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General Information

(DLC Information)

Campaign

(Story, Characters, Features, LE Console, Epic Edition Details, Interviews and Gameplay Articles, Word From Rod, Info Bites, Miscellaneous)

Multiplayer

(Modes, Ranking and Progression System, Executions, Features, Maps, Characters, Weapon Skins)

Horde

(E3 2011 Videos, Characters, Tower Defense)

Beast Mode

(Characters, Videos)

Weapons and Vehicles

(New Weapons, Returning Weapons, Vehicles)

Enemies

(Locust Enemies, Lambent Enemies, Other Enemies)

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Downloadable Content Info

DLC 1

Hoard Command pack

Release Date: Nov. 1^st, 2011
Cost: 800 MSP (Free for Season Pass holders)
Achievements: 250 GS

Content

Maps

• Rustlung
  
• Blood Drive
  
• Azura

Horde Fortification Additions

• Command Center
  
• Onyx Guard Decoy
• Scorcher Turret
  
• Silverback Rockets

Weapon Skins

• Jungle Camo
  
• Team Plasma
  

Character Skins

• Bernie
  
• Onyx Guard
• Big Rig Dizzy

Achievements

• 25G: "The Host with the Most" - Host a full party on one of the DLC maps in a private Horde game.
  
• 25G: "Places to See, People to Destroy" - Host a full party on one of the DLC maps in a private Beast game.
• 50G: "What does this button do?" - Get 500 kills with Silverback Rockets.
• 50G: "It's Hammer Time" - Get your Horde Command Center upgraded to level four.
• 100G: "Kill Locust Like a Boss" - Defeat any boss wave on Hardcore difficulty as five Onyx Guards.
  

Booster Map pack

This DLC was free.

Maps

• Azura
  
• Blood Drive
• Rustlung
• Clocktower
• Bulletmarsh
  

DLC 2
RAAM’S Shadow

Release Date: Dec. 13^th, 2011
Cost: 1200 MSP (Free for Season Pass holders)
Achievements: 250 GS

Content

RAAM’S Shadow Campaign DLC.

Weapon Skins

• Chocolate
  

Character Skins

• RAAM
  
• Elite Theron
• Minh Young Kim
• Alicia Valera
• Tai Kaliso
• Michael Barrick

Achievements

• Welcome to Zeta – Complete “RAAM’s Shadow” in Standard Campaign on any difficulty. (25 points)
  
• Some Friendly Competition – Completed “RAAM’s Shadow” in Arcade on any difficulty. (25 points)
• Help from my Friends – Completed “RAAM’s Shadow” in 4 player co-op in Arcade or Standard Mode. (25 points)
• Finger of Doom – As RAAM, kill 50 gears using your Kryll. (15 points)
• I’m Rubber, You’re Glue – As Mauler, kill 10 Gears by reflecting their bullets using your shield. (15 points)
• Death from Above – Using the Hammer of Dawn Command Center, kill 50 Locust. (15 points)
• Unarmed and Dangerous – Using the Loader, kill 10 Locust. (15 points)
• Ghosts from the Past – Play 10 matches of Versus as a member of Zeta (Barrick, Tai, Minh, or Valera) (Standard or Casual). (15 points)
• Foreshadowing – As RAAM, execute Minh 10 times in Versus MP (Standard or Casual). (25 points)
• Zeta Team, Go! – Complete waves 1 – 10 of Horde with 5 players as Zeta (Barrick, Tai, Minh, Valera, and Jace). (75 points)

DLC 3

Fenix Rising

Release Date: Jan. 17^th, 2012
Cost: 800 MSP (Free to Season Pass holders)
Achievements: 250 GS

Content

Maps

• Escalation
  
• Slab
• Depths
• Academy
• Anvil

Re-Up system

Essentially a "prestige" System. Players can "re-enlist" and begin their rank from 1 again after reaching level 100. All unlocks and Custom Items remain as well as medals unlocked. Additionally Re-Upping grants you access to new Weapon Skins! - You can Re-Up through the Four Tiers of Colors. Bronze>Green>Red>Gold.


Every Re-Up earns players a new weapon skin obtainable only after Re-upping.

• Re-Up Plasma - Animated Plasma in Gold
  
• Re-Up Omen - Red Omen
• Re-Up Electric - Animated Golden Electric Shocks
  

• The Rank Number will change color depending on the Rank you are currently on. Colors: Green, Red and Blue
• Your Rank and XP is reset back to the beginning. Unlocked items and custom items are not reset
• Medals are not reset

Character Skins

• Thrashball Cole LE
  
• Recruit Clayton Carmine
• Savage Kantus LE
• Savage Marauder

Achievements

• Now They Begin to Understand – Complete 12 waves of Beast on all Fenix Rising Maps. (20 points)
  
• Defending the Past – Complete all 50 waves of Horde on any of the Fenix Rising Maps. (25 points)
• Come to Poppa – Win a Versus multiplayer match as a team of five Recruit Claytons (any mode). (15 points)
• Locust, Forever – Win a Versus multiplayer match as a team of five Savage Marauders (any mode). (15 points)
• Time to Re-up – Achieve level 100 and choose to re-up for another tour of duty. (50 points)
• Again! – Achieve level 100 a second time and choose to re-up for another tour of duty. (50 points)
• I’ve Done it All! – Earn at least one of each of the original 132 combat ribbons. (75 points)

DLC 4
Forces of Nature

Release Date: March 27^th, 2012
Cost: 800 MSP (Free for Season Pass holders)
Achievements: 250 GS

Content

Guardian Gametype

Maps

• Artillery
  
• Cove
• Jacinto
• Raven Down
• Aftermath

Weapon Skins

• Ivory
  
• FL4K
• Vixen
• Ultra Violet
• Midnight
• MLG
• Hype

Character Skins

• Com Dom LE
  
• Mech Baird LE
  
• Savage Grenadier Elite LE
• Savage Hunter

Achievements

• Natural Selection - 20 - Complete all 12 waves of Beast on all Forces of Nature maps.
  
• Horde Natural - 20 - Complete 20 waves of Horde on any Forces of Nature map without going down or dying.
• Unstoppable Force - 25 - Complete all 50 waves of Horde on any of the Forces of Nature maps.
• Elemental - 25 - Get 25 kills with any of the hidden elementally charged Cleavers in Horde.
• Stock Piled - 20 - Achieve the maximum level on all fortifications in Horde mode.
• Force Multiplayer - 25 - Win a match of Guardian on all Forces of Nature maps.
• Witty Repairtee - 25 - Build or repair 50,000 worth of fortifications as Mechanic Baird LE.
• Hunter Gatherer - 20 - Bag and Tag 20 opponents while playing as the Savage Hunter in Versus multiplayer (any mode).
• I've Got This! - 20 - Kill 10 opponents as the leader in a round of Guardian on a Forces of Nature map.
• Force Multiplier - 50 - Kill a Lambent Berserker with a team comprised of 5 Forces of Nature characters in Horde.

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Storyline

• The story is written by fantastic author Karen Traviss, who wrote the Gears of War book series
• Set 18 months after Gears of War 2, and after the fourth Gears of War book.
• The Coalition has disbanded or dismantled. Everyone is essentially a Stranded.
• The Locust have not been seen in the time that has passed since the end of Gears 2 and the beginning of Gears 3
• The location shown in the "Ashes to Ashes" trailer is a location named 'Char', where the remains of victims from the Hammer of Dawn strikes are heavily present.
• Immulsion is infecting everything, not just the Locust. The Lambent are a ton of different nightmarish creatures.
• The campaign will feature between 20-30% Lambent, the remaining battles will be Locust.

• Game begins with Marcus waking up on Raven's Nest after having nightmares
• Raven's Nest is an aircraft carrier known as Sovereign that has been converted to a floating village. The Gears have tried to create a life for themselves here, and the article seems to indicate they are just trying to live rather than save the planet when the game begins. The Raven’s nest is worn down and heavily beaten up, and is a combination of Sovereign and several other smaller ships tied together.
• Coalition of Ordered Governments broke down months before beginning of Gears 3
• Rod describes the Gears now as a “family unit” rather than a squad.
• Chairman Prescott returns after going missing several weeks after the sinking of Jacinto. He passes Marcus a data disc that contains a recording from Adam Fenix, claiming he has a way to save the planet.
• The article describes it as giving Marcus “one last chance to save his father”. It sounds like this may be a very strong story theme and personal drive for Marcus, considering this is what got him put in prison for originally.
• The Queen and the Locust Horde are still surviving, though many Locust are becoming more primal in nature. Some of their weapon technology is actually going backwards, and some of the Locust have turned into savages
• There are two story arcs in the game from the perspective of two squads. The first squad begins with Marcus, Dom, Jace and Anya. Cole and Baird have a separate story arc in the game and do not begin on Raven’s Nest, instead fighting in ruined wastelands. The timelines of the two squads overlap until the finale where everything comes together. Their squad is still unknown, though we are promised “multiple playable female characters” which could indicate Bernadette Mataki from the Gears of War novels will be a possible squad member for this crew.
• The fort of Anvil Gate (a location in the upcoming third Gears of War novel by the same name) will be featured in the game.
• Cole is described as having a deeper story to flesh him out even more in Gears of War 3.

