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Gears of War 3 players who finish Horde mode on Insane difficulty in either single-player or multiplayer, and who watch the Mission: Impossible trailer on XBL before December 25, will get a “themed weapon skin pack”. The pack consists of skins for the Lancer, Hammerburst, Retro Lancer, Gnasher Shotgun, and Sawed-off Shotgun. If you are unable to finish Horde on Insane, though, you’ll still be put in a contest to win separate prizes.

Gears 3′s free Versus Booster map pack arrives on November 25. Thanks, D’toid.

Epic has posted a Gears of War 3 video, showing the first bit of footage from Bullet Marsh, one of the new multiplayer maps included with the free Versus Booster Map Pack. According to the developers, Bullet Marsh is a” reimagining of Gears 1’s foreboding, swampy stomping grounds” which is home to a bunch of nasty Kryll. The only come out when it’s dark, so if the lights get extinguished, start running your ass off. If you are unfamiliar with it, just think of the movie Pitch Black and you will get the idea.

The Versus Booster Map Pack will be released on November 24. Watch the video below.

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Horde4Charity will be playing Borderlands 2 for forty-eight hours straight on in order to benefit the Skylight Miscarriage Organisation. The event has started now and is being streamed live on Justin.tv with Twitter updates via the Horde 4 Charity account and live blogged on the official Facebook page. Come the end of the event, the nine Scotsmen participating, will finally collapse from sleep deprivation, but hopefully not not until enough donations have been made. If you would like to help out, please be a dear and visit the official webpage for the charity and hit the donate button.

Epic will patch Gears of War 3 with its second major title update at 2:00 AM PDT.

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“We’re not saying that everything on the disc is the product. The disc is another delivery mechanism. We had begun DLC packs early enough, and with the extension to our schedule. It meant we had that stuff done before we shipped. We felt it was a win/win, because no one is going to have to download anything huge when the DLC comes out.

“I think the thing that makes it muddy for people is when it’s on the disc. We could have left it off and said, ‘Hey, here’s another disc.’”

– Gears of War 3 executive producer Rod Fregusson responding to Kotaku‘s questions about the game’s on-disc, paid DLC.

A new piece of free Gears of War 3 DLC, the Versus Booster Map Pack, will launch on November 25. The pack will contain Gears 1 classics Swamp and Clocktower, as well as Azura, Rustlung and Blood Drive from the Horde Command Pack, which released yesterday for 800 MS points. The release of Horde Command and Versus Booster packs this month will come as part of a trilogy of DLC releases for the game before the end of the year, the final being campaign content RAAM’s Shadow on December 13 for 1200 MS points.

Epic has announced that the Horde Command Pack, the first of the Gears of War 3 DLC, is now available for download after technical issues delayed its release earlier this morning.

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Epic has announced that RAAM’s Shadow, a new piece of campaign DLC for gears of Wars 3, will release on December 13.

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Take a close look, Gears of War 3 players. Epic is giving you an up-close look at the stats behind game types and weapon use in the first weeks of Gears of War 3′s online modes. More »

Video game TV show X-Play got the world exclusive sneak peak yesterday at the first downloadable content pack for Gears of War 3. More »

In a time of sinking sales across nearly all industries, it’s encouraging and surprising to see analysts like Michael Pachter start talking about year-over-year sales increases instead of decreases. More »

A relatively severe new glitch has popped up in Gears of War 3 that not only freezes the system, but also prevents players from entering any game mode thereafter. More »

Microsoft and Epic Games have announced the Horde Command Pack for Gears of War 3 will launch on November 1.

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While Gears of War 3 didn’t knock Black Ops from its reigning top spot on the XBL Activity chart, it did come in second place on a list filled with plenty a Call of Duty offering. Maybe it will win out next week. Check out the rest of the list below the break. Arcade, Indie, and GFWL charts can be found over on Major Nelson’s blog.

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Microsoft has announced that Gears of War 3 has sold 3 million units during its first week on the market.

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Media Create has released its retail sales list for the week ending September 26, and it finds Dark Souls debuting in the top slot for PS3 with 279,567 copies moved.

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An interesting little Twitter exchange between between Netherrealm’s Ed Boon and Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski suggests a possibility of a Gears of War character appearing in a Mortal Kombat game.

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A couple of entries on the Gears of War 3 leaderboards give a tantalising glimpse of what might have been – or of what’s to come.

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Last night on Conan, our favorite ginger showed off the more sensitive side to Gears of War 3. According to the late night host on TBS, critics have been chatting about how the latest installment to the series is more emotional and may turn off hardcore gamers. Well, Conan decided to show just how genteel the game has become, and you can watch for yourself below. Apparently, Dom gets a bit upset when he finds out about R.E.M. retiring from the scene. Gears 3 is out now. Thanks, Kotaku.

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Karen Traviss was given the somewhat unenviable task of writing the conclusion to the Gears of War trilogy – and she warns that, while the storyline is definitely finished, with a “definite answer”, fans shouldn’t expect all of the loose ends to be tied up.

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