Gears of War 2 will ship with a 'family friendly' parental control option, which waters down the game's awesome, sorry harsh, language for our younger gamers.
According to MCV, the parental control option, when turned on, substitutes blood and violence for sparks, and moves all bad language.
Also planned for the girls and kids are new co-op options which let two players select different difficulty settings in the same game. That way the girlfriend can stroll through Casual while you scream and sprint head-first into Hardcore.
You can't blame Microsoft and Epic for putting the options in - just look at the amount of cash coming from the 'casual' games market. But are there really any parents out there that are going to be more comfortable putting their kids in front of Gears, if the blood's replaced with sparks?