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A lot of people have something against Cliff Bleszinski. Some say that he’s arrogant while others berate his constant harping about the games Epic currently have in development. His skills as a designer have never actually been questioned but this recent announcement may decide his own decisions in that regard for the future. In a recent interview, Bleszinski has stated that even though the original Gears of War saw release on the PC platform, Gears of War 2 would not share the same fate.

Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we’re focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We’ve decided we’re not going to do a PC version this time around.

The PC edition of Gears had some bugs, later addressed in a patch; however, like hardcore gamers, Bleszinski no doubt realised the futility of releasing a PC GeOW 2 if it wasn’t going to be as a perfect as the XBox 360 one. It’s certainly a tough decision for any designer to take, second only to killing a game’s production mid-way, but Cliffy certainly deserves some credit for making sure the 360 version lives up to and surpasses the lofty expectations of Epic and fans around the world.

The full interview reveals quite a bit about unlockable characters in Gears 2; however, just a few days ago, Destructoid posted a “leaked” achievements list for the game. The list has since been taken down since, the site was “contacted by Microsoft, who politely asked that [they] take down the Achievements because the list [they had] is apparently not the finalized version; a few changes will be made. [They] expect to have an update on the list within the next 24 hours.”

48 hours later and still no list, but fortunately, Official Xbox 360 Magazine took the liberty of posting the full list on their site. Nothing has been officially confirmed as of yet but recent events with Microsoft and Destructoid would any achievement hating gamer go “Jinkies!” Please note that the full list has been published here, as there’s no telling if Microsoft will clamp down on OXM as well.

• Green as Grass (10) - Train the rook (any difficulty)
• It’s A Trap! (10) - Story progression in Chapter 2
• Escort Service (10) - Story progression in Chapter 3
• Girl About Town (10) - Story progression in Chapter 4
• That Sinking Feeling (10) - Story progression in Chapter 5
• Freebaird! (10) - Story progression in Chapter 6
• Heartbroken (10) - Story progression in Chapter 7
• Longitude and Attitude (10) - Story progression in Chapter 8
• Tanks For The Memories (10) - Story progression in Chapter 9
• Water Sports (10) - Story progression in Chapter 10
• Saved Maria (10) - Story progression in Chapter 11
• Be Vewwy Vewwy Quiet (10) - Story progression in Chapter 12 (passive)
• We’re Hunting Rabbit (10) - Story progression in Chapter 12 (aggressive)
• Wrapped In Beacon (10) - Story progression in Chapter 13
• Have Fun Storming The Castle (10) - Story progression in Chapter 14
• And The Horse You Rode In On (10) - Story progression in Chapter 15
• They Just Keep Coming (10) - Story progression in Chapter 16
• Brumak Rodeo (10) - Story progression in Chapter 17
• Does This Look Infected To You? (10) - Story progression in Chapter 18
• Reservist (25) - Complete all campaign acts on Casual difficulty
• Non-Commissioned Officer (50) - Complete all campaign acts on Normal difficulty
• Commissioned Officer (75) - Complete all campaign acts on Hardcore difficulty
• Commander (150) - Complete all campaign acts on Insane difficulty
• Tourist (5) - Recover 5 Collectibles (any difficulty)
• Pack Rat (15) - Recover 20 Collectibles (any difficulty)
• Completionist (30) - Recover all 43 Collectibles (any difficulty)
• Dom-Curious (10) - Complete one chapter in co-op on any difficulty
• Domination (30) - Complete ten chapters in co-op on any difficulty
• I Can’t Quit You, Dom (50) - Complete all acts in co-op on any difficulty
• Crossed Swords (10) - Win a Chainsaw Duel
• Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (10) - Crawl to a teammate and be revived
• Pound of Flesh (10) - Use a meat shield to absorb a killing blow
• DIY Turret (10) - Use a cover-mounted Gatling gun to kill three enemies without dismounting
• Shock and Awe (10) - Use the mortar to kill three enemies with a single shot
• Said The Spider To The Fly (10) - Kill an enemy with a planted grenade
• Blowed Up Real Good (10) - Kill three enemies with a single grenade tag
• Shake and Bake (10) - Kill three enemies with the flamethrower without reloading
• Variety is the Spice of Death (30) - Kill an enemy with every weapon in the game
• Multi-Talented Executioner (30) - Execute a downed enemy with every weapon in the game
  Seriously 2.0 (50) - Kill 100,000 enemies, total, across all modes
• Photojournalist (10) - Submit a spectator photo
• It Takes Two (10) - Win Wingman with both team members alive
• The Old Ball and Chain (10) - Capture a Meat Flag in a winning match of Meat Flag
• It’s Good To Be The King (10) - Finish a winning round of Assassination as the leader
• You Go Ahead, I’ll Be Fine (10) - Collect all the rings value in a winning round of KOTH
• Back To Basic (20) - Complete Multiplayer Training Grounds
• Can Do It All (30) - Win a match of every multiplayer game type
• Around The World (30) - Win one match on each of the 12 MP maps
• Survived To Five (20) - Entire team must survive the first five waves of Horde (any difficulty)
• Survived To Ten (30) - Entire team must survive the first ten waves of Horde (any difficulty)