Gears of War 3: Officially Confirmed To Launch On September 20th

Initially Microsoft told all the fans eager to finish Epic's epic saga that we would be diving head first into the game, which takes place 18 months after the events of Gears of War 2, sometime in April. Our desires to find out who the Lambet really are, and see how the new human stronghold on the island of Vectes stood against the Locust horde, were crushed when the world was informed that the game would be delayed until some arbitrary fall time (September...ish... Microsoft does like September after all). Well, after several months of "uhhh.. okay so when..?" Microsoft announced that GoW3 will officially launch on September 20th, 2011. The reason for the push back, claimed Microsoft and Epic Games, was to have a chance to polish up the game. This game is currently being called the most polished GoW title yet. Honestly, I'm completely okay with games getting pushed back in order for them to be a better. I'm all for it. (However don't get carried away. Use some discretion...  Blizzard....)

So on September 20th, you can finally finish the story of Marcus, Dom, and the three new female Gears, and their fight for Earth. You can join up with your favorite Gears, in an all new 4-player co-op campaign. You may also choose to just kill everyone in the 5v5 multiplayer, playing on some of the maps Microsoft announced:

Trenches
Overpass
Mercy
Checkout
Thrashball






Or, you might crave for a change in style, and play in the new game mode "Beast mode", in which players take control of Locust soldiers to (I can only assume) kill humans. 

The game will also feature the following weapons (and probably more to be announced later):

Bayonet Charge
Retro Lancer
Sawed-off Shotgun
OneShot
Incendiary Grenade
Digger Launcher

I am super stoked personally, and will be taking my chance to play the game with the open multiplayer Beta Epic has promised to release. The Beta will be accessible with the purchase of Bulletstorm, as well as in several other ways (or so Epic promises).