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GamePro's Gears of War 2 coverage 'complete nonsense'

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Destructoid suppose a great way to sell magazines would be to make wild claims on your cover about sequels to blockbuster games. It seems that's what GamePro did, when they decided to put "Gears of War 2" right underneath the words "special report" on the cover of their next magazine.

Images of the cover appeared on the Internet a few days ago, causing wild speculation and unnecessary excitement about an impending announcement. In a post on the official Epic Games forums, President Mark Rein calls the long-running videogame magazine out.

"It is completely nonsense," he writes. "We have not announced a sequel to Gears of War to GamePro or anyone else for that matter."
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