Gears of War 2 already in the wild |
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BY Adem Kermad October 11th, 2008 |
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Just days after the announcement that Gears of War 2 has gone gold, it appears that one lucky so and so already has managed to get himself a copy of the game. Forum poster ‘dreammastah’ over at Neogaf has posted images showing Gears of War 2 running on his Xbox 360. As well as uploading numerous screenshots as proof, the user also set up a live stream of both campaign and horde mode. The 55 uploaded screenshots, showing various multiplayer maps and collectibles, are still available to view here.
Whether the disc in the image above is a review copy, a retail copy, or just an high quality fake is currently unknown. However, judging by the screenshots, videos and achievements, it appears that whatever disc he has is a full working version of Gears of War 2. With the official release date almost a whole month away, Epic Games and Microsoft can’t be too pleased by this news.
October 11th, 2008
at 10:07 pm
Certainly looks very legit. If Microsoft/Epic would want to track this guy down it’d be pretty easy probably considering he’s got some achievements unlocked and all.
October 12th, 2008
at 7:17 am
Apparently the guy got it from a ‘friend’. Other people in the thread said that they’re also getting it early. Damn I’m jealous.
October 12th, 2008
at 2:55 pm
Apparently a ntsc retail and two pal review copys were stolen from a warehouse. If hes taken the time to upload images of it why not just upload the game so we can all have a do at it,lol.
Reply to Jackson - All he has to do is wipe his xbox harddrive or delete the offline profile and the achievements are gone.
Well if someone out there is reading this and has a copy, get uploading it for us lad.
October 12th, 2008
at 2:58 pm
Somehow, I think I’d rather actually pay for the game–in order to ensure that a Gears 3 will come out.
October 12th, 2008
at 6:15 pm
According to the latest issue of GamePro, Epic and Microsoft will be offering five maps as downloadable content day-and-date with the release of Gears of War 2. The five maps may look familiar — they’re all from the original Gears of War.
“Gridlock,” “Subway,” “Canals,” “Mansion,” and “Tyro Station” will be made available as download when the game launches next month. The catch: the maps will be free, and accessible by redeeming a voucher code that comes packed in with Gears of War 2.
So there’s a bit of an uproar over this. The catch is that you must purchase a new copy of Gears of War 2 in order to get the code; once said code is redeemed, it becomes useless (think MS Points cards). How hard this will hit the used Gears 2 market remains to be seen, but it’s likely (yet not confirmed) that the maps will be made available for purchase using Microsoft’s MS Points moon money.
Now I cannot see away around this!
Gears is such a great game and they deserve the support by buying it anyway.