I hope everyone enjoyed the premiere competitive event for Gears of War.  Yes I’m talking about Hypefestation and it IS the premiere competitive event for Gears of War!   Before I get into my experience I want to stress with the community that we need to really invest some time and effort into Hypefestation and keep it going as long as possible.  This is something that we should have organized a long, long time ago and if the Fighting Game Community can do it year after year there is no reason we cannot.  Let’s continue putting a lot of our efforts into making Hypefestation better with each event!

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Today marks the release of the third major DLC installment for Epic Games’ Gears of War 3.  The Fenix Rising Map Pack boasts 4 new characters, 5 new multiplayer maps, a new playlist (Stay Frosty), and a new Exp leveling system called “Re-Up.”   The details for the DLC can be found below and I’ve included each of the five new maps and characters in the embeded playlist above!

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Yesterday I launched the start of a new Gears of War 3 series dedicated to helping players learn various tips and tricks that can improve their game.  The first episode discusses and showcases “Weapon Sliding,” as it pertains to Gears of War 3.  Originally weapon sliding was a “glitch” that was utilized heavily in the early stages of the original Gears of War.  The Gears 3 weapon slide is not the same type of pickup, however Epic has allowed some mobility by using the time between the pick up icon being pressed and completed as a small window to move.  This results in picking up weapons in places slightly outside of the standard radius of the weapon.

The introduction videos to this series are going to be fairly simple with some more advanced tactics as I progress through the series.  There have been a lot of requests for a series like this so I hope you all enjoy it very much.

I wanted to provide and update to my gaming setup.  There are only a few notable, new pieces, mainly the desktop computer, Alluna Desk, and the Asus MLG monitor.  Most of the equipment in this video I accumulated providing product reviews for various companies in the tech and gaming industry.  The full equipment list for the setup is below:

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The general release notes for tomorrow’s Gears of War 3 Title Update have recently been released (found below).  I found several of the “Improvements” to be noteworthy, particularly for the competitive Gears scene, however I did not see the King of the Hill Overtime information in these notes.  I’m not sure if this wasn’t included or if it’s not being fixed until TU4.  I also have to wonder when we’re going to see some of the Mantle Kick issues resolved.

Read on for the details below:

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The feedback I have been receiving on the latest Running Ranked Episode (above) is nothing short of amazing.   It is so interesting to me that I felt it necessary to update some of the comments on the site.  I’ll continue to update this post as they come in and elaborate on some of the them as well.

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