Although the first Gears is probably still the best looking console game to date, Gears of War 2 looks like it’s going to up the ante quite a bit. Check out Epic’s Gears 2 presentation from GDC for some slick water and juicy meat cubes. Hit the link for downloadable versions of the video.

Link: Gears of War 2 - GDC: UE3 presentation [Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

Cliffy B just announced at the Microsoft GDC Keynote that Gears of War 2 will be coming in November and will be an Xbox 360 exclusive. Everyone expected this announcement today, but it’s sure nice to hear it confirmed.

We were also given some details on the 2008 lineup for Xbox 360. The full press release can be found here.

Update: The announcement trailer has been embedded above.

Update #2: Major Nelson informs us that the trailer is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace in HD as well as free Gears of War 2 theme and picture pack.

Link: Joystiq live from the Microsoft GDC keynote

Just wanted to remind everyone that tonight we will be playing Gears of War in our weekly recurring XOD Game Night. The festivities begin at 6:00pm PST tonight. Be sure to add the gamertag xboxoverdosecom to your friends list. If you’re online at the designated time, you should receive an invite from one of the XOD crew.

Link: XOD Game Night

 Date: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
 Time: 6:00pm PST *
 Game: Gears of War

On our next XOD Game Night we will be having another go at Gears of War. We were short on players the last time Gears was our game of choice, but hopefully we won’t have the same issue this time. Make sure you add xboxoverdosecom to your friends list so we can send you an invite. We’d love to see you there and be sure to tell your friends! You can also start talking trash in the forums.

Link: XOD Game Night