GDC: Gears of War 2 Announced... OHMIGOD!!!!

Microsoft officially announced "Gears of War 2" will be coming in November at GDC today. Anyone who has been reading my blog knows how I feel about that.

Nonetheless, it's interesting how GDC has really become E3 for the first half of the year. Just as it uses E3 in the summer to hype its holiday releases and announce some games coming in the next year, Microsoft today used GDC to hype major Xbox 360 releases for the first half of the year like "Grand Theft Auto IV," "Ninja Gaiden 2" and "Fable 2," while announced "Gears 2" for the holidays. Several other publishers are showing off their big releases for the spring and summer as well (and I'll be writing about more of them in the next day or two).

I don't want to sound like a "Gears of War" hater, however. I'm just not that thrilled at the announcement of a game that any journalist who can do a basic amount of reporting knew was coming. But I played a lot of the original "Gears" and expect I'll play plenty of the sequel. Especially online. For those who feel the same way, enjoy the trailer for "Gears of War 2." Warning, you may think you're seeing a trailer for "Sin City," but with giant chainsaw guns: