'We Started E-Day With an Empty Hard Drive' — Meat Shields, Chainsaw Duels and More Are Missing From Gears of War: E-Day at Launch
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"'We Started E-Day With an Empty Hard Drive' — Meat Shields, Chainsaw Duels and More Are Missing From Gears of War: E-Day at Launch" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (6)
- Gears of War: E-Day is missing iconic features like chainsaw duels and meat shields, but The Coalition says we shouldn't worry Eurogamer.net · 42d ago
- Gears Of War Devs Explain Missing Features: 'We Started E-Day With An Empty Hard Drive Building Our Entire Gameplay Sandbox From Scratch' kotaku.com · 43d ago
- The Gears Of War: E-Day Campaign Is Full Of Highs And Lows Kotaku · 43d ago
- Gears of War E-Day Review, Gameplay Impressions, Videos and Top Features Bleacher Report · 43d ago
- The ‘Gears Of War: E-Day’ Metacritic Review Score Is In, And It’s Great Forbes · 43d ago
- Gears Of War: E-Day Review In Progress Game Informer · 43d ago
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