The upcoming Gears of War Global Tournament has been slightly postponed by Microsoft due to "technical issues [that] have delayed the Leaderboard re-set previously scheduled for 12:01 a.m. GMT on April 9, 2007." No word was released as to whether or not these "technical issues" had anything to do with faulty positioning of the Hammer of Dawn global satellite Earth defense initiative. Rumors abound that Microsoft is having trouble adapting the Sera-based defense technology for the Earth-bound tournament, but these allegations remain unsubstantiated.


The Gears of War Global Tournament is scheduled to resume on or about 12:01 a.m. GMT on Friday, April 20, 2007, and the tournament will continue until 11:59 p.m. GMT on Sunday, May 13, 2007. The good news for those of you that have yet to register is that the registration deadline has been pushed back so that wannabe contenders may register as late as 11:59 p.m. on Saturday May 12, 2007. So grab your Lancers and get 'em good and revved up, because the slaughter is about to commence.