87
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.4
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

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


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Gears of War Windows $21.99  
Gears of War Windows $49.95  
ebay.com
Gears of War    
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User Reviews

Phoenix rising NeoJ (428) 3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars

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

Topic # Posts Last Post
Why are these split over two seperate entries? 6 Foxhack (11889)
Feb 21, 2009
Does this get any better? 11 Dr. M. "Schadenfreude" Von Katze Bronze Star Contributing Member (588)
Jan 09, 2008

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.
 

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