Characters

• Dom is now heavily bearded. According to Rod, this is due to his problems dealing with the loss of his wife
• Anya is the female COG soldier seen in the "Ashes to Ashes" trailer. We will learn more on her transition from pencil pusher to soldier throughout the books. Cliff describes her as a VERY capable Gear
• Jace Stratton from the Gears of War comic series will be a new integral squad member. He is described as a “young soldier who cares more about the people than the war”.
• Ice T is voicing a new character called Griffin, the leader of a rag-tag group of stranded encountered in the game.
• A new character is shown in the E3 demo who Cliff refers to as Sam, a brunette Gear. She is being voiced by Claudia Black (of Stargate SG1 fame).
• Clayton Carmine is the most beefed up and badass Carmine of the family, and his fate has been decided by the votes made in the "Decide Carmine's Fate" campaign which raised $150,000 for Child's Play.
• Bernadette Mataki (an older female Gear from the series of books) is making her first video game appearence in Gears 3.

Features

• Rod confirmed 4 Player Co-Op in the Gears IRC, with 4 unique characters. Rod confirmed that co-op includes Marcus, Dom, Cole, Baird and a "variety of other characters". Cliff confirms that at some points in the game you will play as an entirely different squad (that includes no Marcus and no Dom)
• Arcade mode is a new addition for the campaign mode. After beating the game, you can return with your co-op buddies to enter in a scored competitive version of the campaign. Pop-ups will appear throughout the game to show what your friends are achieving, challenging you to better them on the fly. Mutators can also be added to increase the fun in Arcade mode, including big head mode, changed sound effects and more. These mutators will be exclusive to Arcade mode, and will not be found in multiplayer.
• Casual difficulty has been made extremely easy. Rod describes it as being “borderline tourist mode” where you’ll rarely die and there is an auto-aim that will basically snap from enemy to enemy.
• COG Tags and Collectibles are returning
• Want to find those COG tags? Enjoy the return of the Crimson omen markers!
  

Here is a little something for the hardcore Gears of War fans out there. As you can see by the picture above the Limited Edition Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 is quite sexy, but how much will this little number set you back? First let us inform you that the Xbox 360 you see above will be available for retail and is not one of those custom paint jobs you may find out there.

The Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 will come with 2 custom wireless controllers a 320GB hard drive a wired headset built in Wi-Fi of course and a standard copy of Gears of War 3. That’s not all the bundle will also include a download token for bonus game content including the Infected Omen Weapon Pack and the Adam Fenix character for use in multiplayer. The Infected Omen Weapon Pack which will gives us the infected omen skin for use on the five starting weapons: Lancer, Retro Lancer, Hammerburst, Gransher, and Sawed-Off Shotgun. Plus the power and eject buttons have been customized with unique sounds from Gears of War!

Now for the price tag. The Xbox 360 Limited Edition Gears of War 3 bundle will set you back $399 and will be available at most retailers September 20, 2011. So what if you just bought a new console or the price tag may be out of reach for you? Don’t worry you will be able to purchase the Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 wireless controller for $59.99 if that is more in your price range.

GCON Gears 3 Vault Case Mod

Gears 3 Achievement List
*Spoiler-First part is campaign related*

Epic Edition Revealed!

Gears of War 3 will be available in three editions when it launches on September 20, with the standard, Limited and Epic SKUs to cost £50, £60 and £100 respectively. ($60, $80 and $150 for US)

The Epic and Limited editions are detailed in a new vidoc, Gears 3: Inside the Wicked Workshop, which you can watch below.

The movie has Gears art boss Chris Perna showing the creative process in shaping Gears of War 3 and the “ultimate fan collectibles” of the action game’s special editions.

The Epic edition features “a hand-crafted statue of Marcus Fenix, designed by his own hand and brought to life by the expert artisans at Triforce.”

Here what you’ll get is you decide to “go large”:

Limited edition (£60)

• An Octus Award Box with Octus Service Medal – A 1:1 match in size and weight, this zinc-alloy cog-shaped medal replicates the award given to Adam Fenix in recognition of his work on the Hammer of Dawn.
• Exclusive Unlockable Adam Fenix Multiplayer Character – Each Octus Service Medal replica is engraved with a unique Xbox LIVE code that is the only way to unlock Adam Fenix in multiplayer.
• A fabric COG Flag (!).
• The personal effects of Adam Fenix, including his “Last Will and Testament,” the initial Hammer of Dawn schematic, and other Fenix family mementos.

Epic Edition (£99.99, available exclusively at GAME and Gamestation)

• Marcus Fenix statue – It’s 11.2 inches high and weighs 1.7 kilos. How can you not want that hidden away from all females in the house proudly displayed on your mantlepiece?
• The Art and Design of Gears of War by Tom Bissell – A book by Tom Bissell including 96 pages of interviews, photos, concept artwork and more.
• Infected Omen Weapon Pack – Custom multiplayer skins for the game’s five starting weapons; Lancer, Retro Lancer, Hammerburst, Sawed-off Shotgun, and Gnasher Shotgun.
• All the contents of the “Gears of War 3” Limited Edition.

It’s only £100. Think of the statue.

The new NECA Gears of War 3 Retro Lancer replica is now available in several pre-order bundle options at Gamestop, including:

Gears of War 3

Gears of War 3 Limited Edition

Gears of War 3 Epic Edition

Of course you can always purchase the stand alone Retro Lancer as well, available 9/13.
Dubbed the Retro Lancer during the Lambent Invasion, the Pendulum Wars Lancer Assault Rifle was the preceding model to the Lancer Assault Rift. Used primarily in the Pendulum Wars as the COG soldier’s primary choice weapon, it was abandoned about a year after Emergence Day because the weapon was ineffective to the Locust Horde’s fighting tactics. However, following the Sinking of Jacinto when supplies started becoming sparse, the Retro Lancer started cropping up in fighting forces once again
Details

• Created from the actual 3D data used by Epic Games in the Gears of War 3 video game
• Over 3 1/2 Feet in Length
• Trigger Activates Machine Gun Sound Effect
• Hand Painted with weathered and battle worn detail

UK Version in Gold.

Gears 3 Season Pass

The Gears of War 3 Season Pass will entitle gamers to receive the first four installments of DLC "over the course of the next year," with the first release planned for November this year. The Season Pass will be available on the day the game releases, September 20th, for 2400 Microsoft Points ($30). According to Microsoft, the Season Pass represents a 33 percent discount on the regular price of the four add-ons. (That means we can expect the regular price to be 3600 Microsoft Points, or $45.)


Gears 3 DLC will encompass both single and multiplayer offerings. As a bonus, all purchasers of the Season Pass will get the "exclusive Liquid Metal Weapon Set" for free. You can see the Lancer in its Terminator 2-inspired glory above.

*Not a limited time offer*

Interviews and Gameplay Articles

• Gears of War 3 releases September 20th, 2011 worldwide
• Multiplayer Footage/Interview with Rod
• Gears 3 showcase
• Epic explains the Gears 3 cover art
• Gameinformer's "Behind the Cover"
• Cole Train Interview
• Ribbons, Awards, MM
• Cliff on Easter Eggs
• Mike Capps on Gears almost failing
• Game Reactor Cliff interview
• GDC Daily Demo Interview
• PAX Cliff Interview
• Rod's Interview with 360 Achievements
• PAX Gameplay with Rod Commentary
• Fun Rod Interview
• Cliff interview
• Rod/Jim Interview with IGN
• Lee's Gameplay interview
• E3 2011 Rod Interview G4
• G4 Extended Interview with Rod
• Digital Spy Horde 2.0 Article
• Kotaku Beast Mode article
• Rod Q&A July 15th
  
• Comic Con Stage Demo
• Rod's Interview
  

Info Bites

• Character Movement Speed (CMS) has been increased back to Gears 1 speed for multiplayer.
• Controls: Tapping "X" is now used for revives and meatshields, where holding "X" will switch weapons or getting ammo. This should help to stem the accidental ammo pickup when trying to revive.
• Controls: Tapping "Y" will result in a quick curb-stomp, where holding "Y" will end in a long execution.
• Sensitivity Controls are now on sliders from 1-20 as well as being separated for each, as in Gears 2
  
• Smoke Grenade's now destroy planted nades
  

Joe Graf was asked about shotgun consistency in gears 3 for point blank shots. When asked if lag was the culprit, he replied:

There was a bug that if you had your gun inside the collision of the player, that the shots would go through the other player. I know we fixed it in Gears3

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Modes

• Gears of War 3 will exceed the multiplayer mode offerings of Gears of War 2
• Warzone / Execution
  

5 Rounds

• Team Deathmatch
  
  Team Deathmatch with a Gears style twist - your team spawns with 20 lives, and each death on your team takes a life away from that pool. Once all lives are expired, you can no longer respawn. If you are consistantly dying, you will be spawned nearer to your teammates or take slightly longer to spawn to counteract any potential issues of one person draining a team of lives. Team Deathmatch brings Execution's self-revive as well as Warzone's ability to kill DBNO players from a distance.
  
