Gears of War: Judgment reviews - People CAN Fly

Gears of Wars: Judgments reviews have begun trickling in, and although we only have a few scores so far, initial results are favourable.

Although the prequel is pulling in some very high scores, it's also been saddled with a crop of sevens. Criticism seems to be focused on the fact that the new entry doesn't do much to advance the franchise - "more of the same" is either a positive or negative, depending on your point of view. Multiplayer is apparently having some birthing troubles; GameInformer has chosen to delay its review until it can conduct more live testing.

The full list of scores so far is below; we'll update as more information comes in.

• IGN - 9.2/10
• Destructoid - 9/10
• GodisaGeek - 9/10
• Eurogamer Italy - 9/10
• XboxLife.dk - 9/10
• Joystiq - 4.5/5
• Xbox360Achievements - 8.9/10
• NZ Gamers - 8.8/10
• CheatCodeCentral - 4.8/5
• InsideGamingDaily - 8.5/10
• Strategy Informer - 8.5/10
• GameTrailers - 81/100
• OXM UK 8/10
• OXM US - 8/10
• Eurogamer - 8/10
• Gamesradar - 4/5
• The Escapist - 4/5
• El33tOnline - 4/5
• InsideGames - 79/100
• NewGameNetwork - 77/100
• Digital Trends - 7/10
• The Sixth Axis - 7/10
• VentureBeat - 7/10
• GameReactor - 7/10
• Eurogamer Sweden - 7/10
• VideoGamer - 7/10
• GiantBomb - 3/5
• DigitalSpy - 3/5
• Rev3Games - 3/5
• Kotaku - "not yet"
• Gamestalker.nl - "ok"
• Gamespot - pending

Dave also has some thoughts to share on the prequel shooter, if you'd like a personal account. Gears of War: Judgment was co-developed by People Can Fly and Epic Games, exclusively for Xbox 360. It arrives on March 19 in the US and Australia, and March 22 in the Uk and Europe.