Neowin News Feed for: Gears

Microsoft killing off Gears Pop! mobile game after less than two years

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it's shutting down its mobile game Gears Pop!, less than two years after it was originally released. The game servers will be online until April 26, 2021. Read more...

Gears Tactics for Xbox consoles goes gold, gets new achievements

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:36:01 +0000

Set for a November 10 release for Xbox consoles, the latest entry in the Gears of War series has now gone gold, bringing a new list of achievements worth a Gamerscore of 400, and more. Read more...

Gears Tactics launch trailer delivers action and information, pre-load now live

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:02:02 +0000

Splash Damage and The Coalition have unleashed a release trailer for their co-developed upcoming turn-based strategy game Gears Tactics. Pre-loads have gone live across Steam and Windows 10 too. Read more...

Sea of Thieves is handing out Gears-themed ship cosmetics for a limited time

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:00:01 +0000

Rare's pirate adventure game Sea of Thieves has gotten some limited-time Gears of War-themed ship cosmetic items, and the only way to earn them is to play the game before the deadline next week. Read more...

Offline Gmail earns its wings, graduates from Google Labs

Kristan Kenney — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:57:55 +0000

Google has announced that "Offline Gmail", an experimental feature that lets users access their web-based Gmail accounts while not connected to the internet has finally graduated from being a Google Labs project and is being... Read more...

Neowin Exclusive: Google Gears now supports GAFYD Calendar

Brad Sams — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:01:47 +0000

Eagle eyed Neowin user Shaun Williams (eangulus in forums) has sent us a hot tip that Google Apps for Your Domain Calendar Application now supports Google Gears for offline use. For those not familiar... Read more...

Microsoft announces Gears of War 2 styled Zune 120

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:03:42 +0000

Microsoft announced today that it will feature a custom Gears of War 2 branded Zune, retailing for $279.99, and that pre-orders would be accepted today at both Walmart.com and Amazon.com. "This special edition Zune... Read more...

Why No Gears Of War 2 For PC? Well, Piracy For One

Garrett Dodd — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:05:39 +0000

Epic Games won't be bringing Gears of War 2 to the PC. That's their story and they're stickin' to it. It's "definitely" not happening, swears designer Cliff Bleszinski, pointing to a worsening PC gaming environment.... Read more...

Pre-Order Gears Of War 2!

Andrew — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:49:00 +0000

It's been a while since we've run a story based on those online retailers jumping the gun and revealing an as yet unannounced title, so here goes nothing. Amazon's US website is listing Gears of... Read more...

Gears of War wins Joystick awards

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:50:18 +0000

Third person shooter Gears of War has scooped the "Ultimate Game of the Year Award" at the Golden Joysticks. The title sold more than 3 million copies in 10 weeks and won three more awards... Read more...

Microsoft Gears Up Windows for Devices

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:22:31 +0000

Operating system maker Microsoft is currently working hard on delivering the next version of Windows Embedded CE in November and on tapping the lucrative market for service-enabled devices. Kevin Dallas, general manager of Microsoft's Windows... Read more...

Focus: Gears of War PC

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:49:16 +0000

When you're trying to bring one of the successful Xbox 360 games to the PC then the mantra must surely be 'don't drop the ball', but for Epic Gaming the latest title to earn the... Read more...

Gears of War title update June 14th, new achievements!

Todd Tanner — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:30:23 +0000

On Thursday, 14th June, the stakes get even higher as "Gears of War", rated M for Mature, releases eight new Achievements for the "Annex" gametype and the "Hidden Fronts" Multiplayer Map Pack on Xbox LIVE.... Read more...

EA Shifts Gears with Need for Speed ProStreet

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:30:26 +0000

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that the blockbuster Need for Speed franchise is introducing a new version that drives the series in a new direction. Need for Speed ProStreet is a ground-breaking Need for... Read more...

Google Gears Beta Released - Offline Web

Tom Warren — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:46:52 +0000

Google has launched a tool designed to make it easier for computer users to use online applications offline. One of the key limitations of web services such as e-mail, word processing and calendars, is... Read more...

New Gears of War maps coming Thursday - for 800 MS points

Todd Tanner — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:19:05 +0000

Remember that story about the new Gears of War content Epic was creating? How Epic wanted to give the content away for free, and Microsoft was preventing them because they wanted to charge for it?... Read more...

AIAS 2007 Awards Announced - Gears of War wins GOTY

Todd Tanner — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:37:25 +0000

Last night, the winners of the Tenth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (AIAS) were revealed at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Gears of War turned out to be the big winner of... Read more...

Gears of War still at the top of Xbox Live charts

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:26:53 +0000

Major Nelson published the new lists that shows both the original Xbox and Xbox 360's Xbox Live activity. Combining both lists, Gears of War still remains the most played game on Xbox Live, closely followed... Read more...

