Gears of War 2 Four Player Co-op Confirmed (Updated)

If in this one I only have to hit the spacebar to play through the whole game, I'll buy four copies. Having to use the spacebar AND left click was too stressful. =/

i don't really understand why people like this game so much... it was a formulaic shooter with borring multiplayer no story and i would have been excited for the sequel except the emphasis from the devs is that it will be "more of the same but bigger" i just hope this is not microsoft's big game for the holiday season cause if it is thats just sad for all us 360 gamers.

why don't they confirm if it's in or out already, what are they waiting for?

do they not want to pull a silicon knights and hype 4 player coop only to drop it down to two a few months before release?

This is fantastic news. Gears of War was begging for 4 player co-op.

"Despite rumors running rampant over the Internet that say otherwise, we've just received confirmation from a Microsoft representative that no announcement has yet been made in regard to Gears of War 2 having four-player co-op play. The rumor started because of a GameSpot.com video interview in which Cliff Bleszinski -- Creative Director at Epic Games -- stated, "Co-op's drop-in, drop-out, multiple difficulty settings for co-op players." That's where people got a bit confused. In the interview Cliffy B. puts an odd emphasis on "for co-op players" making it sound like a confirmation for "four co-op players." See the difference? One is a number, the other is not."
Taken from http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/874/874664p1.html

Well since Too Human was promised with 4 player co-op Unreal figured they'd upstage them because TH said their engine couldn't put out what they wanted.

Now Too Human has 2 player co-op and GoW2 has 4...now who looks dumb.

Sup all -

I am certainly bias in my opinion for Gears. It struck a nerve with me, resonated greatly, and I found myself helping 4-5 friends through countless play-throughs of the SP mode (casual, hardcore, and insane alike).

This being said, I have seen tons of "I don't understand why people like this game for <insert X,Y, or Z here>". While I certainly encourage this type of negative feedback for not only Gears but games in general, at least the ones that are given in constructive manners, I wanted to try and address the majority of the questions that are constructed in this manner so that confusion is kept to a minimum.

So below I kind of constructed a simple, procedural walk through for you:

-Did you watch the movie(s) Predator/Aliens?
-No? --> Go watch. Come back when done
-Yes?
-Did you enjoy it/them?
-No? --> You're comments are justified.
-Yes?
-Did you like Gears?
-No? --> You must be confused with another game. Play again. Come back when done.
-Yes? --> Of course you did.

Sweet! I wonder how this will affect the level design though. I assume this means the levels will be a lot more open, which I believe they have mentioned previously. I guess this is also made possible by the UT engine upgrades that allow more enemies on screen.

Still really really want them to have a survival mode or terrorist hunt style mode though, that would add a lot of replayability.

No mention on split-screen co-op? I guess that would be implied since it's included in the first.