Mr. Clifford Bleszinski capped off the game presentations at the Microsoft press conference showing off Gears of War 2. If you were hoping for skinny soldiers with high voices, you'll be out of luck, as growling steroidal is still the order of the day. After the lengthy demo, Clifford announces a new multiplayer mode: "We have a new mode in Gears of War 2 called Horde. It's a five-player cooperative mode in which up to five players can take on wave after wave of increasingly difficult locust." He then announces November 7, 2008 as the release date for Gear of War 2.