It seems like every week there's a new Gears of War 2 rumor, but this one is a whole set of rumors.  According to Neocrisis, Epic held a friends and family day where the folks got some hands on time with Gears of War 2 as well as some new information. 

So of course, the first "confirmation" is that the game will indeed have 4-player co-op.  What might come as a shocker though is who exactly people will be playing.  You see, according to Neocrisis, the game is broken up into 4 acts with each act containing 6 chapters.  At some point in the game though, you'll switch from a squad of Marcus, Dizzy, Carmine, and Colonol Hoffman to a squad of Dom, Cole, Baird, and Tai. 

There are some other tidbits of info, some details on some multiplayer maps and such.  There's also one final huge piece of info - apparently a character from Gears of War 1 will die in Gears of War 2. 

Again take allt his with a huge grain of salt, but to us right now it all sounds perfectly plausible.  I don't expect any real bit of confirmation of any Gears 2 info to come until E3, which falls on July 13th this year.

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