Gears of War 3 Beta to begin "mid-April" and more!

For those who are pretty damn eager to play the Gears of War 3 beta, it's been announced that the beta, exclusive to owners of the Bulletstorm: Epic Edition, will begin in "mid-April". No exact date has been put, but GamerzItch will keep you posted when the date is set!

So what will we be able to exactly play on the Multiplayer beta? As far as we know, there will be 3 new "Versus" modes for people to try out, along with 4 new maps. What's really cool is the fact that, the community, via the Gears of War Facebook page, can vote which maps we can play. 2 are confirmed, the other 2 are up to us! The deadline is the end of this month, February 28th, so get to it!

If you want in-depth details on the maps you want to vote for, G4TV has you covered with 5 of 6 maps that they tried out themselves.

So what's in it for us when we play the beta, besides having fun with it? We're supposed to get an exclusive unlock for the retail release of Gears of War 3, that's what! Mainly for the hardcore fans, but you'll be able to unlock the "Retro Lancer". There hasn't been a way to unlock it just yet, but Epic Games are goin to be working on that. Sounds like it'll be a good challenge though.

If that's not enough for you, G4TV has also kindly given us a taste of the current build of the beta with a little mini-preview. In the meantime, after watching, give Epic Games and People Can Fly a favor and play Bulletstorm. We all know you only bought Bulletstorm just to get into this, ha.

Xbox 360 Games - E3 2011 - Gears of War 3