If I wasn't going to be gone from May to August away from my consoles, I wouldnt be happy about this, but I suppose It's a good thing in the end, because I hold this series so highly, so I'd expect the final game to be damn polished.

I don't really care either. There's plenty of titles to hold my time until this comes out, among other things.

Yeah with all the fall titles from this year coming out early next year it doesn't bother me too much, especially considering that it was still several months away. The game probably won't receive much more polish considering it's coming along on a nice pace and is even playable at the Eurogamer Expo that is going on right now I think

I'm not surprised, I was kinda shocked when they said they would release it so early in the year.

Hopefully with all the extra time they can release a demo or beta.

Clifford B has a tweet hinting at another announcement related to this. If it has anything to do with Kinect, I'll pass.

Lol, that would be ridiculous. I doubt anything could make me want to miss out on the final chapter of Gears of War, but I would be severely disappointed.

I wonder what It'll be, like Frozen said, if it's already pretty polished, to the point that it's playable, what could they need an extra 4 months for? Hopefully they're adding something substantial.

Sales. Selling it during the holiday season will increase sales.

maybe it's so they'll fix the multiplayer

I think with the latest TU for Gears 2, multiplayer is fixed.

You get the occasional lag issues when you start playing with people from other countries and they are the host but for the most part it is a enjoyable experience.

Nah Microsoft said there delaying it because they want to make it their big fall 2011 title. With Halo and Fable this year and Mass Effect no longer exclusive Microsoft really doesn't have anything big exclusive coming in the near future except this.

If epic needed the extra time I'd be fine with it but delaying it just so Microsoft can have one big title for next fall is pretty lame.

If that is the reason then I agree, that's ridiculous.

Word on the street is that it's pretty fucking awesome already, and I'm glad that they delayed it now instead of later.

But the gaming industry's obsession with fall releases is no doubt annoying.

Yeah it would have been nice to enjoy this game over the summer when game releases are dry.

well imo.

The longer we wait the better Multiplayer fixes and everything.

Gears 2 was little bit glitch when it came out.

There was a slew of issues at launch, but they have all been taken care if with the title updates. Epic isn't a studio that sits back once they release something. I wouldn't worry too much about the MP being an issue.