The development schedule is too tight to fit in a demo.
Epic Games associate producer Tanya Jessen has told Shacknews that there are currently "no plans" for a Gears of War 2 demo, citing a tight development schedule as the primary reason.
"The reason being that it's been such a fast turnaround. A two year production cycle, for a game of this calibre, is really short," explained Jessen. "Whenever you do a demo, you have to basically ship a whole separate product. As far as our plans after we ship, I can't really speak to that."
It's not like the game needs a demo though. The first game has sold over 4.5 million units worldwide and no demo was released on Xbox 360.
Gears of War 2 is scheduled for release exclusively for Xbox 360 in November.
Bloodstorm wrote at 14:57 on 21 April 2008
Same excuse as the last game. Do we care? No, the game is going to be just as good as the first one.
Woffls wrote at 15:39 on 21 April 2008
Would rather they focussed on the game than waste time on a demo. It's gonna sell extremely well without one anyway.
Junemas wrote at 15:45 on 21 April 2008
Do we really need a demo? I sure don't, I'll keep in mind that the original was a demo for the second, just a glimpse of what's to come. The first Gears paved way for whats to come from Gears as a series and proved the 360's power, this time with Unreal Engine 3 being improved upon, better graphics, better a.i. and even more enemies on screen at once. The first sold 4.5 million on the 360 alone with out a demo I wouldn't expect anything less of part 2.
Wido wrote at 19:19 on 21 April 2008
Good, it gives the game that more excitement to it. And make more people suspense about the second game...