Gears of War: Judgment, People Can Fly and Epic Games’ newest addition to the Gears of War franchise, gets some brand new multiplayer footage.
This video of the upcoming Xbox 360-exclusive third-person shooter shows off the new Overrun game mode and gives us an in-depth look at their new classes feature:
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A brief run-down of the Overrun game type, only available in Gears of War: Judgment:
- Overrun pits two teams of five to fight against each other over a generator in the map.
- The Locust have to attack the generator and the COG have to defend it from the Locust.
- In every match, you will get to play as both COG defenders and Locust attackers.
- Each match consist of two rounds.
- When the round is over, both teams switch sides.
- The game is won by which ever team destroyed the generator the quickest.
- Overrun is a class based game type, meaning that every character, regardless of it being the COG or Locust, will have a specific specialty with a pre-set loadout and a role in this game type.
- The Locust, unlike the COG, have to earn points in order to use different classes.
- Every Locust player starts out as a Ticker and slowly works their way up to a Grenadier/Kantus and finally, a Mauler.
A look at what each class has to offer:
COG Faction
Engineer
Weapons:
- Gnasher
- Blow Torch
Abilities:
- To repair fortifications and deploy temporary Sentry guns, to help fight off the attacking Locust.
Soldier
Weapons:
- Lancer
- Boomshoot
Abilities:
- Able to drop a ammo crates, for their team mates can replenish on ammo.
Medic
Weapons:
- Lancer
- COG Pistol.
Abilities:
- Able to throw Stim-Gas grenades at team mates that does not only replenish their health, but also revives downed team mates in it’s vicinity.
Sniper
Weapons:
- Sniper Rifle
- COG Pistol
Abilities:
- Able to climb to special “Sniper” only areas.
- Throw grenades that automatically tags enemy teams in it’s vicinity. Even if they’re behind cover or a wall.
- All tagged enemies receive extra damage from your weapons when they are tagged by the grenade.
Locust faction
Ticker
Abilities:
- Able to destroy fortifications.
- Self Destruct when their near a COG player.
- Dash.
Wretch
Abilities:
- Climb over fences.
- Leap onto a Scout-only perches.
- Stun opponents with its scream.
Grenadier
Abilities:
- Able to throw frag grenades.
- Armed with a Hammerburst.
- Able to mount on a Bloodmount.
Kantus
Abilities:
- The Locust medic.
- Ability to heal all near by Locust players in its vicinity with it’s healing ability.
- Able to mount on a Bloodmount.
Bloodmount
Abilities:
- Can carry the Grenadier and Kantus players on its back.
- Quicken the charge of it’s passengers special abilities.
Corpsers
Abilities:
- Armored front legs makes it hard to kill.
- Able to bypass the COG fortifications by going underneath them.
Serapede
Abilities:
- Attacks with its mandibles .
- Rear up and spew poison at near-by COG players.
- Only way to kill it is by shooting it in it’s rear end.
Mauler
Abilities:
- Wields a giant spinning shield and flail.
- Shield is able to protect him from ALL incoming enemy fire.
- The spinning shield is able to slice and dice through any COG players, instantly killing them.
You can expect Gears of War: Judgment to be released on the Xbox 360 in early 2013.