  
• Capture the Leader
  
  Guardian meets Submission - the leader now cannot be killed, but instead must be meatshielded for 30 seconds to gain the victory. Leaders can struggle using the B button at certain intervals to put off the captives aim. Leaders also gain leadership vision through the Tac/Com, which allows them to see both friend and foe. The new leaders are Queen Myrrah for the Locust, and Chairman Prescott for the COG.
  
  
• King of the Hill (Revamp)
  
  King of the Hill uses the same rules as Annex/KOTH in Gears 2. It uses the same point system and players do not need to stay in the ring to earn points once it is captured. KOTH now uses the Wingman spawn locations to prevent spawn blocking.
  
  
• Wingman
  
  Now involves FOUR teams of two rather than FIVE teams of two.

• Torque Bow Tag
  In the Beta, there was an event called Torque Bow Tag. Everything was Torque except your loadout. Confirmed for Gears 3 retail, is a Torque Tag occasional event where your loadout will now be torque bow

• Guardian

Guardian returns with DLC 4. Classic rules, but with a Gears 3 twist. Leaders have CTL-esque X-Ray vision.

Casual Arena

• There will be a casual area in the online multiplayer for those who do not have any achievements from the previous two games. Only players who do not have any prior Gears experience can enter this area to get a feel for the game. Bleszinski described it as "reverse VIP."

Ranking and Progression System

• Gears of War 3 will have an XP based ranking system similar to Gears 2, but with unlocks including weapon customisation and multiple skins for characters.
• In a match, you can earn "Ribbons" for things like kill streaks, saving someone's life, killing your nemesis and such. These will earn you extra XP towards your level.
• Your in game accomplishments also count towards "Medals", which are longer term versions of Ribbons that you build towards match over match, such as a medal related to weapon usage. Once a medal is levelled to a certain point, it unlocks a "Title" for use in multiplayer.
• Some Executions will only be avaliable at a certain level. Once earned, you can earn the ability to continue an execution beyond the normal length of time by earning medals with the weapon related to that execution.
• Executions earn you higher XP than a standard kill. Using extended executions earns you more XP for as long as you stand over them, which obviously leaves you extremely vulnerable.
• Epic will store your entire profile data on their own servers to ensure no profile corruptions / rank losses that happened for some Gears 2 players.
• You can level offline, but it is noticeably slower.
• Ribbon and Award Thread

Executions

• Weapon specific executions must now be earned through gaining medals relevant to that weapon. Once unlocked, you can then freely use it to show off to your friends. Until they are unlocked, you'll do the race execution instead.
• Locust Execution: Rip off their arm, and beat them to death with it
• COG Execution: The punching execution from Gears of War 2 is back, but only for COG players
• The Scorcher: Jammed into the enemies’ torso, the Scorcher is then fired, causing flames to come out of the body through the eyes and mouth.
• Sawed-off Double Barrel: The reloading catch is unhinged, wrapped around the neck of the enemy and then used to snap the enemies’ neck.
• Pendulum Lancer: Enemy is knocked onto their knees, has their head positioned and then has their throat cut.
• Longshot: Tap em over the head or use it as a sledgehammer. Either way, they're gonna die!
• Boltok: Gunslinger Style! Twirl the revolver before slamming it onto their dome.
• Torque: Put the blade right on their neck and decapitate em. Always a crowd pleaser.
• Mulcher Execution: slam enemy in the back; knee them in the head (sweet!)
• Lancer: Chainsaw is revved and shoved into your opponents exposed stomach. Huge spouts of blood fly.
  
• Digger Launcher: Enemy is kicked onto their back as you punt their head from their body.
• Gnasher: Swing the gun like a golf club as you pop their head for a nice drive.
  
• Gorgon: Player slams the gorgon into the enemies head, mashing it into a pulp.
  
• Mortar/One Shot: Enemy's head is crushed under the weight and sheer force as you smash it down on them.
• Players will start off with the basic executions and will need to prove their proficiency with weapons in order to unlock new execution kills. Executions are now worth bonus experience points, so there's more to it now than simply embarrassing your opponent. These special executions are pretty long animations, so there's a risk/reward system associated with it.
• Hammer of Dawn: Player crushes the enemies heads between them and the Hammer of Dawn, reducing it to a fleshy pulp.
• Hammerburst: Step 1-Grab both ends of the gun. Step 2-Raise it over your head. Step 3-Slam it into the enemy's head! Again! Again! Again! Dammit AGAIN!
• Boomshield: Unchanged from Gears 2. Raise it high and bring it down low........
  

Features

Loadouts

• Rifles (Lancer / Retro Lancer / Hammerburst) and your starting shotgun (Sawn Off / Gnasher).
• You can now change your weapon loadout after every round in non-respawn modes, or after every death in respawn.

Other

• You can now "call out" an enemy in multiplayer, which allows you to place a marker over their head with the press of a button. This only lasts three seconds, but earns you extra XP.
• Tac/Com now shows weapon spawns
• Players can now bring up an overhead map showing weapon spawns ect in the middle of the game.
  
• Controls: Tapping "X" is now used for revives and meatshields, where holding "X" will switch weapons or getting ammo. This should help to stem the accidental ammo pickup when trying to revive.
• Controls: Tapping "Y" will result in a quick curb-stomp, where holding "Y" will end in a long execution.
• You CAN Weapon swap and Ammo share in MP
• If two people charge each other with Retro lancer's, they both die.
• Melee system is based on height.
• Chainsaw will beat Retro Charge
• Shoot out of RR delay has been cut in half

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Maps
GCON Map Write Up

• Cliff confirmed in the MeriStation TV interview that Gears of War 3 will include some old Gears of War 1 favorites that we didn't see in Gears of War 2
• Mercy
  

  This area was once a bustling town square filled with people, but it never recovered from the UIR mortar shellings of the Pendulum Wars. Emergence soon followed, and the already heartbroken residents were shown no mercy by Locust forces, leading to an almost immediate evacuation. This large and open central square is surrounded on all sides by sheltered passageways and buildings. A raised dais yields powerful weaponry and a view of virtually everything within range, but the power located there must be hard-earned and well-protected to provide any lasting advantage.

• Thrashball
  

  This stadium was once home to a different sort of national hero, one who fought for honor and glory, instead of scrambling for survival. The invigorating roar of the crowd has been replaced by the melancholy moaning of wind in the empty stadium seats. Stadium matches are no longer restricted to the playing field, and the team that controls the concession stands earns a great advantage. The scoreboard still keeps track of every point earned, but its frayed support cables also make it a precarious trap for anyone foolish enough to run underneath it.

• Overpass
  

  As the Lambent infection spreads across Sera, the planet is quite literally falling apart. And as the substrata beneath this forgotten overpass begin to disintegrate, the entire city block is collapsing along with it, sliding into a vast underground cavern. Head for the high ground or you just might slide along with it. Battles in this highly dynamic map often focus around the elevated Overpass, where teams can hole up and take advantage of the protected position and emplaced weaponry located there. But gaining the high ground can also be a trap, as the team left below will most assuredly use mortars and orbital lasers to regain their lost footing.

• Checkout
  

  Checkout’s combat takes place in the carcass of an abandoned superstore. The shop owners tried to move their inventory with a closeout sale in the weeks leading up to the HOD evacuations, but ultimately had to walk away and leave everything to time and history. The intense close-quarters combat of the store aisles makes every decision important. Weapon selection is key, cover is essential to survival and every move has an impact. When facing your enemy, remember what the sign says: “Everything must go.”

