At the Xbox 360 press event today in San Francisco Microsoft announced details about the upcoming Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta, which will give players a chance to experience three new Versus Multiplayer modes on four new maps, and help shape the year’s biggest blockbuster, set to launch worldwide on Sept. 20 and in Japan on Sept. 22. You can even decide which maps you would like to see in the beta starting today by visiting the Gears of War Facebook page (click here) and voting on their favorites, voting ends on Feb. 28.
About: This is the highly-anticipated third game in the series, titled Gears of War 3, from famed video game creator Cliff Bleszinski and his team of developers at Epic Games. Gears 3 will include a number of new gameplay features and story elements as well as graphics powered by the newest version of the Unreal3 engine. It will be published by Microsoft Games and available on the Xbox 360 in April of 2011.