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ENU291
10-26-06, 08:02 AM
Courtesy of ShackNews:

Microsoft today announced that Epic's anticipated third person shooter Gears of War (X360) has gone gold and is ready for production. To celebrate the game's launch on November 12, 2006, Microsoft will be holding a variety of online events via Xbox Live. Starting at 12:01am on November 12, there will be a 24-hours leaderboard tournament; the player on top at the end of the contest will receive a unique Gears of War guitar and a guaranteed spot in an official Gears of War worldwide tournament to be held next year.

During that same 24-hour period, several other offers and opportunities will be running: hourly sweepstakes including prizes such as a Samsung surround sound system; a freely downloadable gamer pic and theme; online gaming featuring the members of Megadeth as well as Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski; a launch video from CliffyB; and an MTV feature on the game.

A new Gears of War trailer is currently available via Xbox Live.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/44420
saturnotaku
10-26-06, 08:03 AM
Nov. 12? I thought it was supposed to be out on the 7th. :|
SH64
10-26-06, 08:06 AM
I guess this will be the first UE3 game to make it to market!
six_storm
10-26-06, 08:17 AM
Bring it on!
Namrok
10-26-06, 08:27 AM
Nov. 12? I thought it was supposed to be out on the 7th. :|

My understanding is that this is not one of those "Store gets the game on the 7th, holds onto it till the street date" situations, but that stores are cleared to sell the game whenever they get it. So some stores will get it the 7th, others it will take until the 12th. I think the 12th is the date by which all stores should have it.
six_storm
10-26-06, 08:42 AM
EB Games and Gamestop - Nov 8th
Walmart, Best Buy and others - Nov 12th
Ninjaman09
10-26-06, 09:03 AM
Or it could be that they meant to say the leaderboard tournament starts on the 12th and just worded it awkwardly - the 12th is a Saturday, which would be a very strange day for a game to release seeing as how almost all forms of electronic media release on Tuesdays.
JamesDax
10-26-06, 09:09 AM
Have you seen the new commercial that supposed to shown in theaters? The thing is frakin' sweet. The game will sell some 360's.
saturnotaku
10-26-06, 09:15 AM
Have you seen the new commercial that supposed to shown in theaters? The thing is frakin' sweet. The game will sell some 360's.

We have a whole thread on it.

Or it could be that they meant to say the leaderboard tournament starts on the 12th and just worded it awkwardly - the 12th is a Saturday, which would be a very strange day for a game to release seeing as how almost all forms of electronic media release on Tuesdays.

Now that I re-read the release, that's probably the case. Looks like whoever wrote that needs to go back to English class. ;)
Ninjaman09
10-26-06, 03:09 PM
Also, Nov. 12th is a Sunday, I'm dumb. :(
Peoples-Agent
10-27-06, 01:15 AM
17th November over here.... well, that's unless some store on the high street breaks the code and sells it earlier, of which it's then open to all. heh
Why I got my Pro Evo 6 a few days earlier, hope whoever did that enjoys their lush fine.