Gears of War 2 E3 2008 Demo - Epic Games has announced a November 7, 2008 release date for Gears of War 2 at Microsoft's E3 press conference after showing an on-stage video demonstration for it. The game is coming exclusive to the Xbox 360 with a new 5-player co-op mode called the horde mode, which will allow players to take on wave after wave of locusts together. In addition, according to the video shown, players will finally be able to ride the brumak, which were creatures you could only fight in the original Gears of War.