Head on over to Planet Xbox 360 and check out this preview of Gears of War, the long awaited FPS from Epic. New guns such as the ‘Hammer of Dawn’ should be pretty entertaining while killing enemies. We’ve all been waiting for this game since E3 2005, so it doesn’t really need explaining, although it is nice to read about it again.

Gears of War is set on an Earth like planet called Sera. The planet is waste deep in a world conflict called the Pendulum Wars over depleting energy sources. The planet is being laid to waste and as if it couldn’t get any worse…a new foe emerges from within the planet’s hollow crust. The Locust Horde are made up of savage monsters that suddenly drilled their way out of their dark cocoon and began taking over many of Sera’s major cities on a day that is labeled Emergence Day (E-Day). With the human race in despair they join together and form the Coalition of Ordered Governments; (COG) a present day UN that is bent on bringing the Locust Horde to its knees, and that’s where you come in.

You play the role of Marcus Fenix. A once famed hero during the Pendulum wars you were thrown in jail for leaving your post during battle, but that doesn’t last long. After E-Day your buddy Dom is able to spring you from prison and you are then made part of COG’s Delta Company. Outfitted with the latest weaponry, you and your squad mates are responsible for bringing down the Horde.

The lead level designer CliffyB seems to know what he’s doing, so ready your chainsaw guns, because we’re in for some flesh ripping.

There’s no official release date for Gears of War currently.
(Thanks to Planet Xbox 360 for submitting this to us.)