Look no further than Infinity Blade if you need more proof that iOS games can make tens of millions of dollars. At this time, the Infinity Blade franchise (which only spans two games) has earned more than $30 million since it was introduced. The first Infinity Blade was released in December 2010, and Infinity Blade more »

Naughty Dog wasn’t the only developer that announced something completely unexpected at the VGAs last night. Epic Games also unveiled one of its latest projects that doesn’t appear to be anything like the studio has put out recently. The game is called Fortnite, and it’s not something that involves guys carrying big guns and wearing heavy armor.

Gears of War 3 multiplayer, thy name has been Shotgun City for a while now. Epic Games has opted to weaken its newest power weapon, the sawed-off shotgun. Effective October 12, the weapon no longer gibs further than the gnasher shotgun. Shotties are the weapon of choice by a large margin in GOW 3, as evidenced by the stats Senior Gameplay Programmer Pete Knepley displays in the video below. The Gears games helped usher in the era of cover-based shooting, but online multiplayer is still full of people charging ahead with shotguns blasting. They account for 72 percent of quick match kills, with the gnasher responsible for 45 percent.

The second helping of Gears of War 3 DLC will be a separate campaign that’s estimated to last around three hours. RAAM’s Shadow will be released on December 13 for 1,200 Microsoft Points ($15). Naturally, those who purchased the Gears of War 3 Season Pass won’t have to pay extra to get RAAM’s Shadow.

Well would you look at that. Infinity Blade has received an update on the same day Infinity Blade 2 was announced. This update serves a couple purposes – to add more content such as swords and helmets to the game, and to promote other Infinity Blade products. Included with the update is more information about Infinity Blade 2 and Infinity Blade: Awakening which is an ebook that is available now for $2.99.

The first Infinity Blade showed that it we can get console-like graphics on mobile devices. It was the first mobile game to run on Unreal Engine 3 and made iOS devices that much more desirable to the gaming populace. At Apple’s iPhone event earlier today, Epic revealed Infinity Blade 2. It will be released exclusively for iOS devices on December 1, 2011.

Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski hasn’t ruled out future Gears of War games, but has always said the third game would finish the story of Delta Squad, In an interview with the The Telegraph he confirmed that Gears DLC will focus on new characters. Cliffy B cited other games he felt did an incredible job with DLC, Borderlands and Grand Theft Auto 4. The GTA comparison is especially important since that game’s DLC featured different characters with only cameos from main character Niko Bellic. The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony were prime examples of how to do DLC. So it’s good to hear that where Epic is taking cues from.

Gears of War 3 is less than one week away from being released. This game carries a high profile and retailers are going to be coming up with all kinds of ways to get you through the door. We knew Kmart had something special in store for us. Should you be pondering about picking up Gears 3 next week, you may want to plan out a route to Kmart because these deals are pretty darn good.

Gears of War 3 downloadable content can be purchased in a couple different ways. We can either pay for each individual pack, or purchase a Gears 3 Season Pass for 2400 Microsoft Points or $30 in actual money.

Epic Games is taking the leak of footage from Gears of War 3 very seriously. Executive Producer Rod Fergusson told Eurogamer it has ways of tracking those who shared spoiler videos. Fergusson said Epic issued a plea to players not to share spoiler videos, and some who did could find themselves banned on September 20 when GOW 3 releases.