Gears of War Realm

During the Microsoft E3 2007 Keynote it was confirmed that Gears of War is coming for the PC, like we heard earlier this week. It will support Microsoft’s new “Games for Windows” software.

Here is a quick recap of what was revealed at the keynote, more information to follow soon as we get it this week.

• Five new single player levels
• Game editor. (Mods here we come!)
• Co-Op is included for Windows.
• Brumak!!

At the end of the presentation Cliff Bleszinski confirmed that both Windows XP and Windows Vista will run Gears of War, while the Vista version will feature Games for Windows Live support.

Maybe Microsoft does have some E3 news for Gears of War planned. It appears due to a slip-up at GameVideos.com a video showing new Gears of War content has leaked. In the montage video you can see a boss battle with the Brumak as well as some new multiplayer maps.

The interesting thing is that when the video was live on the site, it was labeled with the title of “Gears of War PC Montage.” Does this mean there is actually a PC version of Gears of War that looks as polished as this? It’s looks like it. While the HUD still displays the Xbox button images, which could mean they were playing with the Xbox 360 Controllers or the game is still an early build. But the achievement unlocked looks more like Live for Windows.

So I’m pretty sure this is accurate leak just ahead of E3. Look for us to provide more Gears of War PC news first hand from us during E3.

Here is the video courtesy YouTube:

Amazon.com has put up some details on the new Gears Of War that was announced recently. It contains the score from the whole game composed by Kevin Riepl. The game’s score is said to have been influenced by big blockbuster movies. The disc will have 28 uniquely named tracks recorded like at the Bastyr University Chapel in Seattle by the Northwest Sinfonia who also did other video game scores such as Halo and Medal of Honor series.

Here is the track listing:

1. Gears of War
2. 14 Years After E-Day
3. Jacinto Prison
4. Attack of the Drones
5. Embry Square
6. Fish In a Barrel
7. House of Sovereigns
8. Minh’s Death
9. Entering The Tombs
10. Tomb of the Unknowns
11. Ephyra Streets I
12. Ephyra Streets II
13. Miserable Wretches
14. Stay in the Light
15. Chap’s Gas Station
16. Fill ‘er Up at Chap’s
17. I Will Kryll You
18. Locust, Wretches & Kryll
19. Imulsion Mines
20. East Barracade Academy
21. The Fenix Estate
22. Locust Infestation
23. Hidden Lab
24. Running With Boomers
25. Oh the Horror
26. Train Wreck – Locust Theme
27. Train Ride To Hell
28. Gears of War Reprise

This weekend Live Free or Die Hard made it’s debut. Along with it was a great cameo that was almost impossible to miss.

During two scenes you got to see our favorite game, Gears of War. Early in the film you see a soon-to-be deceased hacker’s roommate playing the game for about a minute. The game gets a lot of screen time and includes a few good bloody battle shots. Actually more bloody than most the movie is (due to PG-13 rating).

And then later in the film you see that Warlock has the game’s main menu on one of his basement “command center’s” many TVs. Warlock is a cyber-expert who lives in his mom’s basement. He is played perfectly by writer/director/comedic god Kevin Smith.

I say everyone should go out and see the movie, it exceeded my expectations. While different than the other Die Hards, it still fits in among them as one of the better ones.