Gears of War 3: Beta information 2

      The Gears of War 3 beta finally has a release date. 4/25/11 is the Gears of War 3 public beta.  The public beta will run from 4/25/11 until 5/15/11. That is 3 weeks for those who don't want to do the math. However people who purchased the Bulletstorm epic edition will gain access to the beta 1 week early.

      Along with the beta's release. there are rewards for playing the beta for use in the real game. The unlockables you can get are, 1. Flaming Hammerburst. (Early Access only guys.) 2. Flaming Lancer 3. Flaming Sawed-Off 4. Flaming Gnasher 5. Thrashball Cole 6. Gold-Plated Retro Lancer (7. Beta Tester Medal - Not sure if this will actually do anything for you though.)

       The first week of the beta (early access only) will only have team Death match mode. Capture the Leader will be unlocked a week after Epic Edition Early Access. Finally King of the Hill will be unlocked a week after Epic Edition Early Access The maps in the beta will be Oldtown, Trenches (which were fan chosen from the facebook page), Thrashball Arena, and Checkout (dev. chosen).

Here is what is believed to be the flaming lancer.