{"id":11093,"date":"2011-04-05T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"epic-preps-for-1-million-gears-of-war-3-beta-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/11093-epic-preps-for-1-million-gears-of-war-3-beta-players","title":{"rendered":"Epic preps for 1 million Gears of War 3 beta players"},"content":{"rendered":"

Epic’s Rod Fergusson has said that they’re expecting about a million players to hit the incoming Gears of War 3 beta in April. Presumably, they’re also expecting around 10 million complaints about the shotgun damage cone from five different people.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if we necessarily have a target but our expectation is around the one million range – that’s what we’re thinking,” he told CVG<\/a>. “We’re not trying to set any records, we’re not trying to beat anybody for highest number of players on a beta. We’re just trying to get enough data to help us make a better game.”<\/p>\n

The beta is ready, set, BOOM to include three multiplayer modes across four maps.<\/p>\n

“We’re going to have dedicated servers around the world and it’s going to be broadly available,” adds Fergusson. “But as I said, for us it’s about getting enough players playing enough matches over enough time that we can actually learn from it and make changes.”<\/p>\n

The Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta launches 18 April for Bulletstorm owners, and 25 April for everybody else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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