November 9th Release Date Strongly Hinted at for Gears of War 2

Posted by Jonathan on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 at 6:43 pm under Epic Games, Game Companies, Game Consoles, Games, Gears of War, Microsoft

If there’s one thing online gamers are good at, it’s examining every bit of information from a game for possible hidden clues. Now it looks like some eagle-eyed Gears of War fans may have discovered a clue to the sequel’s release date. It all stems from this splash image on the game’s website (and above) that shows a COG soldier holding a dog tag (or “COG tag,” I suppose). The dog tag in the picture reads “033-116-117-126-071″ (as does the image’s filename). Apparently, if you run that through an ASCII Table, you get the message “ESC NOV 9.” Anyone with a keyboard in front of them can probably guess that could translate to “Escape November 9.” That’s a bit too specific to be just a simple coincidence.

Via Epic Forums

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