Just letting everyone out there know that Gears 3 is on track and doing well.  Looking forward to seeing it on store shelves next year.

Thanks industry insider.

Just letting you know that I like Jolly Ranchers. Looking forward to eating a few tonight.

" @Axxol: Can I haz? "

Just letting you know that Chicken makes for a better club sandwich than Turkey

" @Axxol:  I declare that the green ones are the best. "

I reread it and discovered that it wasn't altogether informative :)  I can tell you that the delays you've read about have nothing to do with the state of the game itself.  It's looking great and the MP is sweet.   We play it daily.   I know that a bunch of online press have just come out with information on it and I'm wondering what everyone thinks of the new weapons, unlocks, and levels? 
 
The big news is of course the dedicated servers.  I don't think people will be able to complain about host advantage anymore and with downstream bandwidth not an issue, the only limitation will be your own connection.
 
I'm excited to see what people think of the beta, I'll be out there playing with everyone else when it drops.

Well in that case I can say that I am really stoked for the dedicated servers. Host advantage was such a pain throughout the Gears series. I'm looking forward to the beta and to see how the game controls. I'll have to admit that I always preferred the way Gears 1 controls felt over Gears 2.

Things like control scheme get a lot of debate and we try to be really careful when making those adjustments.  Reality is "haters gonna hate" no matter what you do, but we try to make sure that it negatively affects the fewest people possible.

" Well in that case I can say that I am really stoked for the dedicated servers. Host advantage was such a pain throughout the Gears series. I'm looking forward to the beta and to see how the game controls. I'll have to admit that I always preferred the way Gears 1 controls felt over Gears 2. "

" @crzyhomer: I agree. I imagine it must be a nightmare to cater to everyone's tastes. I'll admit that the shotgun had it's advantages in Gears 1 over Gears 2 but it was necessary to change things up to prevent the next game from just having the "let's all meet up in the middle of the map and roll around with shotties". Unfortunately Gears 2 sorta turned into that too but not as bad I guess. As long as I don't have to worry about bad host issues such as bad lag and super shotguns, I'll be a happy camper.  "

Forgive me if I have a hard time believing a supposed developer posting on a forum other than the official forum for that game... the internet does not instil a good sense of trust.

What benefit does OP get out of pretending to be working for the Gears team at Epic?

" Forgive me if I have a hard time believing a supposed developer posting on a forum other than the official forum for that game... the internet does not instil a good sense of trust. "

OFN. 
Cliff already told me. Also he told me that OXM lied about 8v8

" I'll no doubt buy another 360 just for Gears 3 next year. "