• Trenches
  

  The Locust have begun to carve mines and tunnels into the rocks of the Seran Deadlands, eking out any existence that resembles the underground passages of the Hollow they once called home. But this harsh environment is as relentless and unforgiving as any enemy they’ve ever had to face. The Locust Trenches are small and tight, with clean lines of sight across virtually the entire battlefield. The central hill leads to a fortified bunker with a strategically important vantage point. Once taken, it is rarely surrendered, unless opposing forces can manage to sneak up under the cover of a passing sandstorm that leaves everyone blind for a short while.

• Old Town
  

  Several remote areas of Sera managed to stave off the impact of Emergence for quite some time. Island towns such as this one were able to sustain themselves with small farms and a steady bounty from the ocean. But all good things must come to an end, and eventually they could hide no more. This is an excellent map for team-based play, with multiple areas that are well-suited to both attack and defense scenarios. A well-executed plan will often reap great rewards, and an enemy caught unaware can be flushed into a trap like a chicken free of its coop.

• Gridlock at Night map

  This ashen street was once a bustling tourist destination known for its quaint inns and waterfront cafés. Even the water is gone now, replaced by the burnt shell of a crater that stands as a testament to the loss of Seran humanity.

• Hotel

  Small island resorts such as this one catered to the opulent tastes of vacationing Serans. But as the Lambent infection spreads across the globe, tides are shifting to flood once popular beaches, and fierce winds batter and push at the walls of humanity’s creations.

  
  
• Sandbar

  This observation post once had a commanding view of the distant horizon. Never threatened, it was thought to be impenetrable due to its unpredictable coastline and the constant shifting of sandbars along the shallow water of the coastline. And it never did fall; it was simply abandoned when humanity fled from a threat that nobody could ever see coming.

  
  
• Dry Docks

  Much has been written about the beauty of Seran culture, but people often forget the backbone of industry upon which it all relies. This shipyard stands full of undelivered goods and the necessary tools of a society’s infrastructure. Its most prominent landmark is the rotting husk of a cargo ship that will forever stand in Drydock.

  
  

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Character List

Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG):

• Marcus Fenix
• Civilian Marcus
• Dominic Santiago
• Commando Dom
• Civilian Dom
• Augustus Cole
• Superstar Cole
• Thrashball Cole
• Classic Cole
• Damon Baird
• Classic Baird
  
• Mechanic Baird
• Anya Stroud
• Civilian Anya
  
• Samantha Byrne
• Jace Stratton
• Clayton Carmine
• Bernadette Mataki
  
• Dizzy Wallin
• Big Rig Dizzy
• Richard Prescott
• Victor Hoffman
• Onyx Guard
  
• Aaron Griffin
  
• Benjamin Carmine
• Anthony Carmine
  
• Adam Fenix
• COG GEAR (Voiced by Isaiah Mustafa of Old Spice commercials)
• COG Gear in Gold
  
• Tai
• Kim
• Com Dom LE
• Mech Baird LE
• Recruit Clayton
• Thrashball Cole LE
• Alicia Valera
  
• Michael Barrick

Locust Horde:

• Queen Myrrah
• Drone
• Sniper
• Theron Guard
• Savage Theron
• Kantus
• Grenadier
• Flame grenadier
• Grenadier Elite
• Savage Drone
  
• Savage Grenadier
• Savage Grenadier Elite
• Savage Kantus
• Beast Rider
• Locust Miner
• Locust Hunter
• Spotter
• Golden Miner
• Golden Hunter
• RAAM
• Theron Elite
• Savage Grenadier Elite LE
• Savage Kantus LE
• Savage Marauder
• Savage Hunter

These are all the CONFIRMED characters

Unconfirmed Characters

• Skorge
• Cyclops

Confirmed Weapon Skins

Unlockable

• Gold (Unlockable through Vet Gear or meeting certain requirements. Lancer & Hammy - Week 1 of gears 3;Retro - Beta Unlock; Gnasher - VG Exclusive; SO - "Commando" Gears 1 Campaign Insane)
  
• Onyx (Only obtained by getting 6,000 MP kills with the relevant weapon. Lancer = 6,000 Lancer kills, Gnasher = 6,000, etc.)
• Gold Omen (Earn level 100 in Gears 3)
• Flaming (Beta Unlock ONLY, Retro TBA)
• Chrome (Hmmerburst for"Dirty, Dirty Horde" achievement Gears 2, Sawed-Off for ANY Gears PC achievement, Gnasher is obtained by completing the Gears 1,2 and 3 campaigns on any difficulty, Lancer is earned by the "Don't hate the player" Ranked Gears 1 achievement, Retro is gotten through "Domination" achievement in Gears 1)
• Crimson Omen - Retro/Hammerburst/Gnasher/SO
• Faction (COG & Locust emblems)

DLC

• Liquid Metal (Season Pass Buyers)
  
• Infected Omen (Epic Edition, Console Edition, Gears 3 Controller)
• Green MS Skins (Jack in the Box Promo)
• Team Plasma (November DLC)
  
• Jungle Camo (November DLC)
• Chocolate (December DLC)
  
• Re-Up skins (Gold Plasma, Red Omen, Gold Electric)
  
• Ivory (March DLC)
  
• FL4K (March DLC)
• Vixen (March DLC)
• Ultraviolet (March DLC)
• Midnight (March DLC)
• MLG (March DLC)
• HYPE (March DLC)

Paid

• Garish
  
• Arctic
  
• Desert Digital
  
• Desert Camo
• Deadly Cute (Pink)
• Blood
• Electric (Lightning)
• Flower
• Haze
• Immulsion
• Rainbow
• Team Pulse
• Oil Slick
• Ocean
• Thunderstorm
• Team Distress
• Team Metal
• Tiger Stripe
• Jungle
  
• Tribal
• Urban

[TAO Devil]

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All About Horde 2.0
By: xKiLL ZoNEx

Contributors:
1. CaramelCardinal
2. Mattdare299
3. ArcAngel
4. SneaKerhead2009


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Barrier:
Upgrade 1(Small): $500
Upgrade 2(Small): $1,500
Upgrade 3(Small): $2,000
Upgrade 4(Small): $3,000
Total: $7,000

Upgrade 1(Large): $1,000
Upgrade 2(Large): $2,500
Upgrade 3(Large): $4,000
Upgrade 4(Large): $5,000
Total: $12,500

Decoy:
Upgrade 1: $500
Upgrade 2: $1,000
Upgrade 3: $1,500
Upgrade 4: $2,000
Upgrade 5: $5,000
Total: $10,000

Sentry:
Upgrade 1: $1,000
Upgrade 2: $1,500
Upgrade 3: $3,000
Upgrade 4: $3,500
Total: $9,000

Turret:
Upgrade 1: $1,500
Upgrade 2: $2,500
Upgrade 3: $4,000
Upgrade 4: $5,000
Total: $13,000

Silverback:
Upgrade 1: $12,500
Upgrade 2: $10,000
Total: $22,500

Command Center:
Upgrade 1: $1,000
Upgrade 2: $2,000
Upgrade 3: $3,000
Total: $6,000


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Weapons:
Boltok Pistol: $300
Gorgon Pistol: $200
Smoke Grenade: $100
Frag Grenade: $500
Ink Grenade: $250
Incendiary Grenade: $400
Long Shot: $700
Torque Bow: $700
Scorcher: $500
Digger: $500
Boomshot: $800
Hammer of Dawn: $800
One Shot: $900
Mortar: $900
Mulcher: $900
Fire Extinguisher: $900

Other:
Ammo Box: $500, $1,000

Buy Back In:
Waves 1-10: $1,500
Waves 11-20: $3,000
Waves 21-30: $4,500
Waves 31-40: $6,000
Waves 41-50: $7,500

Command Post:
First Post: $0
Second Post: $2,000
Third Post: $4,000
Fourth Post: $6,000
Fifth Post: $8,000
Total: $20,000


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Barrier:
Level 1-Already Unlocked
Level 2-To Unlock: Spend $2,000 on barriers.
Level 3-To Unlock: Spend $8,000 on barriers.
Level 4-To Unlock: Spend $20,000 on barriers.
Level 5-To Unlock: Spend $45,000 on barriers.
Level 6-To Unlock: Spend $75,000 on barriers.
Level 7-To Unlock: Spend $120,000 on barriers.
Level 8-To Unlock: Spend $170,000 on barriers.

Decoy:
Level 1-To Unlock: Spend $2,000 on barriers.
Level 2-To Unlock: Spend $5,000 on decoys.
Level 3-To Unlock: Spend $20,000 on decoys.
Level 4-To Unlock: Spend $35,000 on decoys.
Level 5-To Unlock: Spend $75,000 on decoys.
Level 6-To Unlock: Spend $110,000 on decoys.
Level 7-To Unlock: Spend $170,000 on decoys.
Level 8-To Unlock: Spend $220,000 on decoys.

