The lovely folks over at Joystiq seem to have gotten access to the new Gears of War: Judgement game and have been playing through it.

They've reported that the old control system is gone and has now been replaced with a faster and hopefully sleeker system, which holds more similarities with other modern shooter games. Tapping Y will now change your main weapon and grenades can be thrown directly from the bumper.

The campaign mode tells its story from Kilo squad, who are bound in chains and being held at a military tribunal. Kilo squad contains the familiar duo Baird and Cole, plus new characters major Garron Paduk and Sofia Hendrick.

Also of high interest is the new scoring system, just like many mobile games has a 3 star rating system. Players will be given optional but lucrative events within a mission aimed at guiding the story according to Kilo squads recollection of events. As well as the new Smart Spawn System which will try to keep replaying missions fresh by making enemy spawn locations random.

Gears of War Judgement is set 30 days after emergence day, the time when the locust rose and attempted to destroy humanity.
For anyone who missed the new trailer at the Video Games Awards, here it is: