Gears of War 3 Gets a Multiplayer Beta

Those of us horrified to hear about the delay of Gears of War 3 were thrown a bone at a press event this week as Epic annouced that Gears of War 3 will have a public multiplayer beta in early 2011. The contents of the beta at this point aren't known other than that it will feature competative multiplayer.



Epic Games left gamers everwhere horrified and heartbroken when they announced earlier this week that Gears of War 3 was delayed until Fall 2011. Originally the release was scheduled for 14th April 2011, but Rod Fergusson said that the delay is "not a quality issue" and that the delay was "a business decision between partners".

How Rod thinks this will make us feel better is beyond me, but it certainly means that Epic will have no excuse for any quality issues with the game. Hopefully Epic will take FULL advantage of the extra months they've given themselves and tweak the game beyond a mirror shine.

As for now, "Early 2011" can't come soon enough.