Is it just us or is Dom in particular looking far more grisled and old than usual?

Check the video out. Cliff Bleszinski from Epic Games on Jimmy Fallon with the debut trailer for Gears of War 3…The new trailer premiered on Fallon’s show is called “Ashes to Ashes” and, in Bleszinski’s words, “outlines the world you’re going to see in Gears of War 3.”

The clip starts on a ruined urban setting, with ash raining down on frozen figures turned to ash in the midst of trying to escape the city. A grizzled COG soldier runs through the ruins, darting past the still, grey figures. He bashes through one as bullets impact on the ground new him. He falls and turns to us and we see it’s Dom. Just then a Locust soldier approaches. Just before he fires, a gunshot rings out from off screen and the Locust falls to the ground dead. Marcus Phoenix walks in from the right.

The camera shifts to a large firefight between the Locusts and COG. A female soldier who looks a lot like Anya walks up and hands Dom a rifle. The action cuts back to the Locusts just as they’re attacked by a massive, tentacled Lambit. Bleszinski calls them “Crazy tentacle monsters that can mutate while you’re fighting them.”

The COG soldiers are making a final stand, taking out the remaining Locust and holding strong as the Lambit approaches. The trailer fades to black and the words “Brothers to the end” appear on the screen.

Bleszinski also confirmed that double barrel shotguns and female soldiers will be in the new game and announced that the game is currently scheduled for release on April 8, 2011. Its now offical folks!!! I got three words for you Gears of War Addicts… LETS DO THIS!!!!

You can check out the video here

Will be posting just the trailer portion very soon.