Ready Your Lancers: Gears of War 2 Screenshot Blowout

How do you improve upon one of the biggest, goriest, and most visually-stunning games to ever grace the Xbox 360? Simple: Make it even bigger (head honcho Cliff Bleszinski has guaranteed a longer campaign as well as a meatier multi-player component), gorier (thanks to brand new executions), and prettier. Gears of War 2 seems intent on gleefully chainsawing the already-high bar set by the original in half.

A cavalcade of GoW2 screenshots has hit the series of tubes known as the Internet. Impatient gamers can check out some campaign shots (the last three below) and get a glimpse into the various environments they’ll be treading across as they battle the ferocious Locust Horde. For you trash-talkers out there eager to jump into the improved multi-player modes and chainsaw some n00bs, the rest of the screens below will whet your appetite for blood. The preview below shows off some of the new and improved features to this seminal Xbox title.

If these new screenshots are any indication, expect nothing less than a balls-to-the-wall bloodbath this November.