Post by King of Kings on Sept 15, 2011 2:24:26 GMT -5
KEEP THIS THREAD SPOILER FREE
I've been avoiding other Gears forums to avoid spoilers, personally.
Gears of War 3
Official Release Dates:
September 20, 2011 (United States/Europe/Australia/PAL)
September 22, 2011 (Japan) (japan maaaad)
Multiplayer Unlocks
(some character and skin unlocks require achievements from prior Gears of War titles):
Starting Characters:
COG:
Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago, Augustus Cole, Damon Baird, Anya Stroud
Locust:
Drone, Savage Drone, Grenadier Elite, Savage Grenadier, Queen Myrrah
Characters earned by Rank:
Level 02 - COG Gear
Level 03 - Miner
Level 04 - Sam Byrne
Level 05 - Beast Rider
Level 07 - Dizzy Wallin
Level 08 - Hunter
Level 10 - Jace Stratton
Level 12 - Theron Guard
Level 14 - Clayton Carmine
Level 17 - Classic Dom
Level 20 - Spotter
Level 23 - Classic Cole
Level 26 - Flame Grenadier
Level 30 - Classic Baird
Level 34 - Benjamin Carmine
Level 39 - Grenadier
Level 45 - Civilian Anya
Level 50 - Victor Hoffman
Level 60 - Hunter Elite
Level 75 - Anthony Carmine
Unlock Through Medals/Achievements/Other:
Classic Marcus Fenix - Silver Veteran Medal (Play 200 Matches)
Unarmored Marcus Fenix - Complete the Campaign, Any Difficulty.
Superstar Cole - Gold MVP Medal (MVP 100 Matches)
Chairman Prescott - Silver Allfathers Medal (Play 200 Matches in all 6 Game Modes)
Golden Gear - Bronze War Supporter Medal (Play in 5 Gears Events)
Savage Theron Guard - Beat Beast Mode, All Difficulties.
Kantus - Gold Medic Medal (Revive 150 Teammates)
Sniper - Bronze Headshot Medal (Get 100 Headshots)
Golden Hunter - Gold Master-At-Arms Medal (Get 300 Kills with all 5 Starting Weapons)
Golden Miner - Gold Rifleman Medal (Get 300 Kills with all 3 Rifles)
Griffin - Facebook Promotion or Gold Big Spender Medal ($300,000 in Horde cash)
Cole Train - Unlocked from the Beta
Pre-Order Characters (US, not sure about other countries):
Commando Dom - GameStop Pre-order Exclusive
Mechanic Baird - Bestbuy Pre-order Exclusive
Savage Kantus - Amazon Pre-order Exclusive
Savage Grenadier Elite - Walmart Pre-order Exclusive
Adam Fenix - Exclusive to Limited and Epic Editions (Or if you redeemed your Gears Infected Omen Controller code before 9/9/11)
Weapon Unlocks:
Crimson Omen
Lancer - 12 + 2 XBL Gold Card Promotion
Hammerburst - Welcome to Beast Achievement (Gears of War 3)
Retro Lancer - Welcome to Horde (Gears of War 3)
Gnasher - Welcome to Versus (Gears of War 3)
Sawed-Off - Welcome to Arcade (Gears of War 3)
Team Emblem
Retro Lancer - Bronze Veteran Medal (Play 100 Matches)
Lancer - Silver Veteran Medal (Play 200 Matches)
Hammerburst - Gold Veteran Medal (Play 300 Matches)
Gnasher and Sawed-Off Shotguns - Onyx Veteran Medal (Play 400 Matches)
Flaming
Hammerburst - Unlocked if you played the Week 1 of Beta
Lancer - Unlocked if you played the Week 2 of Beta
Retro Lancer - Not yet revealed
Sawed-Off - Unlocked if you played the Week 3 of Beta
Gnasher - Unlocked if you played the Week 4 of Beta
Gold*
Lancer - Play Gears 3 online between Sept. 20th and Sept. 27th or from Gears of War 2 (Carries over).
Hammerburst - Play Gears 3 online between Sept. 20th and Sept. 27th or from Gears of War 2 (Carries over).
Retro Lancer - Unlocked in beta or can also be unlocked by getting Veteran Gear Achievement in Gears 2.
Gnasher - Unlocked by getting Veteran Gear in Gears 2
Sawed-Off - Unlocked via the Commando achievement in Gears of War.
*Veteran Gear Achievement from Gears of War 2 unlocks all Gold Skins
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Lancer - Don't Hate The Player achievement (Gears of War)
Hammerburst - Dirty, Dirty Horde achievement (Gears of War 2)
Retro Lancer - Domination achievement (Gears of War)
Gnasher - Complete the campaigns of Gears of War 1, 2 and 3, on any difficulty.
Sawed-Off – Have at least one achievement from Gears of War PC.
Onyx
Lancer – Get 6000 kills with the Lancer in Gears 3.
Hammerburst – Get 6000 kills with the Hammerburst in Gears 3.
Retro Lancer – Get 6000 kills with the Retro Lancer in Gears 3.
Gnasher – Get 6000 kills with the Gnasher in Gears 3.
Sawed-Off – Get 6000 kills with the Sawed-Off in Gears 3.
Gold Omen (all 5 starting weapons) - Reach level 100 in Gears of War 3.
Infected Omen (all 5 starting weapons) - Included with the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition, Limited Console or Limited Controller.
Liquid Metal Black (all 5 starting weapons)- Included with the Gears of War 3 Season Pass.
Liquid Metal Green (all 5 starting weapons) - Obtained through a yet to be announced promotion.
