No Gears of War Demo Before November

Those of you hanging out for a Gears of War demo release before the game ships in November will be disappointed - there is currently no demo planned, at least before the game goes retail.

Commenting via their own forums, Epic VP Mark Rein said:

I don't see any way we could do a demo before the game comes out. We've said that before. Demos take a long time to create and polish and we can't afford to get derailled like that if we want to have the game in stores by Thanksgiving. Given a choice of the game this year or a demo this year and the game next year I'm sure every one of you would rather have the game this year because you're already planning to buy it.

Regarding putting something out on Xbox Live after the release in November, Rein said that they might do that, however they also have plans for some downloadable content that might take precedence:

No idea if we'll do a demo or not after the game ships. I know we have some very cool plans (not 100% solid so too early to give any specifics) for additional downloadable so that might take a higher priority than creating a demo.