Gears of War 3 campaign DLC won't feature Delta squad

Gears of War 3 is out today, but that's not stopping Epic Games from talking up plans for its inevitable downloadable content.

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Gears of War 3 is out today, but that's not stopping Epic Games from talking up plans for its inevitable downloadable content. The game's "Season Pass" tells us to expect at least four expansions--one of which will be campaign DLC.

Cliff Bleszinski described the expansion, saying that Grand Theft Auto IV expansions "Lost and the Damned" and "Gay Tony" serve as inspirations for the add-ons. "You're not going to see Marcus or Dom or Cole in it. I believe that DLC should be unique and cool."

In our review, Xav mentions the finality of Delta squad's journey. Gears 3 "isn't relying on cheap narrative tricks to continue the franchise," he noted. Bleszinski confirms that this truly is the end for the characters. "You're not going to see a Gears 4 where Marcus is back, the Locust are back and the Queen is back," he told the Telegraph (via CVG). "Because if I were to come out at a press event and do that, everybody's eyes would roll into the back of their heads."

Of course, there will be more Gears--it's just a question of what form it will take. "As a studio we are in a very good position to be a slave to our success with the Gears franchise," Belszinski said. "Well, we could do first person, we could do an RTS we could do anything with it."

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    September 20, 2011 8:45 AM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Gears of War 3 campaign DLC won't feature Delta squad.

    Gears of War 3 is out today, but that's not stopping Epic Games from talking up plans for its inevitable downloadable content.

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      September 20, 2011 9:52 AM

      I want my XBLA Thrashball game. NOW.

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      September 20, 2011 10:46 AM

      I'd love to see an RTS version of Gears. lol.

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        September 20, 2011 10:59 AM

        it would be for the 360 so it would be like halo wars. so it would suck

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          September 20, 2011 11:09 AM

          Was Halo Wars that bad?

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            September 20, 2011 11:17 AM

            not sure, honestly, just played the demo. hate RTS games on console.

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            September 20, 2011 12:52 PM

            People going in expecting to play Starcraft on consoles will be disappointed. Then again, people said FPS games shouldn't be on consoles either.

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            September 20, 2011 1:02 PM

            It wasn't bad at all. If you're used to PC RTS games then you'll probably find the pace a bit slow and the battles a bit messy, but it's certainly a lot of fun.

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      September 20, 2011 11:00 AM

      That just makes me think that Delta squad dies at the end. I'm most likely wrong though

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