Liquid Metal White / Ivory (all 5 starting weapons) - Exclusive to Epic Games employees
I've been avoiding other Gears forums to avoid spoilers, personally.
Gears of War 3
Official Release Dates:
September 20, 2011 (United States/Europe/Australia/PAL)
September 22, 2011 (Japan) (japan maaaad)
Multiplayer Unlocks
(some character and skin unlocks require achievements from prior Gears of War titles):
Starting Characters:
COG:
Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago, Augustus Cole, Damon Baird, Anya Stroud
Locust:
Drone, Savage Drone, Grenadier Elite, Savage Grenadier, Queen Myrrah
Characters earned by Rank:
Level 02 - COG Gear
Level 03 - Miner
Level 04 - Sam Byrne
Level 05 - Beast Rider
Level 07 - Dizzy Wallin
Level 08 - Hunter
Level 10 - Jace Stratton
Level 12 - Theron Guard
Level 14 - Clayton Carmine
Level 17 - Classic Dom
Level 20 - Spotter
Level 23 - Classic Cole
Level 26 - Flame Grenadier
Level 30 - Classic Baird
Level 34 - Benjamin Carmine
Level 39 - Grenadier
Level 45 - Civilian Anya
Level 50 - Victor Hoffman
Level 60 - Hunter Elite
Level 75 - Anthony Carmine
Unlock Through Medals/Achievements/Other:
Classic Marcus Fenix - Silver Veteran Medal (Play 200 Matches)
Unarmored Marcus Fenix - Complete the Campaign, Any Difficulty.
Superstar Cole - Gold MVP Medal (MVP 100 Matches)
Chairman Prescott - Silver Allfathers Medal (Play 200 Matches in all 6 Game Modes)
Golden Gear - Bronze War Supporter Medal (Play in 5 Gears Events)
Savage Theron Guard - Beat Beast Mode, All Difficulties.
Kantus - Gold Medic Medal (Revive 150 Teammates)
Sniper - Bronze Headshot Medal (Get 100 Headshots)
Golden Hunter - Gold Master-At-Arms Medal (Get 300 Kills with all 5 Starting Weapons)
Golden Miner - Gold Rifleman Medal (Get 300 Kills with all 3 Rifles)
Griffin - Facebook Promotion or Gold Big Spender Medal ($300,000 in Horde cash)
Cole Train - Unlocked from the Beta
Pre-Order Characters (US, not sure about other countries):
Commando Dom - GameStop Pre-order Exclusive
Mechanic Baird - Bestbuy Pre-order Exclusive
Savage Kantus - Amazon Pre-order Exclusive
Savage Grenadier Elite - Walmart Pre-order Exclusive
Adam Fenix - Exclusive to Limited and Epic Editions (Or if you redeemed your Gears Infected Omen Controller code before 9/9/11)
Weapon Unlocks:
Crimson Omen
Lancer - 12 + 2 XBL Gold Card Promotion
Hammerburst - Welcome to Beast Achievement (Gears of War 3)
Retro Lancer - Welcome to Horde (Gears of War 3)
Gnasher - Welcome to Versus (Gears of War 3)
Sawed-Off - Welcome to Arcade (Gears of War 3)
Team Emblem
Retro Lancer - Bronze Veteran Medal (Play 100 Matches)
Lancer - Silver Veteran Medal (Play 200 Matches)
Hammerburst - Gold Veteran Medal (Play 300 Matches)
Gnasher and Sawed-Off Shotguns - Onyx Veteran Medal (Play 400 Matches)
Flaming
Hammerburst - Unlocked if you played the Week 1 of Beta
Lancer - Unlocked if you played the Week 2 of Beta
Retro Lancer - Not yet revealed
Sawed-Off - Unlocked if you played the Week 3 of Beta
Gnasher - Unlocked if you played the Week 4 of Beta
Gold*
Lancer - Play Gears 3 online between Sept. 20th and Sept. 27th or from Gears of War 2 (Carries over).
Hammerburst - Play Gears 3 online between Sept. 20th and Sept. 27th or from Gears of War 2 (Carries over).
Retro Lancer - Unlocked in beta or can also be unlocked by getting Veteran Gear Achievement in Gears 2.
Gnasher - Unlocked by getting Veteran Gear in Gears 2
Sawed-Off - Unlocked via the Commando achievement in Gears of War.
*Veteran Gear Achievement from Gears of War 2 unlocks all Gold Skins
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Lancer - Don't Hate The Player achievement (Gears of War)
Hammerburst - Dirty, Dirty Horde achievement (Gears of War 2)
Retro Lancer - Domination achievement (Gears of War)
Gnasher - Complete the campaigns of Gears of War 1, 2 and 3, on any difficulty.
Sawed-Off – Have at least one achievement from Gears of War PC.
Onyx
Lancer – Get 6000 kills with the Lancer in Gears 3.
Hammerburst – Get 6000 kills with the Hammerburst in Gears 3.
Retro Lancer – Get 6000 kills with the Retro Lancer in Gears 3.
Gnasher – Get 6000 kills with the Gnasher in Gears 3.
Sawed-Off – Get 6000 kills with the Sawed-Off in Gears 3.
Gold Omen (all 5 starting weapons) - Reach level 100 in Gears of War 3.
Infected Omen (all 5 starting weapons) - Included with the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition, Limited Console or Limited Controller.
Liquid Metal Black (all 5 starting weapons)- Included with the Gears of War 3 Season Pass.
Liquid Metal Green (all 5 starting weapons) - Obtained through a yet to be announced promotion.
Liquid Metal White / Ivory (all 5 starting weapons) - Exclusive to Epic Games employees