Remember Gears of War 3? It brought an end to a long running series exclusive to the Xbox 360 last year, unfortunately as the months have gone past and new games have been released, it has fallen by the wayside. However Epic Games is doing their best to keep the game in headlines as today they have revealed...

Are we long past the point of physical media on the gaming medium? Do we still need a form of data transfer between disc and machine, considering that we have a system of direct delivery from studios to consumers? Do games even need to be created as one large product, shipped and packaged to be consumed...

The third Gears of War 3 downloadable content pack ‘Fenix Rising’ is now available to download on Xbox LIVE. The pack features 5 new multiplayer maps inspired by the life and experiences of Marcus Fenix: Academy, Anvil, Depths, Escalation, and the Slab. And also introduces four character skins: Recruit...

SOPA, one of the worst bills in US history, has garnered the support of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The ESA supports publishers and developers and is responsible for events like E3.  However, their support of SOPA has made them enemies of gamers, techies, journalists and ANYONE that uses...

Infinity Blade Developer: ChAIR Entertainment Publisher: Epic Games Platforms: iPhone (reviewed), iPad, iPod Touch Release Date: December 1, 2011 Price: $6.99 – (HERE) Overview We games journalists like to begin our reviews with a basic summary of a game and then pose a suspensful question as to...

It’s the busy season again, and as such, this segment has been on a bit of a hiatus for a while. Kelly is reportedly stuck on the Work and Uni mission, a key objective in the main questline of that most dreaded game, Real Life. She’s passed the torch on to me to get this thing wrapped up, and to...

Epic Games are known for their Unreal Engine and the Gears of War series. Recently, they had released Infinity Blade II, which is looking like the most well-received title on iOS, even more well-received than Angry Birds. It impresses with its visuals, its depth and quality for an iOS game. Now, I wonder if...

Gears of War 3: RAAM’s Shadow Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Microsoft Platform: Xbox 360 (Reviewed) Release Date: December 13, 2011 Price: 1200 MSP Overview: Ever since Gears of War 3 was released a few months ago we have seen a number of pieces of DLC for the title. Nearly all of the DLC has been...

To promote the new MI: 4 movie, Xbox Live and Gears of War 3 are offering you a mission, if you choose to accept it. Beat Gears of War 3 on Insane by December 25 and be rewarded with five extra weapon skins: a “Ghost Protocol” Lancer, Hammerburst, Retro Lancer, Gnasher Shotgun, and Sawed-off...

According to OXM, via CVG, the developers behind Bulletstorm will be prodcuing the next Gears of War game and it will be a prequel to the rest of the Gears games. According to them, “a prequel trilogy developed by Epic-owned People Can Fly [is] a likely scenario.” After failing to reach...

Players of Gears of War 3 will be pleased to know that the “Versus Booster Map Pack” is now free to download on Xbox Live. The DLC map pack features five multiplayer maps including  Bullet Marsh and Clocktower along with Azura, Rustlung and Blood Drive which were previously available in the paid...

With the delay of Gears of War 3’s first major downloadable content earlier today, Epic Games and Microsoft have seem to make it up to us by announcing free some DLC inbound for November 24. The “Versus Booster Map Pack” will feature five maps, three brand new ones Azura, Rustlung and Blood Drive from...

Those expecting to pick up Gears of War 3′s first piece of legitimate DLC will be disappointed to find out that the Horde Command Pack has suffered a temporary delay. Epic Games announced the issue to its fans on their forums saying that it was due to a “technical issue” that the package...

Those who have purchased the $25 Gears Season Pass should be happy to hear when they will be able to download the next piece of Gears of War 3 DLC for absolutely nothing. The rest of us however, will have to pay 1200 Microsoft Points when this piece releases December 13th. The DLC announced earlier today by...

Anyone who has played even one match of a Gears of War title should know that the shotgun is perhaps one of the most overused and some can say most overpowered weapon in the game. This remains true in Gears of War 3, as Epic revealed statistics of weapon kills gathered since the game was released. Now these...

So you have played through Gears of War 3 on Insane, beat Horde mode and tried your hand at multiplayer. What is a hardened COG like you to do now? Well, you could, we suppose, go a an Easter Egg hunt. And indeed, the video below showcases just such a hunt. You see, there is this hidden weapon in Gears of...

Uh-oh. Commenters on Epic’s forums have recently been reporting that a glitch in Gears of War 3 is causing some consoles to freeze up. It seems that if you try to play Horde mode in splitscreen with two profiles, the bug attacks and permanently screws up one of the profiles, blocking that person from...

The first Infinity Blade made well over $20 million bucks on the iPhone, making it one of the most successful games ever. Epic revealed at the iPhone 4S event that Infinity Blade 2 will be coming out soon. How soon? On December 1st. If the video below is any indication this game will look fantastic....

Epic Games, makers of the excellent and fun Unreal Tournament series, have recently announced their leading game development engine, Unreal Engine 3, is now integrated with Flash support. This means that in the future, it is possible for games built on the Unreal Engine to be ported into flash formats to be...

Gears of War 3 is going to be receiving its first piece of downloadable content sooner than we may think. Announced today, the Horde Command DLC package will be released on November 1st and will be available for 800 MSP or free if you have bought the season pass for Gears of War 3. The package contains a...

Gears of War 3 is a huge title, as MasterAbbott will attest to. So huge in fact that Microsoft decided to reveal the first week sales statistics for the title, saying that Gears of War 3 passed the three million sales mark already just during its first week alone. To raise the bar even higher, they also...

Gears of War 3 was released last week and has been widely accepted as a major success, and of course with the option to buy a season pass at the moment to acquire all upcoming DLC for onee price, we know that there will be DLC in the future. But it appears that any story DLC will not focus on the main crew...

Gears of War 3 Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Microsoft Studios Platform: Xbox 360 (reviewed) Release date: September 20, 2011 Price: $59.99 (Available HERE) PREMISE: Anyone that owns an Xbox 360 console will have no doubt heard of the Gears of War series. It is one of the few video game franchises in...

From September 23 to October 3, Microsoft will be advertising Gears of War 3 in a new way. “Live” TV ads will air in the UK, displaying the current number of people playing online. We assume that in addition to a box displaying that number, there will be some other stuff going on in the...

MasterAbbott is back and so is Marcus Fenix with EPIC Games GEARS OF WAR 3 Today we have another unboxing for one of the most anticipated titles for 2011 the EPIC EDITION of Gears Of War 3.  Now what do you get in this EPIC Edition.  Details are below : Epic Edition PRICE : ($149.99 US – $199.99...

Want your own COG armor? Well this one of a kind suit (minus the lancer, underclothes and boots) could be yours! What’s the hitch? Well to get an entry code you have to purchase one of Calibur11′s fully customised Gears of War 3 Vaults, released today in the UK and available on their website for...