Gears of War release date revealed?

[wraggster]

Last week Epic honcho Mark Rein posted a message on the official Gears of War forums, promising that a "big announcement" would arrive this week. Speculation has been rife over what the announcement might be, although Rein stated it wouldn't be the release date. Wednesday's come and we're still waiting.

However US retailers Gamestop, EBGames and Amazon have all recently updated their listings with a November date for Gears, though strangely the dates differ by a week. Gamestop and EBgames both list the standard game, along with the rather saucy looking collectors' edition, for November 1st, while Amazon in the US have a November 7th release date for the game, and a November 24th date here in Europe.

While online retailers often list placeholder dates for forthcoming products, they're also often the first to receive official word from publishers. November is widely assumed to be Gears of War's emergence month, and with the PlayStation 3 launching on the 17th it'd be a smart move for Microsoft to launch their big release around the same time.

But is this Epic's "big announcement"? Surely the reveal of Gears' release date, especially in the month that everyone expected it to come, would not warrant being called a "big announcement" as Rein and co hinted it to be. Perhaps there's another revelation coming this week, alongside the release date confirmation?

Either way, we'll soon find out what the hoopla is all about, when Epic lifts its skirts to reveal its big announcement sometime this week. Our breath is truly baited.

[dtothabreezy]

hope it is gears seems so promising hope it dosent crush my dreams