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A new, sexy limited edition Xbox 360 will be available in a Gears of War 3 bundle, which will not only come with the game, but even have specialized hardware that has custom sound effects.

Epic Games' design boss and Gears of War guru Cliff Bleszinski told CVG that Gears of War 3's single player campaign will at the minimum 10 hours, but most gameplay runthroughs will top 12 hours.

Players will now be able to play as "The Cole Train", and Baird as the co-op player, in Gears of War 3, Epic Games reported.

While Epic Games' Mike Capps would love for the Gears of War franchise to go multiplatform and extend to PlayStation 3, Cliff Bleszinski casts huge doubt. Frankly they've got "a great setup" with Microsoft, especially when you note all the "marketing benefits" and dedicated server support. It's sticking with Xbox 360.

NeoGAF posters have reported that Gears of War 3 has been leaked online.

Footage showing a leaked Gears of War 3 version is real as developer Epic Games issues an official response, and reminds fans it's not the "final build". Spoilers and unseen gameplay are rife in the leak and the studio is working with internal "security teams and law enforcement". It retails September.

In a move perhaps marking a new direction for Germany and 'violent' videogames, Epic's Gears of War 3 will be sold completely as intended with no cuts. The blood will run red and not green. Microsoft kept from publishing the first two because of the strict rules in Germany, but the third just needs you over 18.

Cliff Bleszinski all but confirmed Gears of War 4 in an interview with RipTen's Chad Lakkis, as he stated that even though Gears of War 3 was the final chapter in a trilogy, it's just good business to release more Gears games.

Epic Games has revealed at San Diego Comic Con that Gears of War 3 will have a Casual mode for players who are either new to videogames or just plain suck at shooters.

There are videos popping up showing spoilerific Gears of War 3 clips and Epic Games is unhappy about it. They're "extremely diligent" taking them down. They called on fans to "not perpetuate it" and are "keeping track" of leakers. They warn people aren't aware of "potential repercussions" of their actions.

Epic Games has released a new trailer showing off Gears of War 3's updated Horde 2.0 mode, with five against the invading, well, horde. There are a lot of quick hints of what to expect in the retail game, so keep your eyes out for things like the electric lancer.

Epic's Rod Fergusson says a lot of lessons needed to be learned and "many challenges" overcome before four player co-op could exist in Gears of War. It was a big undertaking "just from the narrative side" as all four are "story-relevant characters" in Gears of War 3. It's partly why the Lambent "came to be."

While generally dismissing stereoscopic 3D as 'something people don't want yet', Microsoft seems to be warming up to the technology with new Xbox 360 dev kits. Epic's Rod Fergusson reveals Gears of War 3 uses 3D although it's "more of a post-process" 3D - it wasn't built from the ground up. It's also "jaggier in certain areas".

Gears of War 3 executive producer Rod Fergusson, in discussing how deep the story of Gears is, revealed that “Gears has never been afraid to kill off characters…” That implies some major characters will be dying in Gears of War 3. It seems Dom Santiago is the most obvious choice to kill off, since he's a shell of his former self after his wife Maria was euthanized (by Dom himself), but other candidates include Cole Train and even Marcus himself.

Epic Games has revealed the opening cinematic for Gears of War 3. The spoilers are pretty mild, and aimed at Gears 2, since basically it just recaps all of the events from the prior games.

Gears of War 3 has finally gone gold, after being delayed from its April release. The game will be on track for its September 20 release.

Epic Games has released a trailer at PAX 2011 showing off a medley of Gears of War 3 multiplayer. Not only does it look better, but the gameplay seems more dynamic and fun.

Gears of War 3 is the latest game to utilize a Season Pass for gamers to prepay for the downloadable content for a game. Players may spend 2400 Microsoft Points ($30 USD) for the Gears of War 3 Season Pass, while will entitle them to get all four DLC packs planned for the game.

Epic Games boss Mike Capps is "really proud" with what his studio has accomplished with Gears of War 3, especially with some much extra time. It was "on schedule" but Microsoft delayed its release and Epic "took advantage" of the new window, which led to Capps' "very favourite" multiplayer mode, Beast.

As is common with all major games, some store has broken the street game of a major release. This time, Norwegian online retailer Elkjop has reportedly shipped copies of Gears of War 3 over a week before its scheduled release date of September 20. Gamers have been sending in pics of the game proving they got early copies.