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Gears Weekend: Recap August 12, 2011

Ladies Night at GCON

This past Gears Weekend was one for the ladies! GCON hosted their Ladies Night Event and some lucky ladies won their choice of a Carmine Must Die or Save Carmine t-shirt. GCON also launched their new website! In the coming weeks, they will be launching new social features such as GearsFeed and GearsSocial, and will also be expanding their coverage into new areas such as competitive Gears of War and the creative art and fiction scene of the Gears community.

Weekend Warriors

Weekend Warrior Irving MWe chose a new Weekend Warrior from our Facebook page! Along with having his image in our profile picture for the week, Irving M. also wins a Gears of War prize pack which includes a set of Gears 2 Gold Weapons codes and a Cole Plushie code.

Comment to Win Winners!

Our “comment to win” winners from Friday’s post are listed below. Each of these winners will receive a Gears of War 2 Golden Lancer.

Jw MeadeGears of War 2 Gold Weapon Lancer
Luke Mitchell
Scott Adam
Tyrol Yome
Ryan Pay

Veteran Gear Unlock Update

Epic Games‘ Community Manager Will Kinsler posted an update about the Veteran Gear unlock which was announced in Friday’s live stream. For more information, check this thread at the at the Epic Forums.

Veteran Gears,

We want to thank you for reaching out to us over the weekend with your thoughts on Friday’s announcement of the Veteran Gear unlock for Gears of War 3. We value the feedback of all our fans, especially our Veteran Gears who put in so much time not only by playing the game, but by sharing your passion for Gears on a daily basis on the forums.

With that in mind, we’d like to let you know that the Golden Gnasher Gears 3 unlock will only be available to those who have earned the Veteran Gear achievement in Gears of War 2. We do want to reward fans who play Gears 3 during release week, but have decided to do so by unlocking the Golden Hammerburst and Lancer instead of the Gnasher.

Thanks for your dedication to the Gears franchise. It will be easy to identify our Veteran Gears on September 20th when we see you online with your exclusive Golden Gnasher unlock and medal!

Updates:

– For those who have asked, Veteran Gears still unlock all Golden Weapons. The minor change means that the Golden Gnasher is now exclusive to Veteran Gears.

– Remember that there are several Gears 2 XP events leading up to Gears 3 launch. Look for details on that on http://epicgames.com/community/ this week.

Gears Weekend: Return of Gold Weapons

It’s Gears Weekend time!  Here’s what’s happening this weekend:

GearsCon Community Night 4.4

GCON LogoOur friends at GCON continue the tradition of bringing amazing weekly events to the Gears community.  This weekend, the focus is on competitive gaming in the form of a featured match and GCON lobbies with competitive settings.  Head over to the official forums thread for more info.

Back to Back Gold Weapons

Gears of War 2 Gold Weapon HammerburstLast week we randomly awarded Gold Weapon codes to fans who told us about their Gears activities on Twitter by using the #gearsweekend hashtag.  Due to the popularity of the weapons, we’re bringing them back!  Look for winners to be announced periodically on the @gearsofwar3, @raczilla, @iflak Twitter accounts.

*Friendly reminder: Posting often about your #gearsweekend activities is great, but be sure you’re not just spamming the hashtag as that may make it difficult for folks to follow along. 

Coalition’s End

In honor of the release of Coalition’s End, we’re randomly awarding a hard cover copy of the book to one lucky fan who tells us about their Gears Weekend in the comments below.  The book is autographed by author Karen Traviss!

 

Have fun out there this weekend.  We hope to see you online!

Gears Weekend: Recap July 29, 2011

GCON LogoGCON had a fantastic Gears of War 2 event this past weekend. “GCON 4.3″ was sponsored by Calibur11, the company behind the Gears of War 3 Case Vault and everyone had a great time.

Liam Ashley (Hooligunn) ran another successful live stream with Calibur 11’s own Paul and Coy. Liam was able to not only play in some ranked matches with Paul and Coy, but he also was able to ask them questions asked by the community and give away Calibur11 Berserker T-Shirts and Golden Lancer codes for Gears of War 2.

Stay tuned this coming week for when GCON announces their next event  and sponsor for the weekend ahead – it’s going to be big!

Rod FergussonEpic Games‘ Executive Producer Rod Fergusson also had a live stream on Friday evening where he answered lots of questions and at the end of the chat, Rod gave away a signed copy of Coalition’s End by Karen Traviss.

It also rained gold on twitter and the forums. We gave away loads of Gold Hammerbursts and Gold Lancers for Gears of  War 2 and there will be more to come!

 

 

Gears Weekend: It’s Raining Gold, Calibur11 GCON Event & More!

Another Gears Weekend is here!  Here’s all of the amazing things on tap:

GearsCon Community Night 4.3

Calibur 11This week, GCON‘s Community Nights return with  Calibur11 and the Gears of War 3 Case Vault. An attachable armor style case for your Slim Xbox 360, the Gears of War 3 Vault is one of the hottest pieces of merchandise coming up, and you could win yourself one to be shipped to you on it’s release.  To find out how you have a chance to win a Gears of War Vault and see the Calibur11 crew during GCON‘s live stream, visit the official event thread on the forums.

Gold Weapons Blowout

Gears of War 2 Gold Weapon HammerburstIn recent weeks we’ve randomly awarded Cole Plushies to fans who are telling us about their Gears activities on Twitter by using the #gearsweekend hashtag.  This weekend we’re stepping it up and adding Gears 2 gold weapons into the mix.  Tell us what you’re up to in Gears and you might come away with a Gears 2 Gold Lancer or Hammerburst!

Coalition's End, Karen TravissCoalition’s End

You can also tell us about your Gears Weekend right here in the comments on the Community Site.  This week we’ll pick one lucky fan to receive a hard cover copy of the new Gears of War book, Coalition’s End.  The book is signed by author Karen Traviss and will make a great addition to any Gears fans collection.

Good luck out there this Gears Weekend.  We’ll see you online!

[UPDATE!] Congratulations to our Winner, Mike R aka XDS_HolyFlame. We will be sending you a signed copy of Coalition’s End by Karen Traviss.

 

 

 

 

Gears Weekend: 20x XP, Horde Weapon Craziness and More!

San Diego Comic Con - Gears of War 2 XP EventComic Con is upon us and with it comes another Gears of War 2 XP Event! #GearsWeekend comes early this week and the event starts at 9:00 AM EST Thursday morning to coincide with the start of Comic Con. According to Gears of War 3 Executive Producer Rod Fergusson, the event features 20x XP and Horde enemies with mixed up weapons. The 20 x XP is to celebrate the release date of Gears of War 3 September 20th 2011.

For more information about Gears of War 3 at Comic Con, check this post.

We Have More Codes

Gears of War 2 Gold LancerEvery Gears Weekend we randomly award prizes to fans who tell us about their Gears related activities by using the Twitter hashtag #GearsWeekend.  Be sure to tell us if you’re playing through campaign, trying to stay alive in Horde, or if you manage to get your wings.   This weekend we have more Cole Plushies and Xbox LIVE Lancer avatar items.

Tell Us About Your Gears Weekend and Win a Prize Pack

Cole Plush for your XBL AvatarOn Monday we’ll randomly choose one lucky commenter to receive a prize pack that includes Gears 2 Gold Weapons, a Cole Plushie, and an Xbox LIVE Lancer avatar item.

Have a great Gears Weekend and we’ll see you online.

 






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