File this under " D" for highly dubious, but a couple of Italian gaming sites are claiming that Gears of War is being held back in Europe until December 7, in order to " counter" the launch of the Wii. There might also be some stuff in there about localisation issues affecting the game' s European release, but Babelfish isn' t always the trustiest steed.

Why Microsoft would do this is beyond me. Which is why I call BS. Then again, you can never discount murmurs of European delays, as there' s quite a precedent for it, I hear