Gears of War Sells 3 Million

Joe Cashman — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:51:01 +0000

Microsoft announced yet another impressive figure this week, Gears of War has sold 3 million copies. The figure means that nearly 1 in 3 Xbox owners have the game, which is even more impressive. The... Read more...

Epic's Mark Rein Makes PC Users Cry. Gears of War Denied.

Todd Tanner — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:51:48 +0000

Well, Epic's Mark Rein has once again devastated PC users . He has denied us Gears of War. He shall pay! Anyway, all this started when someone noticed in a new set of Nvidia drivers... Read more...

Gears of War - 2.7 Million Sold

Todd Tanner — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:28:55 +0000

Well I think it is pretty much official now. Gears of War is a mega-smash-hit. A bona fide "Halo" like franchise. So our boy Robbie Bach at CES yesterday let loose the sales numbers... Read more...

Gears of War Update Incoming - New Multiplayer Maps As Well!

Todd Tanner — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:56:31 +0000

Thanks to American Ninja for the head's up last night. An update for Epic's mega smash hit Gears of War will be released sometime tomorrow (Tuesday) which will... Read more...

Gears of War Sees 80% Jump in Xbox Live Usage

Joe Cashman — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:06:07 +0000

Not only has Gears of War become the undisputed king of the 360 at the moment breaking numerous records, but it has also been a key factor in an increased usage of Xbox Live. Other... Read more...

PC Gamer Makes A Boo-Boo Gears of War For PC Revealed?

Todd Tanner — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:34:54 +0000

Holiday 2006 Issue. PC Gamer (US version). Page 28. Look at the picture. OK, I know the issue isn't out yet on store shelves, so here's what is happening. Apparently PC Gamer... Read more...

Gears of War Officially Goes Gold

Todd Tanner — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:19:46 +0000

Thanks to Voodoo Extreme for the heads up. Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games, Inc. announced today that "Gears of War" has gone gold. To celebrate the passing of the "gone gold"... Read more...

CliffyB is "Done" aka Gears of War is "Gold" - Sorta

Todd Tanner — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:04:38 +0000

Via CliffyB's blog: My job as designer of Gears of War is, well, more or less done. I can't speak to the status of gold or shipping but those of you familiar... Read more...

Gears of War Vista?

Todd Tanner — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:15:58 +0000

Evilavatar is reporting that a German website called Console Wars caught wind of a Microsoft release schedule for Windows Vista from Switzerland supposedly listing Gears of War as a late 2007 PC title. ... Read more...

German Gears of War Canned

Todd Tanner — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:51:25 +0000

Sorry to say but the German censorship police have nuked another one. Indeed, Gears of War will not be coming out in Germany now. Microsoft had considered recutting the game, but found it would make... Read more...

Gears of War cost $10 million to produce

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:23:29 +0000

From a developer standpoint the power of the next-gen consoles opens up doors that simply weren't there before, but equally brings concerns over escalating development costs possibly in the region of $20-$30 million. Speaking at... Read more...

Gears of War Cut-Scene

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:27:44 +0000

You saw the E3 demo of Gears of War dozens of time. You remember how it started and how it ended. A dishonored soldier is taken out of prison to join the few soldiers that... Read more...

Gears of War first impressions

Todd Tanner — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:14:17 +0000

Eurogamer saw fit to post their first opinions on the upcoming mega hit for the Xbox 360 from Epic Games. Gears of War as some of you may know is the first Unreal Engine 3... Read more...

Pipex gears up for 24 meg broadband

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:30:00 +0000

Pipex is gearing up to offer punters 24 meg broadband as part of the ISP's investment in local loop unbundling (LLU). The ISP - which has 215,000 broadband punters at the end of June -... Read more...

Microsoft Gears Up for Windows x64 April Launch

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:14:17 +0000

Microsoft Corp.'s officials expressed at Intel Developer Forum the company's strong intention to release its long-awaited operating system for computers based on the so-called x86-64 chips that can execute 32-bit and 64-bit code natively in... Read more...

Intel, Microsoft, HP alliance gears up for action

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 03:56:30 +0000

Anti-digital restrictions lobby group now includes Business Software Alliance. The biggest tech companies in the world are far from happy with a Hollywood backed campaign to further restrict the ability of people... Read more...

NORAD gears up to track Santa

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:12:32 +0000

Despite President Bush's formal go-ahead on the first phase of missile defense deployment, the coast is clear for the time being on the entry of Santa Claus into American air space. According... Read more...

Sun switches gears on security

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:52:19 +0000

Microsoft, IBM and VeriSign have submitted a security specification for Web services to an industry standards body, a move that has won the backing of an unlikely supporter: Sun Microsystems. WS-Security is... Read more...