AchievementHunterTV: Gears of War 3 Ashes to Ashes Trailer

The first Gears of War 3 trailer premiered tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Marcus, Cole Train, and a bearded Dom (maybe) return, along with a blond chick. Yes, the lady COG soldier is officially revealed, unless Epic changes things up between now and next April.

Appropriately titled "Ashes to Ashes," the video opens with a lone soldier wandering through a city covered in ash, its fleeing inhabitants frozen beneath the soot. Despite the thick facial hair, the Gear bears a slight resemblance to Dominic Santiago, who soons find himself attacked by grubs. Rather than fighting back, he resigns himself to his fate, only to be rescued by Marcus Fenix. That's when our lady friend shoves a gun in his face, probably telling him to "Man up!" Then again, few can really blame Dom for just giving up on life, after he (Highlight to read the spoiler.) killed his wife out of mercy with a headshot in Gears of War 2. The man's identity is, of course, simply speculation, and we're still open to your best educated guesses.

The presence of a female COG is definitely unusual; the Gears novels explain that young, fertile women are generally kept out of the battlefield -- for obvious reasons.

If you'd rather not listen to Fallon joke around while CliffyB talks about himself, skip to 2:08 in the video for the "Ashes to Ashes" trailer. First gameplay details were revealed earlier this month, along with a release period narrowed down to April 2011.

In case you were wondering, the song featured in the trailer is "Heron Blue" by Sun Kil Moon. Now before you open your favorite BitTorrent client, consider downloading the song legally from an online retailer instead.

Developer: Epic Games
Release: 4/2011
Genre: Action/Third-Person
Platform: X360
Publisher: Microsoft
Website: http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/

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[gunmaster333isgay]

song??

[AchievementHunterTV]

@gunmaster333isgay "Heron Blue" by Sun Kil Moon

[xBFTWx]

in the description it says wierd girl shes obvislly anya who commands everything best cog expcept new carmine

[BerkerIzmir001]

When I get this game I will always play as that blonde chick. I always play as chicks. What is her name?

[714RIPPER]

@vexer117 the lambent did sort of look flood-y. the crawlies coming up from behind, and the tentacles did look quite gravemind-y.

[vexer117]

@INTYfromDQ o ya i agree

[INTYfromDQ]

@vexer117 Oh no, I like Halo too. It's just that I've had, one too many run-ins with people who mistook GOW for Halo because, and I quote 'the suits look similar'. Or now even 'the aliens look similar'. And it really frustrates me :/

[vexer117]

@INTYfromDQ i like halo and i dont want to get in an argument but yes he has. :P

[INTYfromDQ]

@vexer117 I think what's worse is he's mistaken it for Halo. >8(

[vexer117]

@VPNP15 uv never pplayed gears have u.