Gears of War 3 Beta timetable and rewards announced
Pre-orders will get access too
Microsoft has announced the final timetable for the upcoming Gears of War 3 Beta.
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The Beta begins with an exclusive preview period for Bulletstormers on April the 18th with the full Beta beginning on the 25th of April.
As well as the Beta codes bundled with the Epic Edition of Bulletstorm those who pre-order Gears 3 at selected retailers will get invites to the full beta that begins on the 25th. In the UK the Beta invites are exclusively available at GAME.
The beta phase will run until May the 15th and will offer exclusive unlocks for the multiplayer modes in the full game as a reward for hitting certain milestones in the Beta.
All beta testers who complete at least one game will received the Beta Tester Medal which will appear in their lobby on in the finished version of the game.
Thrashball Cole can be unlocked in the beta by completing 50 matches of any game type and then carried over to the full game by completing 10 more games as Thrashball Cole. The Gold-Plated Retro Lancer will be unlocked after 90 matches in any game mode and then carried over to the release version by scoring 100 kills with the weapon.
Flaming variants of the Hammerburst, Lancer, Sawed-Off Shotgun and Gnasher Shotgun will become available by completing one match on the Sunday the 24th and then the weeks of the 25th of April, 2nd of May and 9th of May respectively.
Gears of War 3 will be released on September the 20th only on Xbox 360.
