Gears of War Articles

For:Xbox 360  Also On: PC Release Date: 17 November 2006

News: Gears of War: Exile was a real project, now cancelled

Epic Games has confirmed it has cancelled the development of Gears of War Exile, a spin-off from the main series rumoured to have been an on-rails Kinect shooter.

News Posted Apr 10

News: Gears of War's home is with Microsoft, says Bleszinski

Epic has no plans to move the Gears of War franchise to non-Microsoft platforms, Epic Games designer Cliff Bleszinski has said.

5 News Posted Dec 12

News: Gears of War 3 author avoids playing games

Karen Traviss, the author behind Gears of War 3's tie-in novels, has explained that she avoids playing games – because she likes to come to her projects with a clean slate.

News Posted Nov 30

News: People Can Fly to take over Gears of War?

Bulletstorm dev, People Can Fly is to make a Gears of War prequel trilogy according to an OXM rumour.

4 News Posted Nov 24

News: Epic: F2P won't take over as quickly as you think

Epic Games president Mike Capps remains sceptical of the apparent take-over of free-to-play titles.

News Posted Aug 2

News: MS: Halo stands alongside Gears of War, Call of Duty

Halo, a key title in popularising the FPS on home consoles, is still able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the newest action game franchises, claims Microsoft UK's Xbox & Entertainment director Stephen McGill.

1 News Posted Jul 5

News: Gears of War developer 'itching' to create new IP

Cliff Bleszinski is "itching" to create another new IP to go alongside the likes of Bulletstorm, Infinity Blade, and Gears of War, and that the publisher has "other things incubating."

2 News Posted Jun 22

News: Gears of War will not be the final legacy of Epic Games

Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski has revealed how he hopes to be remembered for more than just a chainsaw in Gears of War, adding that he and Epic have more to come.

News Posted Jun 20

News: Bleszinski might explore Kinect for future Gears

Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski has said he would consider looking into integrating some form of Kinect functionality into future games in the Gears of War franchise, but such features won't be "tacked on".

2 News Posted Jun 16

News: Gears dev isn't working with Kinect 'right now'

Gears of War fans dreading the prospect of Kinect for Xbox 360 making its way into a new Gears title can go to be tonight with happy thoughts; the Gears of War development team isn't currently working with Kinect.

News Posted Jun 9

News: Kinect Gears of War an on-rails shooter?

Demo version of the game said to re-use some assets and events from Gears of War 2.

6 News Posted Feb 9 2011