Gears of War 2 First Multiplayer Video next Wednesday.. Yes Bond, Multiplayer! ;)

[The Duggler]

Anyone knows if 2 persons will be able to play online from the same console? A la Mario Kart?

[flunkie44]

Originally Posted by The Duggler

Anyone knows if 2 persons will be able to play online from the same console? A la Mario Kart?

It was possible in Gears 1 - I don't see why it wouldn't be in Gears 2.

[Dyne]

Wingman. Oh CliffyB.

Hi, have you met Ted? *pistol whip from behind*

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Dyne

Wingman. Oh CliffyB.

Hi, have you met Ted? *pistol whip from behind*

It's

"Heeeeeeeeyyyyy have you met my friend Ted?"
Jeez!

[Bond]

The HIMYM quote correction police have been here.

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

It's

"Heeeeeeeeyyyyy have you met my friend Ted?"
Jeez!

The official BLOG is named "have you met ted."

http://have-you-met-ted.com/

It's not like it has to be perfect. Plus, who's to say your wingman is your friend?

[Bond]

Isn't that a fan-made blog?

[Dyne]

Oh, probably. I didn't do very much searching.

[The Duggler]

Originally Posted by flunkie44

It was possible in Gears 1 - I don't see why it wouldn't be in Gears 2.

How do you do it?

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by The Duggler

How do you do it?

That was always a pain in the ass.

But I believe you had to go into the Xbox Live and start a player or ranked session but before you confirmed. Hit the X button on second controller to sign in as a guest or another account.

It was a pain that took ppl a while.

[The Duggler]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

That was always a pain in the ass.

But I believe you had to go into the Xbox Live and start a player or ranked session but before you confirmed. Hit the X button on second controller to sign in as a guest or another account.

It was a pain that took ppl a while.

Thanks man. I didn't know that.

[BreakABone]

Not that I care just need to steal Aladuf's thunder.
New impressions and videos.

Recently, Microsoft showed the game off to a bunch of game journalists (including yours truly) in their Redmond office. Once there, Bleszinski gave us a quick rundown of some of the new weapons and features in the game, as well a little more about the story and some of the new characters and locations. It’s stuff you’ve mostly heard before (saving the world jazz, no biggie) but it sounds like the single player will be as compelling as it was in the first game.

But we were here for some competitive multiplayer, and we got to play multiple rounds of three different multiplayer modes on three different levels: Gridlock 2.0, Security and River. Actually we played some other maps I’m not allowed to talk about yet as well as some other modes I’m not allowed to talk about until E3 time either. But trust me: wowza.

This makes for some interesting gameplay possibilities, especially when you consider a couple of the new features of the grenade. You can stick grenades all over a choke point on a map, hoping someone will trigger it as they fight through. But if you use poison gas grenades you create a much bigger and longer lasting obstacle for your opponents to get through. Grenades also cause a concussive blast now too which can knock a player down or even over something.

Guardian

Bleszinski described this as sort of like “Assassination 2.0. Both teams have one “leader” who is armed just like a real player – he’s not some dude in an El Presidente uniform holding a crowbar. But even though the leader is just another player (and will cycle equally through your team) if he dies, it’s bad news for your team. As long as your leader is alive, his escorts will continue to respawn, keeping up the fight. So teams have to strike a balance tactically between guarding the leader and hunting down the enemy leader, making for some interesting team play concepts.

http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-36...s-of-War-2/p1/

http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/xbox-...r-Gameplay-HD/
Older video in HD apparently.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/886/886441p1.html

[Aladuf]

Just caught that on GAF, I haven't watched the IGN video or whatever it was because I hate IGN's video player with a burning passion but the screens are nice, especially the one you posted.