Gears Of War Reloaded Beta Appears on Steam: Announcement Soon?

It
looks
like
Microsoft
might
be
planning
a
public
beta
for
the

recently
announced
Gears
of
War
Reloaded
so
we
can
test
if
wall-bouncing
and
Gnasher
spamming
still
the
best
strategy.
Spoiler
alert:
it
will
be.

The
smoking
Lancer
in
this
case
is
SteamDB,
a
very
handy
website
which
tracks
games
on
Steam,
giving
us
all
sorts
of
fun
player
count
information
and
much
more.
On
May
22,
a
Gears
of
War
Reloaded
beta
popped
up
and
was
being
played
by
just
one
person.
Since
then
a
few
more
people
have
fired
up
the
beta,
bringing
the
total
players
to
4.
In
fact,
as
I
write
this
those
four
accounts
have
been
in
the
beta
for
about
3
hours
non-stop.
Bloody
try-hards.

The
obvious
implication
is
that
Microsoft
and
The
Coalition
are
planning
a
public
beta,
perhaps
to
be
announced
at
the
upcoming
Xbox
Showcase
on
June
8,
ahead
of
its
full
release
on
August
26.
I’d
also
expect
to
see
a
trailer,
too,
since
the
announcement
was
oddly
lacking
one.

Presumably
the
beta
will
also
be
open
across
Xbox
and
PlayStation,
and
will
at
least
partially
serve
as
a
test
to
ensure
the
planned
crossplay
between
all
platforms
is
working
smoothly
and
that
the
servers
are
running
well.
But
the
biggest
reason
is
likely
the
same
as
it
always
is
this
close
to
launch:
marketing.
This
is
going
to
be
the
first
Gears
of
War
game
on
a
PlayStation
console
(well,
nearly.
Footage
of
Gears
of
War
running
on
a
PS3
surfaced
years
ago,
and
former
IGN
journalist
Colin
Moriarty
has
openly
talked
about
actually
playing
it
back
in
the
day)
and
Microsoft
will
want
to
drum
up
some
attention
for
it.