Gears of War 2

[Dezm0nd]

I'm hoping that MS will do a rockstar and do a worldwide date, no matter what day it is for people

Can't wait to see what new features they're gonna cram into it

[MJ]

Possible LE box art:

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/36872/Gears-of-War-2-Limited-Edition-Box-Art-Logos-Artwork

[Matt]

I'm hoping that MS will do a rockstar and do a worldwide date, no matter what day it is for people

Can't wait to see what new features they're gonna cram into it

Wasn't Emergence Day worldwide?

[Synthesthesia]

Wasn't Emergence Day worldwide?

Not exactly. It was like the 9th for America and 18th or something here.

[MattyD]

Eurogamer reports one of the new additions to UE3 will be viscosity rendering for squidgy body parts, and liquid balls. BALLS! When I first get to touch those viscous liquid balls I'll know the next gen is truly here!

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

I'm hyped on this, & for the 1st time ever GameCentral was wrong with their predictions!

[Gouk]

watch the following vid - it gives a very idea of some of the new features and graphical effects that Gears 2 will no doubt make good use of

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_6002_en.html

[mackemansj1]

I cant bloody wait for this, my most wanted game for 08 now without a doubt.

[nonny]

The teaser trailer is boring but that tech demo of the UT3 engine enhancements is great... if they can realise some or all of those features and factor them into gameplay then GoW2 should be excellent.

4 player co-op though. 100 enemies onscreen at once is nice but I just want 3 mates onscreen.

[EvilBoris]

It's good though, that lends itself well to a onslaught of death. You only ever faced off against a maximum of 5 enemies at once, so having ****loads of them could be really fun

[Dezm0nd]

I would like to see a Left 4 Dead/Pdark Counter Op type mode where some people play as Locust in a specially designed campaign, or even the proper campaign mode. Would be a larf having fights against other players with your own designed set of missions.

[MJ]

CliffyB graced the stage with a Lancer:

[mmcg]

I so want one of those.

[Matt]

Anyone know if the tech demo shown was on the 360 or not? Because if so, that's a big jump in characters on screen. Everything else [for the 360] sounds entirely plausible, but jumping up to that many characters! The game is a bit of a git 8 players on Annex - fighting to control a single area, every player nearby, and a few corpses on the ground, the 360 frame rate can halve.

[EvilBoris]

It wouldn't suprise me if that was possible. That kind of effect is more down to clever programming and new software technologies than brute power I imagine. There have been plenty of games that have pulled odd similar things. Lost Odyssey has a whole army on screen at one point and that runs off UE3