As Epic’s Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta came to a close this weekend, the months leading up to the game’s September release will only become more difficult. Today, Epic confirmed over 1.29 million users played the beta and more than one million pre-ordered the game. This news makes Gears of War 3 the fastest title to reach one million pre-orders on the Xbox 360.
As the final chapter to close the Gears of War trilogy, GoW 3 has some big shoes to fill. Cliff Blesinzki, design director at Epic said, “while the beta was a fun way to give players an early taste of our game, it also provided us with invaluable feedback to help us refine and polish Gears of War 3 to ensure it’s truly the culmination of the trilogy we promised to the fans.”
While I didn’t personally play the multiplayer beta, the consensus I heard from those that did was nothing but positive — further fueling my intentions to trade my PlayStation 3 for a Xbox 360. For those of you that played the multi-player beta we’d love to know: did it live up to the hype? Sound off.
September 20 | Gears of War | TBD
