Gears Of War 3 Beta

Hey guys Josh here bringing you some news from the base camp of the Beta COG's.



Now as those of you who have been with the site for a while may know i purchased a shiny copy of a delightful children's game called Bulletstorm. With this game i got access to the Beta of Gears Of War 3 before all you pre orderers get a chance to be unleashed on it. Now when i played there was a couple of thousand of people playing so i originally thought finding a match would be as difficult as it has been in the previous 2 games and at first it was. I was connected and disconnected about 7 times and was beginning to lose hope, but then a miracle happened. I joined a game. Suddenly i was immersed in blood spurting chainsaw revving gore and it was glorious. The shotgun in gears has been given the title of the "Gnasher" and the sawn off shotgun has the title of "Sawn Off" (very original). The Machine guns of gears have had a revamp as well. We now have 3 options

• The Lancer - The traditional gears weapon with a chainsaw at the bottom for slicing and dicing. 
• The Hammerburst - The preferred weapon of the Locust. The aim is more precise and fires one shot a time. 
• The Retro Lancer - This is a new addition to gears games but not to the fans. The original lancer is a weapon we all know about and inspired the lancer we all know today. The Retro Lancer has a large blade at the front of it rather than the chainsaw and it allows players to run at enemies and impale them. 

The two maps we have been allowed to paint red are "Thrashball" and "Checkout".

Thrashball offers for a more varied style of fighting. There are plenty of paths you can take from the get go and lots of toys to find if your lucky enough. There is a giant scoreboard display in the centre of the field (Little Tip) Its barley hanging on so if you have a good aim or if your patient you may get to see some people get flattened.

Checkout has a more tactical feel to it. The map has several paths varying from a head on assault on the enemy base to an even spread attack on the wings (Pairs) fins some new weapons and attack the opposing team when they are attempting the same tactic. There is more cover on Checkout and it is a nice map for a little team deathmatch but Trashball has my vote.

The Gears Of War 3 Beta is as great as i had expected and more. New weapons, More gore, Better multi player, Better maps and the all important brutal ends to your enemies.

The Beta is now available for anyone who got the Epic edition to Bulletstorm and is available for all of the pre order fans on the 25th of April so only a couple of more days to go. So have you played the Beta? What do you think? Comments below.