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Critically Sane: "Nearly a decade since its release, some of the shine has worn off. In fact it is easy, and somewhat en vogue, to be dismissive of Microsofts second big shooter franchise. After all, it was in many ways patient zero for what many came to think of as what was wrong with game development during the last generation. Dull color palette? Check. Big, bruising meathead soldiers? Check. Clearly-staged cover-based shooting arenas? Check. Its all there and, while not the originator of any of those features, Gears of War was the most high profile and successful game to utilize them all so liberally. But dismissing Gears of War is ignoring the fact that it was massively popular, spawned three sequels, and inspired countless copycats of varying quality. Critically acclaimed titles like Uncharted, Spec Ops: The Line, and even Mass Effect 2 owe much to Gears of Wars design. Gears laid a groundwork that defined a generation."

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Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes: "Thinking back, it is almost hard to believe that the original Gears of War was released nearly a decade ago. The title brought new life to the third-person shooter genre by taking separate elements that werent precisely new and combining them into such a tight enjoyable package that numerous titles have tried to replicate that same level of success only for numerous inadequate and easily forgettable titles to ruin the concept. Now it comes down to Gears of War: Ultimate Edition to bring back the action everyones hoping for with a fresh coat of paint. The question is, has the title managed to age well enough to still be enjoyable in 2015?"

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NZG: Since the launch of the eighth-generation consoles in 2013, there have been a handful of games that received the remastered treatment. While I personally dont mind this trend of developers and publishers reintroducing games to the current-gen audience, there have been some lacklustre efforts at making their game next-gen worthy: Sleeping Dogs was an example of a game that didnt do much other than a (minor) graphics upgrade, leading people to think the publisher was more cashing-in, rather than paying fan-service.

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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition was a faithful recreation of the original, but it also showed its age in certain places. Luke Lohr over at Xbox Enthusiast considers four things Gears 4 can learn from Ultimate Edition's mistakes.

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Microsofts Xbox One remaster of Xbox 360 title Gears of War shoots straight to No.1 this week in the All Formats Top 40. The Xbox One-exclusive is the highest charting title of a number of new releases. Sonys PS4-exclusive survival horror title Until Dawn debuts in second play ahead of Disneys toys-to-life title Disney Infinity 3.0. The latter sold best on Xbox 360, indicating that there's still a sizeable kids and family market yet to upgrade to the new consoles. Meanwhile EAs American Football title Madden NFL 16 launched in fourth place, and in seventh place, Bethesdas remaster of 2012s Dishonored debuts.

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If you've run into issues with matchmaking and online play, it could mean a host of other things.

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A former creative director on Gears of War Judgment has admitted that the developers played it safe for the spin-off, opting out of taking risks involving the boss battles in the game. Adrien Chmielarz, the man in question, stated that "a few mechanics and design points were altered to be somewhat safer."

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A former lead designer at EA Bright Light has revealed that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was supposed to compete with Gears of War as "it was quickly established that this was the visual quality we had to beat". It's safe to say that Harry didn't enjoy the same success on the video game scene as Marcus Fenix, but we'll give him good marks for trying.

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Vince and Jon see if "On-Site Procurement" is a viable strategy in Metal Gears Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.

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Prior to last week's launch of "Gears of War: Ultimate Edition," Microsoft promised that gamers who played the Xbox One remaster would receive the backwards-compatible versions of all Xbox 360 entries in the series for free. A definitive release date wasn't set at the time of the Aug. 3 announcement, but according to a Microsoft executive, the games will be available in November.