Emergence Day 17th November

[Odin]

Gears of war will be released on the 17th November.

Let the count down begin.

Edit This is the Uk date, US seems to be getting it Nov 12th. I hope we dont have to wait a week.

[Lateralus]

Limited edition version offer in the US, maybe we'll get it as well.

One of the most anticipated next-generation console titles of 2006 and the critic’s choice winner for the E3 2006 Best Console Game, “Gears of War” will explode onto store shelves with a standard edition available for $59.99* and a limited collector’s edition available for $69.99. The limited edition will offer an even deeper look into the graphically stunning and frightening world of “Gears of War,” providing an official “Destroyed Beauty” art book and a bonus DVD featuring an inside look at the making of the game — all enclosed in a highly collectible metal box.

Link (http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2006/08/03/536562.aspx)

[clutts]

I'm really looking forward to this game and glad to hear it is only a few months away, but I'm still a little worried, all the hype around it reminds me too much of Brute Force!!

[jpcw]

Damn, my supplier has the date down as TBA

[Lateralus]

And no demo before Emergence Day.

I don't see any way we could do a demo before the game comes out. We've said that before." explained Rein.

Demos take a long time to create and polish and we can't afford to get derailled like that if we want to have the game in stores by Thanksgiving. Given a choice of the game this year or a demo this year and the game next year I'm sure every one of you would rather have the game this year because you're already planning to buy it. No idea if we'll do a demo or not after the game ships.

Link (http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11490/No-Gears-of-War-Demo-Before-Emergence-Day/)

[Odin]

looks like its 24th Nov for aus.:cry: :banghead:

Originally Posted by Mark Rein
Hi Folks,

As many of you are already aware today Microsoft announced launch details for Gears of War. Here's what we know so far...

In North America Emergence Day is November 12th. What that means is November 12th is the date by which all of the stores in North America will have the game on their shelves and for which Microsoft tells us they're going to organize some cool Emergence Day event.

However to get to stores in time for that the actual game will ship on November 7th. Some stores, like EB & Gamestop, will, at their own additional expense, park their trucks at Microsoft's warehouse and start taking deliveries at midnight on the 7th in an effort to get it to their stores right away - in some cases possibly even that day or a day or two later. The big boys, like Wal*Mart and Best Buy, have too many stores and are too complex to do that so they'll ship it through their distribution centers and spinkle it into theirs stores as best they can. What Microsoft tells us is if we ship on the 7th then 12th is the safe date for when all the stores will have and that's why it will be Emergence Day. We only have solid details like this for North America at this point in time.

It’s a little different in every region around the world.

In Europe, which is a huge market for us, they ship the game to retail on Nov 17. From country to country supply chains and delivery dates of product can vary, but in general Nov 17 is Emergence Day for Europe and you’ll see the game in stores from that day forward.

For Australia/New Zealand their ship date is November 24th. Japan gets the game in December. We're waiting for details on other territories but that's what we know so far.

source: TXB

[notorious HSG]

I'm really looking forward to this game and glad to hear it is only a few months away, but I'm still a little worried, all the hype around it reminds me too much of Brute Force!!

hahh.. i know what you mean. I was psyched for Brute Force.. which ended up being quite average.
As for GOW its looking extremely pretty. Graphically one of ... if not the best looking game to date.. Im not a graphics whore so Im praying the multiplayer is brilliant. I guess time will tell.. Im considering putting a deposit down for this one

[Skooby]

Isn't GoW being published by MS? If so, what happened to the promise of all MS titles remaining at US$49.95?

[michael39]

ohh cant wait for this one...

[funkyj]

I don't see any way we could do a demo before the game comes out. We've said that before." explained Rein.

Demos take a long time to create and polish and we can't afford to get derailled like that if we want to have the game in stores by Thanksgiving. Given a choice of the game this year or a demo this year and the game next year I'm sure every one of you would rather have the game this year because you're already planning to buy it. No idea if we'll do a demo or not after the game ships.

That's a load of bull.

It's piss easy to hobble the code of a game and allow only two levels to be playable. It would not delay the game months, as Rein suggests.

Maybe if it was an indie developer with a small team, but not a big team with MS backing...

The reason there will be no demo is purely to hype the game up.

[Karachi King]

That's a load of bull.

It's piss easy to hobble the code of a game and allow only two levels to be playable. It would not delay the game months, as Rein suggests.

Maybe if it was an indie developer with a small team, but not a big team with MS backing...

The reason there will be no demo is purely to hype the game up.

Not to mention there was already a demo shown at E3(don't know about a single player demo, but definitely a multiplayer one).

[Koryan]

Hmm..Last i hears was october something..november 17 is 2 days after my bday....mmmm.

[tfroggydawg]

very kick ass!

[Declan_Vee]

Not going up against the PS3... maybe they know something about an inevitable delay.

I just hope this "Bonus DVD" isn't of the regular variety, but rather something with HD material that the 360 can read.