It appears an early build of Gears of War 3 has leaked to the Internet, which allegedly includes the full campaign and multiplayer modes and may be an E3 build. After looking around, this turns out to be a developer build or "JTAG" version of the game, which means you need to have a special modified Xbox 360 or a dev kit to run it.
While this doesn't mean the game can be pirated in the traditional sense of the word, as it's not exactly easy to JTAG your console for the average person, it does mean that places like YouTube and streaming sites may become a haven for spoiler-rich Gears of War 3 content.
So be warned guys. If you want to remain spoiler-free, know that you may not get what you wish for when you click on a Gears of War 3 titled video or stream from now on. Even scrolling through the NeoGAF thread that first alerted us to the issue showed some potential spoilers, although I can't verify if they are real or not. I'm just going to pretend I never saw them.
Warning: Gears of War 3 leaked! [NeoGAF]
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12:15 PM on 07.02.2011 | 
Fnar Fnar.
Will be avoiding YouTube till the game comes out.
You're 12.
HO HO HO! THAT SLAPS ME ON THE KNEE!
(God that teaster trailer of Gears 3 was the most condensed version of EVERY action/adventure film plot ever made! "It's from your your father!" "I have an important message for you son." "I'VE GOTTWO FOINDHYM!")
You couldn't wait to comment on the story. It's ok to admit you like a game. We won't judge.
Obvious, troll is obvious.
Gears may not be your type of game, but calling the series garbage shows that you are a fanboy or an idiot....or, more likely, both
....oh wait, nm.
Considering Epic left developing PC due to so called "pirates", will they be taking their games to On-live? lol
@ Gamescook those with JTAGed 360 can play this leaked version.
I really don't care TBH. Never liked GOW and Cliffy seems to be a douche. Yes, I know, it ruining the games industry, piracy is a serious problem, this is bad to anyone affected but if they want to, fine. Besides, they'll still make a metric fuckton of money so cliffy will still have his porsche, his copyrighted girl and his list of people to punch.
oh yeah, sucks but really, could be worse
I've never liked the GoW series but I like piracy much less.
Oh wait...
OH WAIT A SECOND
Either way, it's pretty obvious how it ends. Just look at pretty much any promotional stuff for it with ads and stuff. All hint to the same thing. And it's not like Gears has the most riveting story in the world.
Whats important is that it carries you along well. I am really looking forward to this so thanks for the warning.