Gears of War 3 will support stereoscopic 3D, slight visual downgrade

Epic Games announced that Gears of War 3 will support stereoscopic 3D visuals when it releases on the Xbox 360 September 20. The implementation came late in the development, as stated by Epic's Rod Fergusson, though he added, "it was something we could support, so we felt, why not?"

The idea of Locust hordes barreling towards us in 3D does come at a price, because utilizing 3D on the Xbox 360 requires the game to run at a lower resolution. "Instead of 720p," says Fergusson, "you're at five something," mentioning that Gears 3 will be "a bit jaggier in certain areas."

"It was more of a post-process 3D, where we're like, OK, certain things need to be adjusted, but for the most part it generally works." Fergusson mentions that the next Xbox dev kit will have more support for 3D, or "more higher quality for native support for 3D."

[Eurogamer]

Amazon no longer bundling Resistance 3 with PlayStation 3DTVs...but GameStop is

I must admit, although I already own a pretty good HDTV, I was a bit intrigued with the PlayStation 3DTV Sony announced at this year's E3--and I'm not even that big o' fan of the whole 3D gimmick! What practically sealed the deal, on my behalf, anyway, was the fact that Resistance 3 was bundled into the television's package. Well, after only a couple of months there have been some changes...

Confirmed via Twitter by Insomniac Games, Motorstorm: Apocalypse has replaced the alien-filled shooter as the 3DTV's bundled title, which also supports the television's ability to have simultaneous full-screen-split-screen viewing. As of now, there was no reason given as to why the ol' switcheroo was done. Insomniac did, however, apologize for "any inconvenience."

If you still want to get Resistance 3 with your brand new PlayStation 3DTV, though, GameStop is taking it to the man and bundling it along with Motorstorm: Apocalypse, giving consumers two games and the television for a $499.99 price-tag.

We'll see how long it takes for other outlets to follow suit.

[via Amazon, Twitter, Joystiq]

Resistance 3 Supports Move, Sharp Shooter, and 3D

The news is finally official, folks! Insomniac Games just announced that Resistance 3 will in fact include both PlayStation Move and Stereoscopic 3DTV support due to the popular demand from the community. Can you say awesome?