Sentry:
Level 1-To Unlock: Spend $35,000 on decoys.
Level 2-To Unlock: Spend $10,000 on sentries.
Level 3-To Unlock: Spend $30,000 on sentries.
Level 4-To Unlock: Spend $50,000 on sentries.
Level 5-To Unlock: Spend $90,000 on sentries.
Level 6-To Unlock: Spend $135,000 on sentries.
Level 7-To Unlock: Spend $200,000 on sentries.

Turret:
Level 1-To Unlock: Spend $20,000 on barriers.
Level 2-To Unlock: Spend $15,000 on turrets.
Level 3-To Unlock: Spend $50,000 on turrets.
Level 4-To Unlock: Spend $90,000 on turrets.
Level 5-To Unlock: Spend $135,000 on turrets.
Level 6-To Unlock: Spend $200,000 on turrets.
Level 7-To Unlock: Spend $270,000 on turrets.
Level 8-To Unlock: Spend $360,000 on turrets.

Silverback:
Level 1-To Unlock: Spend $170,000 on barriers.
Level 2-To Unlock: Spend $200,000 on silverbacks.
Level 3-To Unlock: Spend $500,000 on silverbacks.
Level 4-To Unlock: Spend $900,000 on silverbacks.
Level 5-To Unlock: Spend $1,500,000 on silverbacks.

Command Center:
Level 1-To Unlock: Spend $360,000 on turrets.
Level 2-To Unlock: Spend $5,000 on Command Center.
Level 3-To Unlock: Spend $25,000 on Command Center.
Level 4-To Unlock: Spend $40,000 on Command Center.


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Barrier:
(Level 1)-Spike Barrier-Level 1 Barrier Unlocked.
(Level 2)-Spike Barrier Expert-Level 2 Barrier Unlocked and Level 1 Decoy Unlocked
(Level 3)-Wire Barrier-Barrier Repair Now 8% Less and Level 1 Turret Unlocked.
(Level 4)-Wire Barrier Expert-Level 3 Barrier Unlocked.
(Level 5)-Electrified Barrier-Barrier Repair Now 8% Less.
(Level 6)-Electrified Barrier Expert-Level 4 Barrier Unlocked
(Level 7)-Laser Barrier-Level 1 Silverback Unlocked.
(Level 8)-Laser Barrier Expert-Barrier Repair Now 8% Less.

Decoy:
(Level 1)-Light Decoy Builder-Level 1 Decoy Unlocked.
(Level 2)-Light Decoy Expert-Level 2 Decoy Unlocked.
(Level 3)-Decoy Builder-Decoy Repair 11% Less and Level 1 Sentry Unlocked.
(Level 4)-Decoy Expert-Level 3 Decoy Unlocked.
(Level 5)-Heavy Decoy Builder-Decoy Repair Now 11% Lees.
(Level 6)-Heavy Decoy Expert-Level 4 Decoy Unlocked.
(Level 7)-Explosive Decoy Builder-Decoy Repair Now 11% Less.
(Level 8)-Decoy Master-Level 5 Decoy Unlocked.

Turret:
(Level 1)-Retro Lancer Turret Builder-Level 1 Turret Unlocked.
(Level 2)-Retro Lancer Turret Expert-Turret Repair Now 8% Less.
(Level 3)-Lancer Turret Builder-Level 2 Turret Unlocked.
(Level 4)-Lancer Turret Expert-Turret Repair Now 8% Less.
(Level 5)-Heavy Turret Builder-Level 3 Turret Unlocked.
(Level 6)-Heavy Turret Expert-Turret Repair Now 8% Less.
(Level 7)-Troika Turret Builder-Level 4 Turret Unlocked.
(Level 8)-Turret Master-Turret Repair Now 8% Less and Level 1 Command Center Unlocked.

Sentry:
(Level 1)-Light Sentry Builder-Level 1 Sentry Unlocked.
(Level 2)-Light Sentry Mechanic-Sentry Repair Now 11% Less.
(Level 3)-Heavy Sentry Builder-Level 2 Sentry Unlocked.
(Level 4)-Heavy Sentry Mechanic-Sentry Repair Now 11% Less.
(Level 5)-Shock Sentry Builder-Level 3 Sentry Unlocked.
(Level 6)-Shock Sentry Mechanic-Sentry Repair Now 11% Less.
(Level 7)-Flame Sentry Builder-Level 4 Sentry Unlocked.

Silverback:
(Level 1)-Silverback Builder-Level 1 Silverback Unlocked.
(Level 2)-Silverback Pilot-Silverback Repair Now 11% Less.
(Level 3)-Silverback Operator-Level 2 Silverback Unlocked
(Level 4)-Silverback Ace-Silverback Repair Now 11% Less.
(Level 5)-Silverback Master-Silverback Repair Now 11% Less.

Command Center:
(Level 1)-Sniper Commander-Level 1 Command Center Unlocked.
(Level 2)-Sniper Command Elite-Level 2 Command Center Unlocked.
(Level 3)-Mortar Commander-None
(Level 4)-Mortar Commander Elite-Level 3 Command Center Unlocked.


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Barrier:
Small Barrier 1: 1,500
Small Barrier 2: 3,000
Small Barrier 3: 4,500
Small Barrier 4: 6,000

Large Barrier 1: 2,000
Large Barrier 2: 4,500
Large Barrier 3: 7,875
Large Barrier 4: 10,000

Decoy:
Decoy 1: 1,500
Decoy 2: 3,000
Decoy 3: 4,500
Decoy 4: 6,000
Decoy 5: 7,500

Turret:
Turret 1: 1,500
Turret 2: 2,500
Turret 3: 3,500
Turret 4: 5,000

Sentry:
Sentry 1: 1,000
Sentry 2: 1,500
Sentry 3: 2,250
Sentry 4: 3,250

Silverback:
Silverback 1: 4,000
Silverback 2: 4,000

Command Center:
Command Center 1: 500
Command Center 2: 500
Command Center 3: 500


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Cash of Horde 2.0
Ways of Earning Cash:
1. Killing Enemies: Earn cash for killing the enemy(Locust and Lambent).
2. Downing Enemies: Shooting at the enemy and downing them will earn you some cash.
3. Completing Bonus Objectives: Completing or partially completing will earn you up to $2,500.
4. Reviving Teammates: One can earn $100 for reviving a teammate.
5. Completing Waves: For completing a wave you will earn $250 as a completion reward.
6. Spotting Enemies: Spotting enemies will earn you assist points which turns into extra cash.

Ways of Losing Cash:
1. Killing Teammates: One will lose up to $175 in cash for killing a teammate.
2. Downing Teammates: One will lose up to $50 in cash for downing a teammate.
3. Not Completing Bonus Objectives: By not completing bonus objectives means that you lost that extra cash.
4. Dying: You will lose $150 for dying.
5. Getting Downed: You will lose $50 for getting downed.
6. Not Spotting Enemies: By not spotting enemies means you lost that extra cash.

How Cash Contributes in Level Progression:
Casual: 60% of cash spent on fortifications contributes to the progression of the fortification level.
Normal: 80% of cash spent on fortifications contributes to the progression of the fortification level.
Hardcore: 100% of cash spent on fortifications contributes to the progression of the fortification level.
Insane: 110% of cash spent on fortifications contributes to the progression of the fortification level.

Points and Experience of Horde 2.0
Difficulty Points and Experience Multiplier:
Casual: 1.0x the Normal Points Given.
Normal: 1.5x the Normal Points Given.
Hardcore: 2.0x the Normal Points Given.
Insane: 2.5x the Normal Points Given.

