Gears of War maker Epic Games has told GameSpot that the Gears of War 3 beta will kick off “sometime around April”, a few months before the game arrives for really reals in Fall 2011 . The third-person shooter will be one of the big-hitters of 2011 for Microsoft and the Xbox 360 and, like all big-hitters, a beta was always likely expected.
Want to take part? Epic has a solution: buy the ‘Epic Edition’ of Epic’s other potentially epic game, Bulletstorm (out February 22). It’s $60, but will come with 25,000 bonus experience points, a few in-game goodies (the odd exclusive gun, piece of armor, etc.), and beta entry for Gears of War 3 .
I’d imagine other ways of accessing the beta will be available, so don’t fret if you’d rather not pay up for Bulletstorm . Though, granted, most of the other ways will cost money as well.
[Via GameSpot]
