Gears 3 gets release date, box art and other goodies

Microsoft has just released more information about the recently announced Gears of War 3. Expect the game to drop on April 5th, 2011 in North America (Japan will see release on the 7th and Europe on the 8th). The title will conclude the Gears “trilogy” – however, I wouldn’t worry about the franchise ending anytime soon. Also Gears content will be hitting the Avatar Marketplace on the 20th of this month (We’ve got screenshots after the break).

Likewise, Dude Huge has notified his twitter followers that Gears 3 will include 4 player co-op. Kotaku is adding that at least one player will have to play as the new female character Anya during this mode.

Finally, hit the break for box art, high res screenshots from the teaser and other goodies.

via Joystiq