Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. After last week's leak Microsoft has issued updated achievements, while Epic's Cliff Bleszinski revealed that "we're not going to do a PC version this time around."

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde (thanks SpaceCat).

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. At X08 Cliff Bleszinski revealed that Epic plans to release "multiplayer map focused downloadable content shortly after the game's launch, so either new maps and/or new modes.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Due to the game's violence GoW 2 will not be sold in Germany, and therefor Microsoft has decided to not show the game at the Leipzig Games Convention later this month.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Amazon is offering a $139.99 GoW 2 bundle that includes a copy of the Standard Edition of the game ($10 extra gets you a Limited Edition version) plus a Lancer replica featuring a trigger-activated motorized "Chainsaw" sound and vibration feature.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. According to What They Play, Microsoft will implement optional filters that "turns the blood into sparks" and "takes out all the swear words," to offset the fact that GoW2 is more brutal/visceral than its predecessor.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. At Comic-Con Epic's Cliff Bleszinski revealed that Gears 2 will have "linked achievements," meaning the original will unlock new content in the sequel. For example, killing Raam in GoW will unlock him as a playable character in the sequel. Previously games used save games to unlock items or weapons in a sequel, but this might be a first to automatically have content be available through achievements.

Gears of War is an action game where hero Marcus Fenix is rescued from prison by a small group of elite soldiers to save planet Sera from an invasion of aliens known as the Locust. Coming off the recent The Dark Knight success, Legendary Pictures has jumped on the Gears of War train to co-finance/produce the project. The Gears of War movie was picked up by New Line Cinema last year, said to be directed by Die Hard 4's Len Wiseman, and currently scheduled for 2010.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. GameStop will host Gears of War tournaments at 2,000 of its U.S. locations on Friday, July 25, 2008.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. The GoW 2 Ltd.Ed. ($69.99) includes a "Beneath The Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2" book, a bonus DVD with making-of videos, a code for a gold-plated Lancer rifle to be used in the game's online multiplayer, all packed in a SteelBook collectible DVD case.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Join Gears of War 2's Delta Squad, meet Epic Games' design director Cliff Bleszinski, or walk away with one of two limited edition X360 consoles, featuring custom artwork by Brandon Badeaux from the upcoming Gears of War comic book.

Gears of War blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde. Earlier this year it was revealed Gears of War would be getting a novel, but as it turns out there will not be one but three instead, written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, and thrusts players back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. We go hands on with the new Horde mode, check out the bots and some new maps...

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, and thrusts players back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Fans attending the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival will get a chance to check out Gears of War 2, and win additional prizes.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, and thrusts players back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, and thrusts players back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, and thrusts players back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde.

Back in early 2007 New Line Cinema (now a unit of Warner Bros.) acquired the movie rights to Epic's action game Gears of War, to be adapted by Stuart Beattie and produced by Temple Hill Entertainment. Twilight producer Wyck Godfrey revealed that the script was ready and the movie was scheduled for summer 2010 with a director about to be attached. According to Variety that turns out to be Die Hard 4 helmer Len Wiseman, who previously did Underworld (and sequel). Wiseman is set to make a new draft of the film's screenplay with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift screenwriter Chris Morgan.

In UT3, you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles.

Microsoft will re-release a 2-disc retail version of Gears of War, which will include previously released multiplayer map packs, the Annex game mode, the ability to earn up to eight additional multiplayer Achievements worth 250 Gamerscore, and a taste of Gears of War 2 through trailers and other extras. On June 4, Gears of War will be offered at the new estimated retail price of $39.99 (X360) and $29.99 (PC).

Gears of War blends tactical action games with survival horror, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde. TriForce Sales has acquired the license from Epic Games to produce 1:1 scale replicas of the C.O.G. Armor, C.O.G. helmet and the Lancer Assault Rifle from the Gears of War universe.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, and thrusts players back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. UK's X360 magazine has plenty of multiplayer details revealing new weapons, game types/modes, features etc (thanks Rhemelious.)

Epic Games' President Dr. Michael Capps will give a keynote at this year's conference, in Leipzig, Germany (Aug. 18-20, 2008) highlighting the development progress of its FPS game, Gears of War 2.

Earlier this week DC Comics already announced a Prototype series, and today it revealed plans to publish a comic book series based on Epic Games' action video game franchise Gears of War, slated to debut from DC’s WildStorm imprint in October.