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April 13th 2010

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News and Announcements

[APRIL 13TH] Press previews happening this week
Rod confirmed in the Gears IRC that press previews will be happening this week for Gears of War 3. Expect to hear more on what to expect from Gears of War 3 shortly.

[APRIL 13TH] Gears of War 3 announced, coming April 2011
Cliff Bleszinski came on stage on the Jimmy Fallon show to confirm Gears of War 3 is coming April 2011! The trailer and interview can be found HERE.


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Campaign Information
Features

    * Rod confirmed 4 Player Co-Op in the Gears IRC, with 4 unique characters. Rod confirmed that co-op includes Marcus, Dom, Cole, Baird and a "variety of other characters". Cliff confirms that at some points in the game you will play as an entirely different squad (that includes no Marcus and no Dom).

Story

    * The story is written by fantastic author Karen Traviss, who wrote the Gears of War book series
    * Set 18 months after Gears of War 2, and after the fourth Gears of War book.
    * The Coalition has disbanded or dismantled. Everyone is essentially a Stranded.
    * The Locust have not been seen in the time that has passed since the end of Gears 2 and the beginning of Gears 3
    * The location shown in the "Ashes to Ashes" trailer is a location nicknamed 'Char', where the remains of victims from the Hammer of Dawn strikes are heavily present.
    * Imulsion is infecting everything, not just the Locust. The Lambent are a ton of different nightmarish creatures.

Weapons

    * The Pendulum Lancer is in Gears of War 3
    * A Double Barrelled Shotgun was spotted in the Ashes to Ashes trailer. Lee Perry expands:
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      Originally Posted by Lee Perry
      FWIW, that weapon didn't exist until several hundred pages of the shotgun mechanic thread. That doesn't really give much away, considering the VAST amount of conflicting opinions in that thread; but the opinions in that thread definitely helped shape the weapon.

      Haha, I wonder if we could have made a trailer with basically a slow camera pan down a new shotgun and had about the same amount of interest from existing players, hahha.
      Cliff also confirms in the MeriStation TV interview (posted in the videos section) that the new shotgun does more damage but has a lower range and slower reload time than the Gnasher shotgun

Characters

    * Dom is now heavily bearded. According to Rod, this is due to his problems dealing with the loss of his wife.
    * Anya is the female COG soldier seen in the "Ashes to Ashes" trailer. We will learn more on her transition from pencil pusher to soldier throughout the books.

Enemies

    * Lambent Locust: These enemies mutate and transform as you fight them.


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Multiplayer Information

Matchmaking

    * Cliff confirmed they are tackling the bad matchmaking issues in Gears of War 3 in the Meristation TV interview. He mentions improved region filtering as one of the ways they are addressing this issue.
    * There will be a new feature that allows players to stay together as a party. Details will be released later. This presumably covers random people you meet in matchmaking, as Gears already allows for group matchmaking.


Maps

    * Cliff confirmed in the MeriStation TV interview that Gears of War 3 will include some old Gears of War 1 favorites that we didn't see in Gears of War 2



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Horde Information
Currently no information.


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New Feature Information

Moves

    * In the MeriStation TV interview, Cliff says there will be a ton of new executions in the game this time round and there will be an incentive for using them in multiplayer.
    * In the MeriStation TV interview, Cliff confirms you can kick someone as your vault over cover.



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Screenshots
Currently no released screenshots.


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Videos

[APRIL 13TH] MeriStation TV Interview with Cliff: Part 1 / Part 2 (Thanks ThrenodyCreed)
[APRIL 13TH] Gears of War "Ashes to Ashes" Trailer in HD / SD / YouTube (Thanks Renegade)
[APRIL 13TH] Cliff reveals Gears of War 3 on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon!



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Community Suggestions

Hooligunn's Gears of War 3 Career Record and Accolade System
Simburgur's Gears of War 3 Wishlist
Vevion's Multiplayer Dialogue Suggestion Thread
To be added to this list, please PM me your thread. Your suggestion needs at least 3 pages of replies.

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Gears Universe Announcements

Avatar Gear
Avatar clothing items will be released for Gears of War 3 on April 20th 2010. Some of these items will be based on the new armor shown in the trailers - image previews of these can be found below. (Thanks Dikon67)
Dom Example / Anya Example

Books
There will be a fourth book set after the upcoming third book Anvil Gate but before the beginning of Gears of War 3. No further details have been released.