E3 2010 XTRA: 'Gears of War 3' Gameplay Footage

E3 2010 XTRA: ‘Gears of War 3’ Gameplay Footage

Posted on June 21, 2010

Since the “accidental” announcement of Gears of War 3 a few months ago before the Jimmy Fallon Show, the internet has been abuzz with everyone looking to see what the monumental third person shooter would have to offer that was different from the previous games. Especially after the mutliplayer snafu of Gears of War 2, players have been anxiously awaiting what Epic Games will be putting out in the next iteration of the series.

During the Microsoft press conference at E3, Cliffy B of Epic came out with three cohorts to show off the game’s new four player co-op campaign mode. As you’ll see below, players will be taking the fight on two fronts as they deal with the pesky Locusts as well as the new threat, the transforming Lambents. As always, Gears looks beautiful in motion and the new gameplay depth added from a four player mode will inevitably help the series’ success further.

The second video gives some clips from the E3 premiere of Beast mode. The follow-up to Gears of War 2’s Horde mode, players will get to control a horde of Locusts looking to annihilate a group of Gears in this new multiplayer mode. From the look of things, players will have a variety of options with which Locusts they control as they take on the Gears.

These options will likely add hours of new and exciting gameplay for even the most battle hardened Gears of War veterans.
Check out the two gameplay videos after the jump, and keep it here for upcoming news, as it comes to us, on Gears of War 3.

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  • JJ
    June 22, 2010 at 2:09 am

    Hopefully the multiplayer is more like Gears 1 and not the abortion Gears 2 was. Even after 6 title updates, the experience of Gears 2 multiplayer still can not compare to Gears 1. Single player, Co-op and Horde were real nice though. Keeping my fingers crossed about the multiplayer.

  • ron
    June 21, 2010 at 8:53 pm

    can’t fuckin wait…. itss gonna be like christmas in april
    GEARS 4EVER

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