Epic Games design chief Cliff Bleszinski has revealed his hope that Gears Of War will one day be playable in some form on both an iPhone AND Xbox 360 - but suggested that industry-wide fears surrounding the Sony PSN hack make it less likely to become a reality.
CVG asked Bleszinski at E3 today whether he wanted Gears Of War to come to mobile - even if that just meant Microsoft's Windows phones. He replied:
He continued: "Especially when you look Sony and what happened with the PlayStation Network - I have a feeling networks are [now] going to get more guarded before they become open in the future. That's kind of a shame, because I'd have loved to, you know, make a future triple-A game that then has a mobile component which directly ties into it."
Cliff showed us Gears Of War 3 behind closed doors at the Microsoft booth in L.A today, where we spotted Nintendo big man Reggie Fils-Aime striding about. And no, we didn't snigger when he said "polish my lancer".
The epic-developed title looks gorgeous, as you can see for yourself from our off-screen E3 footage taken on the show floor below. Gears Of War 3 is due for release exclusively on Xbox 360 in September.
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lmimmfn on 10 Jun '11 said:
This guy is my second most hated in the industry bar Bobby.
Idiot, and gives indie devs a hard time also, what a gimp.
groble on 10 Jun '11 said:
Euphemism?
Tingham on 10 Jun '11 said:
Got to say, whatever you think of Cliff - and he hasn't always seen eye-to-eye with CVG! - he is a huge supporter of the indie scene and its developers. His speech at GDC was packed with hundreds of them.
iucidium on 10 Jun '11 said:
Quite retarded he mentioned WP7 and iPhone. Android has largest market share.
altitude2k on 10 Jun '11 said:
Are you high? He's a huge advocate of indie development...
And the only reason people hate him is because they disagree with him. He's no more opinionated than 95% of the CVG population, he just has a bigger audience. Agree with him or not, at least he's open about his opinions and not restrained by corporate bulls**t - and manages to do that without being crude or offensive.
Android has the biggest market share for a mobile OS, but not in a way that's helpful to anyone requiring a decent amount of power consistently across all hardware. Where UE3 will run on one Android phone, it won't on the other. That's not very helpful to someone like Epic. iOS is fixed to Apple devices with standard hardware and Microsoft demand certain specifications by the hardware vendors for WP7, making them consistent and predictable to develop for.
Developing for Android would require so many caveats.
Moribundman on 10 Jun '11 said:
Having actually heard the man speak intelligently and enthusiastically earlier this week about a) when he bought a PS3 - 2ndhand... b) how he gets frustrated by journalists "simplifying" things to fit sound-bites and pull quotes and how he is passionate about playing games on PS3 and Wii, even though he is primarily a 360/PC dev I'm not going t5o take CVGs bait so easily here!
RustySpoon80 on 10 Jun '11 said:
I dont agree with this at all. Sony seem to be opening up more not less. Cross-platform seems to be very much in their future. And now Nintendo seem to be going that way also. Perhaps Gears needs moving to a new platform.
StonecoldMC on 10 Jun '11 said:
I would need to disagree pretty strongly with your comment there.
I really dont think Cliff gives Indie Devs a hard time, in fact I would say its quite the opposite.
evileyecheese on 10 Jun '11 said:
i feel that any mobile phone connectivity simply opens up more marketing opprortunitys, its simply about revenue.
ultimatly any mobile connectivity will marginalise the hardcore games experience,
i hate the word hardcore as its meaning in terms of gamers has changed drasticly over the last 20 yrs.
i would have said i was hardocre but no longer as i dont think it means the same thing anymore
bioware spout the same, i mean mass effect and dragonage play out like mad psycometric tests which would be of great interest to maketing, and then theres the option that lets them monitor your responses in game
a bit creepy if you ask me
ReaperMan on 10 Jun '11 said:
I used to think CliffyB was a real douche, but he's certainly matured a lot (hence him dropping the CliffyB tag), and the podcast interview that IGN did with him a few months back really showed me that he's a smart guy, and is passionate about the industry. That changed my opinion of him a lot.
svd_grasshopper on 10 Jun '11 said:
all cliffy B news posts should have the picture icon as him and that giant gears of war plastic chainsaw gun.
just so we know what we're dealing with.
KK-Headcharge78 on 10 Jun '11 said:
I always liked Ciffy, but then again I bum Gears of War like a serial homo in the blue oyster bar.
cue music.....
Black Mantis on 10 Jun '11 said:
Will consumers be so quick to trust Sony though?