A new TV spot for Gears of War 2 aired today in the United States titled "Last Day". Keeping with the feeling of the Mad World trailer that was released for the original Gears of War, the trailer plays out with sombre tunes and muted tones, the beginning really is quite lovely. It's obvious that by now the hype for Gears of War 2 has reached a mad height. Xbox Live friends lists are sitting chock and block with people all playing the original Gears of War again so that they can brush up on their skills or only just because they need to play the closest thing that they can find to the sequel. It's time has nearly come. November 7th draws nearer and all we can do is wait. It's a good thing so many good games are coming out today, they will help ease the pain.

Reports have been going around the internet saying that according to EDGE magazine, Gears of War 2 will not only not be released in Germany but will not see the light of day in Japan either. The report caused much confusion because the first Gears of War sold well in Japan and even made it into the sales charts on it's opening weekend and no reasons had been given for why it would be kept out of Japan. We all know why Germany isn't getting it. It's because if a German citizen sees violence they turn into zombies that eat all of the neighbours kittens and the mess is truly a sight to behold. We all know that Japanese people are immune to becoming zombies because of the (Y12/7 +43ab - 7) chromosomes in their blood. So why aren't they getting it? More after the jump. Well an update has now been posted saying that Microsoft is not entirely happy with what they said and that apparently no mention has been made of the release plans for Japan. Does that mean Japan is getting it after all? Err, well, no it doesn't but it does at least give hope to all the Japanese 360 owners who want to play it (latest reports show that there are now more that 8, thanks to recent sales).

Rodney Gray, a driver for a security firm that makes, packages and distributes game discs, was stopped by detectives for an apparent mountain of driving offenses after they saw him leaving his room with a red carpet bag. You can guess from the title what they found. Not only that but when they searched his room, they found even more. Destructoid reports that: "Rodney Gray was pulled over by detectives after they spotted him leaving his room with a red carpet bag. Gray ironically worked in security for Technicolor, a firm which packages, produces, stores and distributes game discs. When the reckless roadster was stopped, he was found with 31 of these discs in his bag. The cops went back to Gray's room, where they found more games and DVDs that had been liberated from Technicolor, including copies of Gears of War 2 and Fable 2. The would-be criminal kingpin quickly broke down and admitted that he'd been going nicking from work and was selling the discs on." Naughty, naughty Rodney, your little money making scheme on the side finally blew up in his face. Does anyone else think that the security division may need to hire some security?

Firstly, I want to apologise for the horrible 'gangsta' music that is overlayed on the beginning of this video, it goes away after a while. Right then, as we all know, Gears of War 2 was leaked last week, meaning that many low-life's have been able to get their hands on the game before release. It was only a matter of time until videos made their way onto the net. Piracy aside, the game itself is looking amazing. The graphic are now running a lot smoother than in the E3 code that we played and for all of you that were still wondering about bots, these videos are 100% confirmation that they have in fact made it into the final version. There are 3 videos in total, i will post the other 2 after the jump and just so you know, the bots in this version above seemed to be set to a higher difficulty than the ones in the other 2. Now, shouldn't these guys profiles be banned or something?

As most of you know, Gears of War 2 will be releasing with a code that will allow gamers to download the Flashback Map Pack that contains remade versions of maps from the original Gears of War. While we already knew about Gridlock, the new maps also include Tyro Station, Subway, Canals and Mansion. While having the older maps back is a great and all, I didn't fully understand how incredible they were going to look. Canals in the snow and Mansion without all of the stormy weather? Looking mighty fine. Don't believe me? Then check out all of the comparison images after the jump.

Say goodbye to those Monday blues because it's time to play "Question of the Week" once again! This weeks question involves "pwnage" of the highest caliber and to balance things out for our PS3 readers a little, w e have a copy of TNA iMPACT!... This week I am giving all our readers the opportunity to blow their own horns like never before. Although we spend a good amount of our time sucking at certain videogames, we have all had that moment that made us feel invincible. The kind of story that you would tell around a campfire if any of us actually ever went outside. This Weeks Question is: What was your greatest moment of gaming pwnage? I am talking about that moment when you did something so heroic, so spectacular or something that was just so damn skilled that it embedded itself in your head as the defining moment in your history of gaming pwnage. Stories like this usually stem from multiplayer gaming, but if you have something from a single player experience then share it as well. I will never forget one of the matches that we played in the AGASA Gears of War tournament last year, where one of our teammates, known to Xbox Live as "Joburger", tossed a grenade into the middle of the map a mere 10 odd seconds into the fourth round of a first-to-five match-up and landed up taking out the entire opposing team (as well as two of our own...)... The round was over so quickly that no one was entirely sure what had just happened, except for him. I didn't need to see him to know that he was smiling from ear to ear as I could practically feel his grin straight through my headset and for months after that his Xbox Live motto was "KABOOM".... So tell us, what happened when you had your moment? ...The winner of last week's QOTW was undoubtedly: NBT and his family of football hooligans. Congratulations on winning the prize (which we were lucky to get at the last minute) of a copy of DMC4 for the Xbox 360. Please e-mail your details to support@lazygamer.co.za this week as I will be away when this article goes live.