Cliff Bleszinski was asked why the Gears of War series has remained an Xbox 360 exclusive title, despite Microsoft only holding the rights to the first game in the series. His answer was quite surprising.
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Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, has been hinting on Twitter that there will be some major Xbox 360-related news coming soon, which was speculated to be news about Gears of War 3. Epic Games has confirmed by announcing that there would be news about enrollment in the Gears of War 3 beta.
Epic Games' Rod Fergusson has confirmed there will be other methods of getting into the Gears of War 3 beta beside the promotion with Bulletstorm. People Can Fly's shooter though is "the best way in" with a "headstart and exclusive content", he noted. GOW3 beta 'dependent' on Bulletstorm disc.
Microsoft has just announced that Gears of War 3 will be released worldwide on 20th September, 2011. Multiplayer public beta news should be coming shortly.
The Gears of War 3 beta is now available to all Xbox Live Gold members, which includes three new multiplayer game modes and four maps.
Mark Rein, Epic Games' VP, has admitted he "would love" to have Gears of War releasing every year but they're "not that big a studio" unlike Activision. He's envious of "what they have" with Call of Duty, which sells "crazy stupid amounts" thanks to "really great" annual instalments. 'Impressed with Kotick.'
Some new details about the upcoming Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta have been revealed.
Too Human developer Silicon Knights will get its long sought after day in US court with their lawsuit against Unreal Engine maker Epic Games. In '07 Silicon sued Epic for failing to "provide a working game engine" for Too Human. Epic were "sabotaging" UE3 licensees for Gears of War.
Gears of War 3 is fast approaching from developer Epic Games, but our industry is forever at a disadvantage to the fickle human memory warns Rod Fergusson. Gilligan's Island "was the funniest show" on TV when Fergusson was a kid, but watch it now and "it's just plain terrible." Nostalgia 'takes a lot for granted'.
Owners of Bulletstorm: Epic Edition are already able to play the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta, but the rest clutching their beta keys must wait until April 25th. Until the 24th it's only Team Death Match on maps Thrashball and Checkout. When it's the 25th King of the Hill gets added, and then Capture the Flag May 2nd.
Gears 3 Blog is claiming that unnamed sources are saying Epic is very interested in bringing Gears of War 3 to the PC sometime in 2012.
Cliff Bleszinski revealed that Epic wanted to get Halo's Master Chief into Gears of War 3 as a special multiplayer character, but Microsoft nixed the idea. The reason for this is the same reason Microsoft put the kibosh on John-117 appearing in Mortal Kombat: thou shalt not dismember Master Chief in any way, and those chainsaw lancer melee attacks certainly qualify.
It's been nearly three years since the derided action-RPG Too Human landed with a squishy thud on the Xbox 360, but Silicon Knights has not given up the dream - founder Denis Dyack insists that the Too Human trilogy is still in production and will be released.
Epic Games has included the delightful 'Big Head' mode in Gears of War 3, which swells the craniums of players to Bobble Head proportions... for giggles. The mode, also known as DK (Donkey Kong) mode, was found out by testers logging in to the multiplayer beta. Rare's Goldeneye made 'Big Heads' famous.
Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, is announcing that pre-orders for Gears of War 3 have already topped 1M, making it the most pre-ordered Xbox 360 game ever. Apparently, the multiplayer beta that a whopping 1.29M users engaged in whet their appetites for the main game.
A snippet of the Gears of War 3 trailer was teased in a brief video.
The first official story trailer for Gears of War 3 has launched, and as usual, Epic Games has an ear for picking songs to complement the visuals.
Looks like Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox 360 is going to be a reality and shown off at E3 2011, as well as the first look at Gears of War: Exile. This has been unofficially confirmed by the upccoming cover of Xbox 360 World magazine.
A slice of the Gears of War 3 campaign has been showed off at Microsoft’s E3 press conference. The footage was presented by Cliff Bleszinski and rap star and Gears cast member Ice-T. CliffyB stated that “it’s been two years” since the last game “and a lot has changed. Jacinto has fallen.”
If there's a Gears of War game using Kinect, it's news to Epic, as Gears of War 3's lead gameplay designer Lee Perry told Eurogamer that the development team is not working on a Kinect game.