Save/Kill Carmine Campaign Raises $150k for Child's Play

Also known as the ‘Fate of Carmine’ campaign, which up until recently had been reported to lean towards saving Carmine. Via sales of avatar items and real shirts, Gears fans managed to raise a six figure check for the charity.

Can The Headshot Be Replaced?

Headshots are ruining games. Think about the arsenal they give you in Splinter Cell. Think about the remote camera, the sticky mines, the grenades, and EMPs, and all this other stuff, shotguns and assault rifles…and you went through the entire

Do You Know How To Play Torque Bow Tag?

No? Shit, son, you’re gonna have to learn on your feet then, because Labor Day weekend’s Gears 2 XP event is incidentally torque bow tag day, too. Proving to us that he’s mentally insane via a 25x XP event isn’t

Do You Have Your Gears 2 Wings Yet?

If not, you may want to get on that–Rod Fergusson, Gears of War executive producer, is teasing some sort of prize in Gears 3 for players who have attained the 100th level on Gears 2 multiplayer. “Trust me. Having your

Gears 3 Looks GOOD In Action

Normally, footage gamers see is not reflective of what we actually get to play: we’re plagued with an abundance of misleading CGI animation. There are, of course, some exceptions to this rule: Gears 3 is an example of a game

Carmine Might Be Saved! 'Save Carmine' Shirts Outselling 'Kill Carmine' Shirts on XBL

Look at this badass. Look at this fucking badass. That is NOT a guy you want to kill. That’s a guy you want on your team, a guy you’d probably stop to watch every time he decides to curbstomp someone.

Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most Out of Gears Of War's Horde Mode

I had sworn to keep away from Gears after playing Battlefield, but the 20x experience event this weekend sucked me back in. Gears has a handful of map-packs, and some of my friends hadn’t gotten the respective achievements for them–the