Mutator's Points and Experience Modifiers:
Easy Mutators:
1. Comet: -25%
2. Instagib Melee: -25%
3. Super Reload: -25%
4. Infinite Ammo: -25%
5. Big Explosives: -25%

Hard Mutators:
1. No Ammo Pickups: +10%
2. Enemy Regeneration: +10%
3. Vampire: +10%
4. Must Active Reload: +10%
5. Friendly Fire: +5%

Fun Mutators:
1. Big Head: 0%
2. Pinata: 0%
3. Flower Blood: 0%
4. Headless Chicken: 0%
5. Laugh Track: 0%


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Locust:
1. Wretch(+70 Points)-Claws
2. Wild Ticker(+70 Points)-Claws and Teeth
3. Ticker(+105 Points)-Imulsion Bomb
4. Drone(+105 Points)-Hammerburst
5. Grenadier(+105 Points)-Gnasher, Boltok, and Grenades
6. Savage Drone(+175 Points)-Retro Lancer
7. Bolter(+175)-Boltok
8. Savage Theron Guard(+175 Points)-Cleaver and Boltok
9. Beast Rider(+175 Points)-Hammerburst
10. Reaver Rider(+175 Points)-Hammerburst, Boomshot, or Torquebow
11. Sniper(+210 Points)-Longshot
12. Cyclops(+210 Points)-Lancer
13. Butcher(+210 Points)-Cleaver
14. Shrieker(+245 Points)-2 Mini-guns
15. Grenadier Elite(+245 Points)-Gnasher, Boltok, and Grenades
16. Flame Grenadier(+245 Points)-Scorcher
17. Theron Guard(+280 Points)-Torque Bow
18. Flame Boomer(+315 Points)-Scorcher
19. Boomer(+385 Points)-Boomshot
20. Savage Boomer(+385 Points)-Digger
21. Kantus(+420 Points)-Gorgon Pistol and Ink Grenades
22. Blood Mount(+420 Points)-Claws
23. Grinder(+525 Points)-Mulcher
24. Mauler(+525 Points)-Flail
25. Giant Serapede(+575 Points)-Pincers that Cause Electricity Damage
26. Armored Kantus(+700 Points)-Dual Gorgons

Lambent:
1. Lambent Polyps from Drudge(+17 Points)-Claws and Imulsion
1. Lambent Polyps(+105 Points)-Claws and Imulsion
2. Formers(+105 Points)-Fists
3. Lambent Wretch(+140 Points)-Claws
4. Drudge Headsnake(+175 Points)-Teeth and Imulsion
5. Lambent Drone(+105 or +245 Points)-Hammerburst, Gnasher, and Boltok
6. Drudge(+280 or +420 Points)-Hammerburst, Imulsion, and Suicide Charge(Explosion)

Bosses:
1. Gunker(+700 Points)-Cleaver and Imulsion
2. Reaver Squad(+825 Points)-Missiles, Hammerburst, Torque Bow, and Claws
3. Savage Corpser(+875 Points)-Claws and Under Ground Slash Attack
4. Berserker(+1,400 Points)-Fists, Charge, and Ground Smash Attack
5. Lambent Zerker(+2,100 Points)Fists, Charge, and Jump Impact
6. Brumak(+2,800 Points)-Dual Heavy Machine Guns with Missile Launcher


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Total Amount of Waves: 50

Enemies in Waves:
Enemies in each wave are randomized. Example: Wave 1 can contain all drones and tickers for the first time but the second time playing wave 1 it could contain drones, lambent drones, tickers, wretches, or more. If your wondering why there's so many tickers and drones in waves is because they have a low point value.

Non-Boss Waves: 1-9, 11-19, 21-29, 31-39, 41-49

Boss Waves: 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50

Wave Bosses:
1. Gunker: Two initially spawns.
2. Berserker: Two initially spawns.
3. Lambent Berserker: One initially spawns.
4. Brumak: One initially spawns.
5. Reaver Squad: Two initially spawns.
6. Savage Corpser: One initially spawns.

What Boss to Expect:
Core: Ticker, Drone, Sniper, Grenadier, Flame Grenadier, Theron, Boomer, Kantus, Grinder, and Mauler
Expect:
1. Brumak
2. Berserker

Queen Locust: Wretch, Grenadier Elite, Cyclops, Shrieker, Flame Boomer, Armoured Kantus, and Bloodmount
Expect:
1. Reaver

Savage Locust: Wild Ticker, Theron w/ Cleaver, Butcher, Bolter, Savage Drone, Digger, and Serapede
Expect:
1. Savage Corpser

Lambent 1: Polyp, Lambent Wretch, Lambent Drone, and Drudge.
Expect:
1. Lambent Zerker

Lambent 2: Polyp, Former, Lambent Drone, and Drudge.
Expect:
1. Gunker

The Player:
Casual Difficulty:
Player Health: 1,410
Damage Dealt on Enemy: 2x

Normal Difficulty:
Player Health: 900
Damage Dealt on Enemy: 1.6x

Hardcore Difficulty:
Player Health: 420
Damage Dealt on Enemy: 1.3x

Insane Difficulty:
Player Health: 210
Damage Dealt on Enemy: 1x

Enemy Health, Damage Taken, and Enemy Accuracy:
Waves 1-10: Standard
Waves 11-20: Enemy Health(2x)
Waves 21-30: Enemy Health(2x) and Enemy Accuracy(2x)
Waves 31-40: Enemy Health(2x), Damage Taken(2x), and Enemy Accuracy(2x)
Waves 41-50: Enemy Health(2.5x), Damage Taken(2.5x), and Enemy Accuracy(2.5x)

Bonus Wave Objectives and Rewards:
Bonus Wave Objectives:
Objective 1: Complete a wave in 1:45.
Objective 2: Complete a wave in 2:00.
Objective 3: Complete a wave in 3:30.
Objective 4: Kill 10 enemies in any 30 second window.
Objective 5: Kill 7 enemies with head shots in a wave.
Objective 6: Kill 6 enemies with the chainsaw or Retro charge in a wave.
Objective 7: Complete a wave without any players dying.
Objective 8: Execute 8 enemies in a wave.
Objective 9: Kill 2 Flame Boomers or Grenadiers by shooting their tanks.
Objective 10: Kill 7 infantry units with a manned turret.

Rewards(For Completing an Objective):
1 Player: $2,500 Each and 2 Supply Drops.
2 Players: $1,250 Each and 2 Supply Drops.
3 Players: $833 Each and 2 Supply Drops.
4 Players: $625 Each and 2 Supply Drops.
5 Players: $500 Each and 2 Supply Drops.

Supply Drops Contain:
Crate 1: 1x Vulcan
Crate 2: 2x Mulcher, 1x Boom Shield
Crate 3: 5x Boomshot
Crate 4: 1x Longshot, 1x Torque Bow
Crate 5: 1x Lancer, 1x Retro Lancer, 1x One Shot, 1x Wild Ticker(Contains 1x Ammo Clip, +175 Points, and $175 Cash)
Crate 6: 2x Ammo Clip, and Ammo Replenishes For the Whole Team


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Link: "HORDE 2.0 Map Guides (Work in progress)" by Arc Angel


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Character and Weapon Skin Unlocks:
1. Aaron Griffin-Earn the onyx "Big Money" medal.
2. Crimson Omen Retro Lancer-Earn "Welcome to Horde Mode" achievement.

Avatar Award Unlocks:
1. Horde T-shirt-Earn the achievement "Welcome to Horde Mode."

Mutations:
1. Infinite Ammo-Earn Combat Engineer Ribbon 100 Times
2. Big Head-Earn the Hoarder(3-Stars) Medal.
3. Laugh Track-Earn Tour of Duty(1-Star), For the Horde!(1-Star), I'm a Beast!(1-Star), and Warmonger(1-Star).

Medals:
For The Horde!
1. Horde Specialist-Complete all 50 waves of Horde on Casual.
2. Horde Expert-Complete all 50 waves of Horde on Normal.
3. Horde Artisan-Complete all 50 waves of Horde on Hardcore.
4. Horde Master-Complete all 50 waves of Horde on Insane.

Horder
1. Horder-Complete 100 waves of Horde.
2. Active Horder-Complete 500 waves of Horde.
3. Compulsive Horder-Complete 1,000 waves of Horde.
4. Pathological Horder-Complete 2,000 waves of Horde.

Architect
1. Founder-Earn Founder ribbon 10 times.
2. Flagstaffer-Earn Founder ribbon 50 times.
3. Team Patron-Earn Founder ribbon 150 times.
4. Epic Architect-Earn Founder ribbon 300 times.

Squad Leader
1. Team Leader-Earn Point Man 50 times.
2. Squad Leader-Earn Point Man 150 times.
3. Platoon Leader-Earn Point Man 300 times.
4. Leads by Example-Earn Point Man 500 times.

Field Engineer
1. Tinkerer-Complete 100 fortification modifications.
2. Base Builder-Complete 250 fortification modifications.
3. Combat Engineer-Complete 500 fortification modifications.
4. Fortification Master-Complete 1,000 fortification modifications.

Big Money
1. Mind on My Money-Earn $100,000 cash in Horde.
2. Makin' it Rain-Earn $500,000 cash in Horde.
3. Soldier of Fortune-Earn $1,000,000 cash in Horde.
4. I'm Rich, *****!-Earn $5,000,000 cash in Horde.

Loot Courtesan
1. Common Looter-Complete 10 challenges in Horde.
2. Uncommon Looter-Complete 20 challenges in Horde.
3. Rare Looter-Complete 50 challenges in Horde.
4. Epic Looter-Complete 100 challenges in Horde.

