The Gears of War release date may have been inadverently revealed when Microsoft recently announced their partnership with music group Megadeth for the heavy metal tour, Gigantour.
A press release states the following:
Look for the tour--the brainchild of MEGADETH frontman DAVE MUSTAINE --to launch in the Northeast and to work its way through 25 major markets before wrapping in mid-October, with Xbox's "Gears of War" sponsoring the trek.OK... so a promotional tour that ends mid October is being sponsored by the Gears of War videogame. The press release continues:
We're totally jazzed about the partnership between Gigantour 2006 and our forthcoming Xbox 360 blockbuster, Gears of War! Partnering a music extravaganza like GIGANTOUR with the launch of a mega-hit game like Gears of War captures the excitement around two awesome happenings for fans of music and video games!The part is particularly interesting - "
Partnering a music extravaganza like GIGANTOUR with the launch of a mega-hit game like Gears of War". Sounds very much like we can expect to see GoW on the shelves sometime around October, which would also coincide with the
recently removed Xbox.com listing date.
Microsoft are yet to comment on these revelations.
