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Throat-Slashing Blamed On A Gears Of War Relationship Gone Bad

A 14-year-old admitted to slashing a 13-year-old’s throat in an assault Scottish authorities blamed on a soured online friendship developed over Gears of War. Of course the game itself is blamed but when the 14-year-old already is a father, you’re not talking about someone with good decision-making and impulse control.


Cliff Bleszinski: Pirates Can Be Paying Customers Instead Of Being Hunted

Ever since he left Epic Games, Cliff Bleszinski’s been letting his opinions fly fast and unfettered. At this week’s East Coast Game Conference, he talked about where the future of games might be heading.


Gears Of War: Judgment Gets New Maps And Multiplayer Mode Next Week

New competitive environments will be coming to Epic Games’ latest Gears game when the Call to Arms map pack drops on April 2. It will include three new areas — Terminal, Blood Drive and Boneyard — and a new multiplayer mode called Master at Arms.


Here’s Gears Of War’s Top Designer Going Bald For A Good Cause

I may be bald, but Cliff Bleszinski is both unemployed and bald. But I wouldn’t worry about the former lead designer of the Gears of War series. He’s been doing alright for himself since leaving Epic Games, and this weekend he pulled in enough dough — $15,000, the highest contributor in this fundraiser — to make good on a promise to shave his head.


‘Warzone’ Multiplayer Is On Gears Of War: Judgment Disc

Earlier this week Gears fans figured out how to trigger Warzone — it has to be done from a private team deathmatch, while hitting the A and B buttons simultaneously in the match’s parameters menu.


Six Critics Consider Gears Of War: Judgment Fresh, Frantic And Fun

Gears of War has been around for a while now — seven years, with Judgment being the fourth game in the series — and it seems the franchise is not ready to slow down just yet. Most reviewers agree that the gameplay is exhilarating, the story is tight, and the war-torn world is prettier than ever.


Believe It Or Not, There Is Actually More Than One Way To Play A Game

Breaking a habit is no easy thing — even when a game designer does their best to give players options. Take Call of Duty: Black Ops II, for instance.


Gears Of War: Judgment: The Kotaku Review

Our Gears of War: Judgment review has been updated with a multiplayer segment as well as an overall verdict on the game (finally). To sum: you might have a better time picking up Gears of War 3 instead.


Video Games Gave Him The Chance To Prove He Is American

Video games aren’t what kept José Muñoz in his parents’ basement for much of the past seven years, slipping into depression. They aren’t why the former honour roll student dropped out of college, and they aren’t why he couldn’t get a job. Video games aren’t what sent him to a therapist’s couch, and video games aren’t what kept him on his living room’s, day after day.


Gamer Comedian Finds Ways To Make Gears Of War: Judgment Funny

We’ve already seen Kumail Nanjiani making jokes about video games, that’s what a comedian who loves his hobby (and lots and lots of video games) does.


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