Ribbons:
1. Combat Engineer(+100 Points)-Worked on 5 Fortifications in One Development
2. Founder(+50 Points)-Established a COG Base
3. Point Man(+25 Points)-Earned the most cash in the wave.
4. Observer(+25 Points)-Survived the wave but with no kills.
5. Like a Boss(+50 Points)-Survived a Boss Wave without going down or dying.
6. Go on without Me(+50 Points)-Completed the wave as the only one dead.
7. Last Hope(+50 Points)-Survived the wave as the last one alive.
8. Phat Loot(+125 Points)-Completed a wave Challenge Objective.
9. Reconnaissance(?)-In Ghost Cam, spotted 3 weapons before they were picked up.
10. Financier(+50 Points)-Gave $5,000 to a teammates.
11. High ROI(+50 Points)-Killed 5 enemies with a weapon you purchased.
12. I Gotcha(?)-Revived all four teammates in one wave.
13. Rope-a-Dope(+50 Points)-Killed 3 enemies in a wave that were attacking a decoy.
14. Long Hauler(+1500 Points)-Completed all 50 waves in one session.


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Strictly Horde Achievements:
1. "Welcome to Horde Mode" (10G)-Survive the first 10 waves on Horde mode(any difficulty, any map).
2. "Enriched and Fortified" (10G)-Complete all 50 waves of Horde mode(any difficulty, any map).
3. "It's All About the Loot!" (25G)-Earn the bronze "Loot Courtesan" medal.
4. "The Host with the Most" (25G)-Host a private Horde match with a party of 5 players on any Horde Command Map Pack. (Any difficulty)
5. "What Does This Button Do?" (50G)-Get 500 Silverback rocket kills in Horde. (Any map, any difficulty).
6. "Kill Locust, Like A Boss" (100G)-Defeat a boss wave as 5 Onyx Guards on hardcore difficulty.
7. "It's Hammer Time!" (50G)-Achieve level 4 in Horde Command Center fortifications.
8. "Zeta Team, Go!" (75G)-Complete waves 1-10 of Horde with 5 players as Zeta (Barrick, Tai, Minh, Valera, and Jace)
9. "Defending the Past" (25G)-Complete all 50 waves of Horde on any of the Fenix Rising maps.

Other Achievements Earnable Through Horde:
1. "Judge, Jury and Executioner" (10G)-Get a kill with every possible execution finishing move(any mode).
2. "Award Winning Tactics" (25G)-Earn at least one Onyx medal.
3. "Level 5" (5G)-Reach level 5.
4. "Level 10" (10G)-Reach level 10.
5. "Level 15" (15G)-Reach level 15.
6. "Level 25" (25G)-Reach level 25.
7. "Level 50" (50G)-Reach level 50.
8. "Time to Re-up!" (50G)-Achieve level 100 and choose to re-up for another tour of duty.
9. "Again!" (50G)-Achieve level 100 a second time and choose to re-up for another tour.
10. "I've Done it All!" (75G)-Earn at least one of each of the original 132 combat ribbons.


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Link: Ultimate Gears of War 3 Unlock Guide by SneaKerhead2009


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Helpful Tips:
1. Always stay behind cover to not receive much damage.
2. Use communication when in a party to tell others if a threat is near by.
3. Check your ammo, make sure you have enough ammo before the next waves starts.
4. Don't activate a Command Center until the boss wave unless desperately needed.
5. Focus on building barriers first before building anything else.
6. Buy the least amount of fortifications needed and try to save up money till wave 11.
7. Don't try to maintain two or more bases. Stick to one base.
8. Don't buy many fortifications in preparation for the boss waves. Most of the time those fortifications will get destroyed quickly and will be a waste of money.
9. Buy turrets for boss waves. Turrets will help as extra ammo and heavy damage against bosses.
10. On boss waves, space yourself from your teammates but not too far. Bosses can deal out a lot of damage in an area and you wouldn't want your team to go down in one hit because everyone's tightly close to each other.
11. On a boss wave, look for the boss straight away and spot it. This will alert your teammates and give your team time to prepare for what might happen.
12. Brumaks, Gunkers, and Lambent Zerkers, upon death, explode. The blast radius is great and therefore you should stay in a safe distance behind cover.
13. If you run out of ammo check with your teammates if they have any spare ammo to give you.

Horde 2.0 Information to Know:
1. Players start out with $1,000 cash.
2. Players receive $250 as a bonus for completing each wave.
3. Purchase a Command Post to start a base.
4. After every wave one has 30 seconds to buy and upgrade fortifications.
5. The points one earns in the game is the same amount of money you obtain.
6. Fortification Icon turns "Red" when one doesn't have enough money to afford or repair the fortification.
7. Fortification Icon turns "Green" when one does have enough money to afford the fortification.
8. Fortification Icon turns "Yellow" when one does have enough money to repair the fortification.
9. Once a Kantus dies it explodes in a cloud of ink. This ink can harm you.
10. Ammo for man-able turrets can be bought back in the 30 second time period at the beginning of each wave.
11. In Horde 2.0 you can trade weapons, give money, or give ammo to other players.


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Beast Mode Video

GCON Beast Mode Video

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Comprehensive List of All Beast Mode Characters, Costs & Special Skills!

Beast

• You play as the Locust, ranging from the big monsters like Beserkers to small monsters like Tickers. Cash is used to decide how many spawns you have, and what you can spawn. Each enemy plays differently and includes unique abilities, such as the Ticker's fast speed and ability to explode.
• The objective of the game is to kill all enemy human forces within the wave time limit, with each wave becoming progressively harder.
• Some bigger monsters (like Beserkers) will need to be unlocked with play in the game.
• The mode size is built for 5 player co-op (like Horde)
• Play as a ticker, scurry around to your enemies and explode!
• Play as a Berserker and smash your way to victory, even over the large Silverback Mech!
• Finally embrace the Mauler as you club COG forces to death.
• Scurry around as a wall crawling Wretch.
• Dual wield Gorgon Pistols as the fear-inspiring Armored Kantus! - Armored Kantus is not available in MP
  
• Wild Ticker - Short on explosives but long on claws
• Savage Corpser - Mini =/= Safe!
• Blood Mounts - Slash with those claws for a change!
• Savage Boomer - Fire and forget with the Digger Launcher!
  
• 12 Waves
• the waves get harder, of course, and climax with a level-12 onslaught from 10 members of the elite Onyx Guard and the head of the Gearsmilitary, Prescott. - Kotaku
• Tickers cannot revive teammates
• "Heroes" are later staged opponents (characters from game)
• Heroes carry specific weapons (Cole = Boomer) (Anya = Mortar) (Hoffman = HOD)
• Heroes cannot be killed at a distance. Must be executed
• Class limitations = 2 Berserkers at one time. No other limitations
• If you have money to respawn and time on the clock, you can buy back in every time you die
• Wretch's let out a sonic wave that stuns stranded.
• Armored Kantus roll kills downed opponents
• Berserker's can charge through most fortifications
  

Rod Q&A Beast/Horde Video
EddieFenix's transcript of Rod Q&A

[TAO Devil]

New Weapons

• The Retro Lancer (aka. the Pendulum Lancer)
  

  Described as the midpoint between rifle play and shotgun play, the Retro Lancer is a high stopping power, high recoil weapon. It is most effective at ranges just outside the Gnasher's effective range usage. Holding the B button allows you to use the bayonet on the front in a roadie run style charge, which lands you a kill if you can connect with your opponent. However, this charge must build up momentum first with at least 4 or 5 steps otherwise landing the charge will just count as a normal melee attack. - UPDATE: Retro Lancer has been confirmed to have been tweaked from the beta version. Hipfire accuracy is extremely limited.

  
  
• Sawed Off Shotgun
  

  The Sawed Off is a one shot, extremely long reload, extremely high powered shotgun with a wide spread. The Sawed Off has the ability to gib multiple people at once at close range, but it's effective range is very very small (described as almost point blank). The reload is also much longer than expected, and with one shot, it's a make it count kind of weapon. - UPDATE: Sawed Off has been tweaked from the beta version. lights have been added to distinguish it from a Gnasher and possible other tweaks have been hinted at, nothing specific confirmed.

• The Digger Launcher
  

  A new locust weapon that fires a locust “Piranha-like” creature into the ground, which then emerges and explodes. When fired, dirt is kicked up as it moves along it's trajectory to give an indication of it's attack destination. If you are killed by it, your head explodes.

• The One Shot
  

  A recoilless rifle that can take down almost any enemy in the game with, as the name says, one shot. It's a heavy weapon that needs to be "deployed" to be fired according to recent previews - it also projects a laser where it's going to shoot because it's satellite guided, so your enemy will know when it's aimed directly at them. The One Shot also has a very low ammo count.

