hacked.
People just can't wait anymore for an official announcement through the proper channels.
This is why I loved the Sega/Nintendo days. There was little to no internet. So when they announced Mario 3 it was a Huge deal and a huge surprise.
I'm patient enough to wait for an official announcement from Cliff or Epic or whoever. I really don't want to get information from a photocopy of a piece of paper that says (or doesn't say) some leaked information.

As for Gears 3, I'm very excited. Gears of war was classic. It deserved Game of the Year. Gears of War 2 was an excellent follow up, despite of its shortcomings.
Sadly, I think Gears 2 just need more development time to work all the bugs out and give it more polish.
But other than some weird glitches/exploits from time to time, the multiplayer was fine. And I did spend a lot of enjoyable hours on it with my friends.
Gears 3 seems like it has gotten a lot more time to polish and they seem to want to rectify the mistakes they made with Gears 2.
The campaign and Gears 2 was still Very Excellent.

[coveredinblood]

I agree they should wait until fall 2011

[happy_gilmore]

in terms of lag

[bobdog626]

The controllers and this Game say it all.this Game Rock's.can't wait for E3 2010.God of War and Gear's of War will Rock the World.

[Lipscomba]

If this is true i'm looking forward to it!!!!

[Paballo]

honestly I wish I had all consoles so I could get the best of all worlds but the ps3 will do just fine I hope epic really takes there time to make,polish and push this game to places it has never being before so my fellow gamers who have 360's can have a game they rightly deserve another note; are any of you comming to S.A for the 2010 world cup?if so please track me so once your in my country we can show you around this beautiful country and maybe have a round or two in games.thanks.GAMING FOREVER!

[EazyC]

Ah, so according to Hulk, Cliff is shoe polish, or of Polish nationality? Either way, HULK ANGRY!!!!!