In an Xbox press release today…

The fate of Carmine lies in your hands! For the first time in franchise history, Epic Games and Microsoft are giving fans the chance to decide the fate of a character in “Gears of War 3.” By purchasing avatar gear on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, fans and gaming communities around the globe will decide the destiny of the newest Carmine brother set to appear in “Gears of War 3,” with all the proceeds going to the Child’s Play Charity.

What an awesome way to get the gaming community involved with a game. Not only that, it supports a great cause! Personally I plan to purchase the “Save Carmine” shirt. Don’t you think that family has been through enough?

Another rumor confirmed at E3. Last night Cliff Bleszinski officially announced that the rapper/actor would be voicing the new character Griffin in the next installment of Gears of War.

According to Bleszinski’s Twitter, Ice-T is pumped to be a part of the game.

So not only did we get a look at the four player co-op of Gears of War 3 but the guys at EPIC clued us into an entirely new MP game mode. BEAST MODE!

It seems that the wildly successful Horde mode from Gears 2 gave the developers the idea to turn the tables. In Beast mode you play as Locusts. But not just the plain old kind from past MP, no no no. From tiny(but deadly) Tickers to blood thirsty Berserkers, players will be able to play as those and everything in between.

You’re mission, of course, is to eliminate the COGs and unlike Horde you have more than one life to do it. Now there is a ranking system. This means you will have to wait to rank up to play as different Locusts.

I have a feeling this game mode is going to be insanely popular.

Among the many game demos we saw from yesterday’s Microsoft conference at E3 we were graced with a peak at Gears of War 3 gameplay. EPIC is the only way to describe it.

Yes gamers there is four player co-op AND a female playable character. Alas we have a lot of waiting to do for this final Gears installment. I’m sure I don’t need to remind you that the release isn’t set until April 2011. But it looks well worth the wait.

So E3 is just about two days away. We are chock full of rumors and are ready to see whats true. That being said, what game are you most looking forward to seeing next week?

It’s just about that time of year again gamers. E3 2010 is fast approaching and people are wasting no time at making predictions about the most anticipated things we will probably see come out of it. So I shall start making mine as well.

Project Natal and Sony Move

This is a no brainer. With these two looking at a Fall 2010 release date I’m sure we’re bound to see something in regards to exact dates or maybe some compatible games we can expect.

Call of Duty: Black Ops

I, of course, am most excited to see what Treyarch brings to E3 in regards to the new Call of Duty: Black Ops. With so much hype surrounding this next COD installment I think we can expect something awesome at E3.

Gears of War 3

We haven’t heard or seen much about this third and final game in the Gears series. A trailer, a release date, some magazine articles. Ok maybe we’ve seen a lot but I want to see some action. I want to see gameplay. Hopefully our wish will be fulfilled at E3.

So what is everyone most looking for this coming E3?