Description
The renowned 3rd-person tactical shooter, the platform-defining
Gears of War on the Xbox 360, has finally made its appearance on the PC roughly one year later.
All of the action, multiplayer maps and modes that made the game a hit last year have been seamlessly translated to the PC format with added extras:
- Five new single player chapters
- Five new multiplayer maps
- Unreal Map Editor for the creation of custom campaigns and maps
- "Annex" multiplayer mode based around territory control
- Fifty new Achievements
- Free online play with Windows Live! Silver
The game also has the option of utilizing Direct X 10 for vastly improved graphics over the 360 version.
Alternate Titles
- "GoW" -- Common abbreviation
Part of the Following Groups
User Reviews
The Press Says
| Pro-G |
Nov 08, 2007 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| Worth Playing |
Dec 05, 2007 |
9.4 out of 10 |
94 |
| GameZone |
Nov 04, 2007 |
9.3 out of 10 |
93 |
| Maximum PC |
Nov 16, 2007 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Meristation |
Nov 07, 2007 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| GameSpy |
Nov 07, 2007 |
  |
90 |
| Bonusweb |
Nov 19, 2007 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| Vgames |
Feb 10, 2008 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
| GamesFire |
Dec 02, 2007 |
84 out of 100 |
84 |
| Gaming Target |
Jul 09, 2008 |
8.2 out of 10 |
82 |
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 (48) on Nov 12, 2007.
