“This special edition Zune is a great way for ‘Gears of War’ fans to carry around all their music and videos while sharing their enthusiasm for the game,” said Michael Capps, president of Epic Games.

“Our history of creating special edition Zune devices for our customers helps them stand out from the masses,” said Chris Stephenson, general manager of Global Marketing for Zune at Microsoft. “With the huge success of ‘Gears of War’ and the high anticipation for the sequel, the special edition Zune is a must-have for fans of the game.”

n/a GEARS OF WAR 2 BONUS DISK
00:34:29:00 BENEATH THE SURFACE
00:01:05:00 RENDEZVOUS
00:01:28:00 BARE YOUR TEETH
00:07:30:00 E3 2008: GEARS 2 DEMO
00:03:38:00 GTTV SPOT
00:11:56:00 CHARACTERS - MARCUS FENIX
00:07:40:00 CHARACTERS - DOMINIC SANTIAGO
00:07:40:00 CREATURES - BOOMER
00:07:10:00 CREATURES - KANTUS
00:15:55:00 LOCATIONS - HOSPITAL
00:13:01:00 LOCATIONS - THE HOLLOW
00:07:08:00 VEHICLES - CENTAUR
00:06:10:00 VEHICLES - REAVER
00:13:00:00 WEAPONS - LANCER
00:10:50:00 WEAPONS - HEAVY WEAPONS
n/a MAIN THEME
n/a CINEMATIC OPENING
n/a ASSULT INTRO
n/a MARIA
n/a COG SQUAD PACK (5 IMAGES)
n/a LOCUST SQUAD PACK (5 IMAGES)

Cliff on co-op

“The thing about a campaign is, when you start getting over two players - it’s cool to have that, but - the narrative quality decreases exponentially with more players. Once you get a third or a fourth player in there then you’re in the middle of fighting a bad guy and somebody’s triggering a cutscene and people are flapping their gums and nobody knows what’s going on with the story. Whereas if you keep it two-players, keep it focused, grab a buddy and go through the blockbuster experience and then grab five players and fight against the Locust. That’s how we’re doing it.”

Cliff on achievements

“You can chip away at achievements (in Gears of War 2) essentially in every, single mode. So, if you’re playing by yourself you can start chipping away at the Seriously 2.0 achievement. If you’re playing in co-op, if you’re playing in ranked or private matches … all of it. Everything counts towards achievements this time around. We wanted to be a lot more forgiving with it. The nicest thing is we have a little achievement tracker that pops up in the bottom right occasionally so it’s our way of just letting you know, “Hey, we’re paying attention!” If you curb-stomp a guy we say, “Oh, you know if you do 10 more of those you might start getting towards an achievement. Kind of adds that kind of, psuedo-RPG grind element in the background.”

He also said that DLC will be available very soon after launch. Click here to listen to the full interview.

Trigger Activates Motorized “Chainsaw” Sound and Vibration Feature
Side Handle Folds In & Out and Slides Back & Forth
Removable Clip
Created from the actual 3D data used in the Gears of War 2 videogame
Powered by 3 “C” Batteries (not included)

The bundle is available for $139.99. An upgrade to the limited edition of the game is available for $10 more.