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Fans to decide Gears of War 3 character fate

Purchasing limited-edition Avatar clothing casts votes to decide if Carmine lives or dies in the third instalment of the Gears series.

Epic Games' critically acclaimed Gears of War franchise isn't exactly known for letting players choose the direction of the story, but when it comes to the ill-fated Carmine family, that's all about to change. Microsoft and Epic Games have opened up the fate of the latest Carmine family COG recruit, Clayton Carmine, to a sadistic democratic vote that will decide if the young character lives or dies.

Two Xbox 360 Avatar T-shirts (one with "Save Carmine" and the other with "Carmine Must Die") will go on sale from July 29, with the most popular shirt deciding the fate of the private. At this stage, no price has been set for the virtual apparel, but Microsoft has confirmed that all profits made from the shirts will go directly to the video game-themed charity Child's Play.

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Voting isn't limited to the virtual world, though. Those who attend Comic-Con 2010 in San Diego will be able to buy real limited-edition shirts with the same slogans. Gears of War 3 will also be on display at the convention, with the developer showing off Beast mode, which sees players step into the shoes of different Locust enemies as they take on COG soldiers, sort of a reversal of the previous game's Horde mode.

Members from the design team at Epic Games, including design director Cliff Bleszinski, executive producer Rod Fergusson, and lead writer Karen Traviss, will also be making an appearance at the Xbox 360 booth on Saturday, July 24, from 12 p.m. PDT, signing exclusive Comic-Con posters.

To stay on top of all the news coming out of Comic-Con 2010, be sure to keep an eye on GameSpot's ongoing coverage of the show.

145 Comments

  • 00Joseph00

    Posted Aug 9, 2010 1:45 am GMT

    Maybe Marcus and co. are gonna be called by the president to go and find the final Carmine brother and return him to his lone mother, no matter what the cost.

  • strayfies

    Posted Aug 8, 2010 7:29 pm GMT

    Alex 09, he mad

  • evilish

    Posted Jul 30, 2010 5:10 pm GMT

    Who? What? Don't answer.

  • firedrakes

    Posted Jul 30, 2010 11:40 am GMT

    finale says. that's it . tired of all the friendly fire. use's the beam weapon and kills everyone

  • nicknicknick333

    Posted Jul 29, 2010 8:51 pm GMT

    Carmine takes a sniper rifle to the dome within the first hour of play or I'm returning the game

  • hardeman

    Posted Jul 29, 2010 7:02 pm GMT

    saving carmines privates

  • 00Joseph00

    Posted Jul 29, 2010 2:36 am GMT

    *Gears of War 3: Saving Private Carmine

  • 00Joseph00

    Posted Jul 29, 2010 2:32 am GMT

    Saving Private Carmine.

  • Buck_Swaggler

    Posted Jul 28, 2010 3:39 pm GMT

    Long live Carmine.

  • Barighm

    Posted Jul 28, 2010 1:54 pm GMT

    You see a ton of people playing Carmine in multiplayer, but nobody ever plays Dom (and if they do, they often claim it was an accident and the timer ran out before they could select their character and got stuck on Dom). I never liked Dom's lines anyway. I think the choice is obvious: Keep Carmine, Kill Dom. Make Cole the wingman to Marcus.

  • Alex_09

    Posted Jul 28, 2010 10:21 am GMT

    @MohammedMusfa

    No I hate sony controllers, and hate Japanime games, so I would never buy a ps3 and am not a sony fanboy. Also, if you didn't realize, this article is about a 360 game, so I don't see why a playstation owner would have any interest whatsoever. If you spent the pathetically small amount of time it takes to check my profile, you would see I have nearly 30 360 games.

    All I know is Microsoft don't know what the hell they're doing when it comes to spending money. The last words I would use to describe Microsoft would be reliable, trustworthy, and not-for-profit. They have wasted billions on Kinect, which is almost guaranteed to bomb, so why would anybody give them their hard earned money to donate to a charity? Why not... Oh I don't know? Donate to a ******* charity?

  • kramer_inc

    Posted Jul 27, 2010 3:17 pm GMT

    Let this one live

  • haxxorman31

    Posted Jul 26, 2010 3:37 pm GMT

    let him live!! (plz :O)

  • To_Ashes

    Posted Jul 26, 2010 12:00 pm GMT

    I think it's time to give Carmine a vacation I think ... Hes been through a lot.

  • xNinjaKingx

    Posted Jul 26, 2010 10:33 am GMT

    LET HIM LIVE!!!! i always liked him =O! why they ogtta keep killin this guy >_>

  • MacenKrace

    Posted Jul 26, 2010 2:25 am GMT

    Kill Carmine... The only one who has the right to live is Marcus!

  • LegatoSkyheart

    Posted Jul 25, 2010 7:26 pm GMT

    Carmine died in the 1st one and 2nd one. I think it's about time that Carmine LIVES

  • drago9876

    Posted Jul 25, 2010 2:58 pm GMT

    They should kill off Dom, let Carmine live

  • LoserMike

    Posted Jul 25, 2010 2:07 pm GMT

    I don't think Clayton Carmine wants to be the Lieutenant Dan of his family.

  • laliam

    Posted Jul 25, 2010 12:51 pm GMT

    sad face i love carmine their family is so innocent and gullible.