Epic design chief Cliff Bleszinski has indicated that the studio would be surprised if it didn't create another Gears Of War following the release of the third in the series.
"Well, there's always the Peter Jackson route, right? Do The Hobbit or something like that. I mean, we're business people. Gears 1 and 2 sold about 6 million copies, so if this game comes out and, God willing, sells 8 or 10 million it would be completely dumb to not do another one, right?
"It's just business 101. So, I mean, the key is figuring out what's appropriate. What makes sense for this connected world that we're moving into? So, that remains to be seen. That's the million dollar question..."
Bleszinski has previously stated that Gears 3 will "answer the majority of the questions that players have about the history of the world and what's going on". The game's story was co-written by science fiction author Karen Traviss.
Players will once again control Marcus in Gears 3's campaign, but other playable characters will also be available.
The game is due for release exclusively on Xbox 360 in September.
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NEO_SUPERMAN on 19 Jul '11 said:
And in other news...
Bears do s**t in the woods.
Goodnight.
kvn7918 on 19 Jul '11 said:
I can see Gears 3 topping the pass two in sales.Gears 3 is what fanboys wanted from the second game and more,so when they decide to continue the franchise i hope it's multiplatform so more people can enjoy this great game.
kmcroc on 19 Jul '11 said:
Whatever EPIC decide to do with the Gears of War franchise , the best thing to do is become an Xbox 360 exclusive on paper. also make a follow up to Bulletstorm only if you own the IP ,if not then a sequel to Shadow Complex would be great. i will continue to purchase GOW? as long it remains an Xbox exclusive.
FlacidDonkeyGuy on 19 Jul '11 said:
Gears of War was multiplatform (PC). Mind you I wonder how Gears would play with a PS Move? Socom 4 felt like I was cheating, shame I mostly only ever got plonked in servers on the other side of the world. That game needed a server list and region locking.
plightstar on 19 Jul '11 said:
So does this mean the Unreal franchise is dead to them and all we have left is the crappy UT3 as the last game.
zelamy on 19 Jul '11 said:
at least the gears sequels are proper sequels, pushing the series forwards, and not identikit games like the COD series has become.
whatever you think about Blezinski, and i've not always been a big fan of his, you gotta give the guy credit for that.
and they are bloody fun games.
YCshinobi on 19 Jul '11 said:
Not that I didn't expect there to be more after Gears 3, but after what we've seen with Halo I'm sure there will be much more.