  
  
• Incendary Grenade
  

  A new grenade from the COG that acts like a molotov cocktail with no warning - it explodes on impact. Throw it on the ceiling to rain fire in front of a doorway, or throw it directly on someone to set them alight.

• The Multi-Turret
  

  A new fixed weapon that can have its four weapon slots traded for almost any weapon you currently hold. By standard, it holds four Pendulum Lancers.

• Double barrel sawed-off shotgun: It's a very effective beast up close. Don't bother wasting shells at long range. The reload takes a damn long time.
• One Shot: It's a monster of a sniper rifle -- so big that it has to be hip-slung. Once equipped, the rifle scans the battlefield with a target laser and it will kill an enemy in one shot, turning them into a fine pink mist.
• Retro Lancer: This is a gun that was used before the Locust war. It's like the regular Lancer, but with a bayonet instead of a chainsaw. Players can do a charge attack and with enough momentum, will pierce an enemy and raise them over their head.
• The Digger: Shot that burrows underground to reach its target. A direct hit on a player will cause the weapon to burst out of their chest.
• Incendiary grenade: Exactly what it sounds like. Bursts on impact and is a useful defensive weapon when you need to keep enemies back. Grenades can now be stuck to the head of a meat shield. Once stuck, the meat shield will be kicked away and will take out anyone close enough.
• Butcher Boomer Cleaver - The locust aren't the only ones who can carve up some good meat! Shown in Horde 2.0 Videos. Possibly only 12 uses (1 use per hit)
  

• Vulcan Cannon - This 2 person gun is extremely devastating. One person carries the ammo and cranks the reload lever, while the other one aims.
  

Returning Weapons

• Lancer Assault Rifle
  
  Confirmed to be returning. The chainsaw has now been buffed, and you no longer stumble when revving the saw. Chainsaw kills can now only be stopped in the first few moments of the revving animation, as it now takes time to rev it up to full speed
  
  
• Hammerburst Assault Rifle
  
  The Hammerburst remains an accurate semi automatic rifle, but now has the addition of iron sights. This added level of zoom takes you into a first person view for precision shooting.
  
  
• Gnasher Shotgun
  
  Confirmed to be returning.
• Boltok Pistol
  
  Confirmed to be returning.
• Gorgon Pistol
  
  Returns under the new name "Gorgon SMG", having changed from a burst fire pistol to a fully automatic pistol.
• Grenades
  
  All three types have been confirmed to be returning. The Ink grenade now gives off no warning beeps to make it a little more useful.
• Hammer of Dawn

Surgical strike from space!

Vehicles

• The Silverback is a new COG mech suit that was originally a “Loader” of sorts which has been modified to include weapons. The default weapons are a rocket launcher on the left arm and a gatling gun on the right. In mobile mode, it can also run at high speeds and even curb stomp enemies on top of using the attached weapons. In stationary mode, the body expands to create cover for allies whilst still allowing weapon usage.

[TAO Devil]

Locust Enemies

• The Locust Savage wields primitive weapons and charges at the player like a barbarian.
• The Locust have enslaved another beast to use against its will. It is used as a catapult to launch flaming balls of ammo at enemies by having it’s legs bent back
• The Serapede is a centipede like creature that moves extremely quickly and delivers an electric shock to anyone who gets too close to it.
• The Savage Theron is white in color and is fueled by rage over it's civilized brethren.
• Savage Corpser - Mini version of a Corpser. Seen in Beast Mode
  
• Wild Ticker - No explosives, long reach (Beast mode)
  
• Locust Hunter
  
• Locust Miner
  

Lambent Enemies

• All lambent that are close to dying will charge the nearest Gear in an attempt to deal explosive damage (almost like a Kamikaze run). They will also actively kill any Locust on the battlefield.
• Polyp: Small crab-like creatures that explode when destroyed. They can be kicked away like tickers so you can kill them at safe distances.
• Lambent Drudge: An imulsion controlled Locust Drone that mutates as you fight it. It can grow longer legs to get a shot on you over cover, forcing you to move from your position. It can grow longer arms to attack three people at a time to negate the group co-op advantage. Destroying the body of this enemy isn’t enough, as the lambent tentacles can still come after you after the inhabited body is destroyed. The article describes it as being like a “twisted snake”
• Stalks: These are the Lambent version of emergence holes. These large stalks burst from the ground with small capsules that release lambent enemies to fight the player.
• Lambent Berserker: Not much is known about this enemy apart from the footage shown in the E3 demo, apart from it seems to be even more powerful than a standard beserker. It still seems impervious to damage without the Hammer of Dawn.
• Gunker

Other Enemies

• Shrieker - Seen in Horde videos. Flying machine that shoots at the humans. Possibly controlled by a locust driver, possible automated. Will explode when shot.
  

[TAO Devil]

JD Aus has already done a terrific job with his Gears 3 Video Thread so rather than copy his work, I'm linking you directly to it.

Veteran has taken over JD Aus' thread so this link will lead directly to his.

The Gears of War 3 Video Thread

[TAO Devil]

If you would like to follow the Epic developers and see the news before it we even can post it, here are some of their twitter accounts.

NOTICE: YOU MUST BE SIGNED INTO TWITTER TO VIEW THESE LINKS.

@EpicGames

@GearsViking

@therealcliffyb
*Warning: Not for virgin ears!

@MrLeePerry

@EpicCog

@iFlak

@raczilla

[Gnashes]

Nice thread TAO!

[w|a|d|e]

I saw you post this over on xbox's GW forums and read every word of it. Very nicely organized and put together! Thanks for the info!

[boots_are_not_good]

Nice Tao good luck with this Sticky

[TAO Devil]

Nice thread TAO!

I wish I could say thanks but all this work was done by Hooligunn over the past year.

I'll do my best to make sure this thread stays alive, current and in good shape for Hooli.

[Victimizer]

Any news on the video thread? Is that going to be a Sticky again as well?

[antatemo]

good man for taking over

[Buginoid]

Good luck with this TAO.

[qwerty]

whats the visual update from today ??

also you should remove your signature from the info posts as its really distracting

[bchaps]

Cool, Finally Stickied....again
(Thanks for taking over)

[TAO Devil]

whats the visual update from today ??

also you should remove your signature from the info posts as its really distracting

not sure how to remove my signature w/o completely deleting it.

[SQuirrel147]

Nice work TAO.

Finally, I can read updated Gears 3 info^.^

[w|a|d|e]

not sure how to remove my signature w/o completely deleting it.

Edit your posts, "go advanced", uncheck "show signature"

[SpasmaticMidget]

Nice one, Tao. You're gonna be pretty busy tomorrow, huh ?

[TAO Devil]

Edit your posts, "go advanced", uncheck "show signature"

Thanks.

Nice one, Tao. You're gonna be pretty busy tomorrow, huh ?

Probably. Gonna have to catch up after I get back from the road.

[Comrade John]

Yay! All I have to say.

[Comatose RIC]

how about having a few of the "newest released" pictures or ones you think look cool at the botem, just a litle extra?

[TAO Devil]

how about having a few of the "newest released" pictures or ones you think look cool at the botem, just a litle extra?

I'm working on some of those. Work is a little hectic at the moment so not much time to look for stuff to spruce it up.

[flaco1009]

Great info

@therealcliffyb
*Warning: Not for virgin ears!

hahaha xD classic

[Comatose RIC]

great

10(char)

[Timmy Skorcher]

Videos

JD Aus has already done a terrific job with his Gears 3 Video Thread so rather than copy his work, I'm linking you directly to it.

The Gears of War 3 Video Thread

Wow tao good work on this post.

[Drudgie]

Nice job TAO good luck with this thread bud

[mmartina]

Great job with the Thread info

[Krogan]

Nice one man, good luck.

[TheMofologist]

I was hoping someone more active would take over this thread, good stuff Tao!

Sooooooooo pumped for tomorrow, Off Topic: Bulletstorm is CRAZY!!!

EDIT: The week of Gears 3...vacationed form work!!!

[Cher]

Horde

No information currently released.

Very nice TAO

I can't wait for this section to filled in!!

[WalX]

Good luck with the thread TAO

[Drudgie]

Very nice TAO

I can't wait for this section to filled in!!

You and me both sister :/

[Sgt. Grub k1ller]

Very nice.

One thing though, Twitter links don't work.

[NeroRevolver]

Yeah...this is just...yeah, really good. Glad you took it! =D

Hope you are ready for the rush tomorrow!

[Skilled]

Very nice TAO

I can't wait for this section to filled in!!

Me either I've been waiting for it for so long.

Nice job TAO.