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Gatling Gears

When the Empire begins its reign of destruction in a thirst for natural resources, it’s up to Max Brawley, a retired Gatling Gear pilot, to stop them. Together with his niece and his trusty Gatling Gear unit…

77 11 May 2011

Gatling Gears is an adventure developed by Vanguard Games, released 11 May 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gatling Gears is

Gatling Gears is an adventure game developed by Vanguard Games and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

When the Empire begins its reign of destruction in a thirst for natural resources, it’s up to Max Brawley, a retired Gatling Gear pilot, to stop them. Together with his niece and his trusty Gatling Gear unit he must fight his way to the heart of the Empire and eliminate the destruction at its source.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Gatling Gears holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater, AMD Athlon X2 64 (or equivalent) running at 2.0GHz or greater, 2048 MB or greater of RAM and ATI Radeon X1300 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 7600 256MB cards. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

Gatling Gears launched on 11 May 2011, within three weeks of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, Terraria and Dirt 3. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, Terraria, Dirt 3.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Gatling Gears — frequently asked questions

When did Gatling Gears come out?
Gatling Gears was released on 11 May 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Gatling Gears?
At minimum, Gatling Gears needs Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater, AMD Athlon X2 64 (or equivalent) running at 2.0GHz or greater, 2048 MB or greater of RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 7600 256MB cards graphics, 2GB of storage.
How many GB is Gatling Gears?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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