Preview: Gears of War 3

Eighteen months after the fall of Jacinto, the Gears have moved to the island of Vectes and are living aboard a converted aircraft carrier called the Raven's Nest. The government disbanded and the imulsion that powered Sera's cities has infected and mutated members of the Locust, causing them to become Lambent. 

Release Date: September 20, 2011
Exclusively on: Xbox 360
RP-M+ for Rating Pending, Targeting a Rating of Mature or Above
Genre: Third-Person Shooter 
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: Epic Games

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Game Development:
According to Cliff Bleszinski , the game will "answer the majority of the questions that players have about the history of the world and what's going on". The story is being written by science fiction author Karen Traviss, who has authored three Gears novels and is working on the next two.[13] Epic revealed that Clayton Carmine, brother of Anthony and Benjamin, of the previous two games, will appear in Gears of War 3. A vote was held between July 29 and September 6 to see if Carmine will live or die, based on Xbox avatar T-Shirts available for purchase on Xbox live. Additionally, real life t-shirts were available from San Diego Comic-Con with all purchases counting towards the vote. The voting campaign raised over $150,000, which was all donated to Child's Play.

Gears of War 3 was officially unveiled on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon by Cliff Bleszinski, with a teaser trailer.[16][17] Before the official reveal, an ad for the game was accidentally leaked on the Xbox Live platform. The song featured in the trailer is 'Heron Blue' by Sun Kil Moon. The teaser trailer was also unveiled on the Xbox 360 Dashboard on April 14, 2010.

On December 17 2010, Epic Games confirmed that the epic edition of Bulletstorm for the Xbox 360, will include early access to the multiplayer beta of Gears of War 3. The beta will be available to everyone, but Bulletstorm will allow access to exclusive content in the beta. The beta is scheduled to begin in Mid-April