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Renowned Street Artist OG Slick Reunites with “Gears of War 3” Team
Image by Major Nelson
Today Microsoft and Epic Games announced that infamous graffiti artist OG Slick will be rejoining the team to contribute artwork to “Gears of War 3.” OG Slick’s art adds a layer of stark realism to the embroiled environments found in the game.
As an internationally acclaimed street artist, Slick first worked with the “Gears of War 3” team at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), designing an exclusive t-shirt that marked the announcement of the game. His pioneering graffiti is currently featured at the Art in the Streets exhibition at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Los Angeles.
“Graffiti has always been a part of the ‘Gears’ universe,” said Epic Design Director Cliff Bleszinski. “The series’ signature Crimson Omen logo began as an in-game street tag that Stranded civilians used to mark off combat zones between COG soldiers and the Locust, so as we deepen the universe in ‘Gears 3,’ we wanted to add additional street art elements to the new urban game environments. It made perfect sense to bring in a renowned artist like Slick as a part of the team.”
To celebrate the collaboration, OG Slick created a limited edition “Gears of War” t-shirt to debut at E3 2011 on June 7 in Los Angeles, based on one of his designs for the game. Starting June 8, a limited quantity of the shirts will be available exclusively through Hot Topic stores.
“I’m a ‘Gears’ fan at heart and had a blast working on the ‘I GEARS LA’ shirt at last year’s show,” said Slick. “When Epic said they wanted me to graffiti in the game itself, I couldn’t say yes fast enough. I’m honored they think so highly of my style to immortalize it in the game and with the Hot Topic shirt.”
The limited edition OG Slick “Gears of War 3” t-shirt will be available only in Hot Topic retail stores across North America starting June 8. As an added bonus, you’ll be able to deck out your Xbox avatar with the shirt as well, also available June 8 on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 80 Microsoft points.
Lego helps get Gears of War 3 Active Reloader Achievement Onyx Medal
Image by V&A Steamworks
Again, I turn to the magic of LEGO to help achieve a medal or two in my fav game on the 360 , Gears of War 3.
At at rate of about 18 perfect reloads per minute, this LEGO robot uses the power of the NXT system to perfectly balance/time the button timing for a perfect reload every time.
To get the ONYX medal I think you need to get 25,000 of these?
That would be something like 23 hours to hit it.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
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“Just Opened Gears of War 2 from Sears”
Image by Technosailor
Sealed and wrapped. Yet the freshly bought game Gears of War 2 was stuffed with pennies and paper instead of a game
