Description
The Windows version of
Gears of War has several features not seen in the
Xbox 360 release. These include:
- Five new single player chapters added to Act Five, which describe the escape of Delta Squad from a giant Brumak
- Three new multiplayer maps
- The Unreal Map editor
- The Annex game mode
- 50 extra achievements
- Free Windows Live! Silver play
- DirectX 10 optimization
Alternate Titles
- "GoW" -- Common abbreviation
Part of the Following Groups
User Reviews
The Press Says
| Game Freaks 365 |
Nov 20, 2007 |
9.5 out of 10 |
95 |
| YouGamers |
Nov 10, 2007 |
95 out of 100 |
95 |
| Worth Playing |
Dec 05, 2007 |
9.4 out of 10 |
94 |
| ActionTrip |
Nov 09, 2007 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| IGN |
Nov 07, 2007 |
8.7 out of 10 |
87 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Dec, 2007 |
86 out of 100 |
86 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Jan, 2008 |
86 out of 100 |
86 |
| Vgames |
Feb 10, 2008 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
| TotalVideoGames (TVG) |
Nov 07, 2007 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| 1UP |
Nov 19, 2007 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
Forums
Trivia
In January 2009 players were suddenly unable to launch the game.
Mark Rein, Vice President of
Epic Games, Inc. responded that this was not related to the game's DRM. Instead, the online cheat detection features are based on digital signatures. The executable was signed with a certificate that expired in a way that it broke the game. The company eventually released a patch that solved in the problem, but in the meantime it could be resolved by changing the computer's system time to an earlier date.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
HandofShadow (49) on Nov 12, 2007.
