Gears of War Realm

I have finally put up the second part of my Gears of War preview. This segment of the preview discusses the multiplayer demo of Gears of War we saw at E3 2006.

There wasn’t much to see at E3 other than one single level, but I tried to dive into the gameplay of the game and features of the Multiplayer campaign as much as I could for the readers out there.

Continue on to Part II of the Gears of War Preview.

Also stay tuned next week for our first Gears of War Faceplate contest, which starts on Monday and runs for an entire week. Every day you come back, the more chances to win you can get!

CliffyB gets interviewed once again; this time by model, actress and self proclaimed “Avid Video Gamer Geek” Yvonna Lynn (pictured at the right). The video interview with the Gears of War lead designer was filmed on the show floor at E3 2006 for the Advanced Media Network. You can find the link to the interview on AMN’s Media Page.

Official Xbox Magazine has their own podcast, the self-dubbed KOXM Radio. In the most recent episode, they have a great candid interview with Gears of War lead designer CliffyB.

The podcast is a great listen, and has been added to my iTunes podcast list. The podcast is hosted by Official Xbox Magazine’s Senior Associate Editor Ryan McCaffrey. Joining him as co-host is an old school game journalist that I’ve known since my first days of FAQ writing back in the early 90s, Dan Amrich who is now currently with Games Radar. I enjoyed the podcast so much, I decided to go back and download the previous podcasts to listen to as well.

Cliff calls this the “Best. Interview. Evar.” and he uses plenty of colorful language. For thirty minutes he discusses some history on the Gears of War project; like how pieces of the game became Unreal Tournament 2004. Secrets of the drama on the MTV2 Gears of War documentary are revealed. But instead of telling you everything that was revealed, it’ll be much more entertaining to go listen to it yourself.

Thanks to the host himself, Ryan McCaffrey, for letting us know about the interview!

Microsoft’s new videocast show for those passionate for Technology out there, The 10 Show, has an exclusive video interview with Gears of War lead designer Cliff “CliffyB” Bleszinski.

The interview is hosted by Tina Wood, the former host of the long lost G4 program, G4TV.com. The interview touches on everything from his former Unreal projects to the current project, Gears of War. It also is filmed on location at the Epic Games Studio in North Carolina, for those who want to get another glimpse into the lives of game developers.

Go check it out.

The Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006 winners have been announced. The Game Critics Awards group is “an independent group of journalists from 37 leading North American media outlets that cover the videogame industry.”

They have voted and Gears of War ended up walking away with two awards, it was nominated for five. It has won for Best Console Game and Best Action Game. Congrats to Epic Games and Microsoft on this wonderful achievement.