Gears of War Movie in HD to be PS3 / Blu-Ray Exclusive

For those of you with stand-alone Blu-ray players or PlayStation 3's, you can now look forward to the following releases:

- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Golden Compass
- Gears of War (Movie)
- Austin Powers

[Cyrus365]

The Irony of a game that is 360 exclusive, and the movie version, atleast if you want to watch it in HD, will likely be PS3/ Blu-Ray exclusive.

[TANOD]

This is funny

[gamesR4fun]

no ones going to be putting out hd dvd anymore after the bribes run out...

If they ever do decide to make that halo movie you might want a ps3 to watch it on ;)

[TheIneffableBob]

Gears of War is on the PC, too.

[Capt CHAOS]

DVD is just fine and if anything DVD superbit should be promoted more.

[Mr PS3]

I just spat out my mornig coffee
The xbots are still recovering from the warner going blu news
The xbots are still recovering from the new line cinema going blu news
And when they see this ?? Well crying in there mummy's bosom or locking them selve's in their bedroom with there pillow over ther head for a week would be good response's

Anyway i say this is good cause we have'nt seen some of the bots like mart, zhuk ,razer ,sinner for a few days now and this will keep em away for a few more days ha ha

P.S Sinner will be along in a minute with his usuall saying "Bye bye Mr bubble" hey sinner you can kiss my bubble if you love em that much

http://www.geocities.com/tw...

[You bought an Xbox]

Good picture

[Pain]

Way Funny!

woo blu!~

[IntelligentAj]

I've got admit that is pretty ironic..

[SRuN4]

same thing could be said about God of War, Universal owns the rights to make the movie.

[TheHater]

yes, but Universal deal with HD-DVD ends later this year. And we will not see the God of War movie until 2010 the earliest.

[Cyrus365]

Your right, and if Universial is still releasing movies on HD-DVD by the time God of War movie is made (Gears of war is further ahead than God of War), then that'll be Irony as well.

[TheHater]

WOW, I didn't see this coming.

[Bonsai1214]

when was there news that a GeOW movie was on its way? lol

btw, the golden compass movie was TERRIBLE. you're watching it, and you expect it to go on for another hour at least when it hits the ending. but it kinda just /cut. everyone in the theater was like, wtf...

[xplosneer]

I saw that at 7:00 tonight. Okay movie, good idea, but WTF ending. Seriously nice way to kill a movie.

[aznfrankie]

well, you can say the same for LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring. I felt that way too about the ending of the movie until i realized it's part of a trilogy. I think the cut-off is supposed to make you want to see the rest of the trilogy for His Dark Materials (the title of the trilogy starting with The Golden Compass).

[eagle21]

Hope the movies good. lol.

[joemomma]

Can anyone spell ironic?

[Eamon]

Evil Zhuk...?

WTF

[jack who]

ever heard of downloading? i guess not.

edit lmao this ppl think cuzz a movie is on a 50gb disk it means its taken up all the space

[Cyrus365]

In HD, on blu-ray? Good luck ripping that (although some software makers are claiming it can be done), but downloading 25 -50 gigs of data? I don't want to tie up my internet for a few days to download 1 movie.

[jack who]

you are a dumb ass

1)there will never be any moive that will take up 25-50gb

2)you dont need days to download a movie you only need 5-6min tops to download the frist 20min of the moive and it starts playing and Continus to download whlie you watch.

3)on xbl i have downloaded and watched a 720P movie which was at 6gb in less than 10 mins.

4)you dont know what you talking bout.

5) knew you would disagree with out saying anything back

[mikeslemonade]

That's compressed if you're downloading a movie that fast. And yea there already 50gb blu-ray movies out now.

[jack who]

@mikeslemonade

you mind givein me the name of this 5ogb moive?

[Perkel]

blue planet (BBC) document is on 4 blu rays, and do u know what is uncopresed audio ? There are films with uncompresed 7.1 audio this take huge amount of GB ...

[gamesR4fun]

you can rip b/r movies with linux on your ps3... great for backing up them kids movies. We keep them in a box and just sream the shows off our htpc Kids get their shows and we dont have to worry about them wrecking a 30 dollar disk...

depending on the format most are under 2 gigs in 720 p surround sound quality... best of all the tool are all free

[mikeslemonade]

I believe Click is 50gb blu-ray movie. http://homevideo.about.com/...

[jack who]

the same blue planet thats up on live for download?

[mikeslemonade]

Oh yea you can watch that movie but if you want the best quality than you have to watch it on blu-ray and hd-dvd.

[TANOD]

get real

DD will take off but not before 5/10 years from now

[tfur]

Notice the column for size...

http://www.blu-raystats.com...

[mullet]

Blu-ray movies that are 50 GB. Keep in mind that they're not compressed, unlike the trash you're downloading.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movi...

Click there and search for them. There are A LOT of them.

[Caliber]

"jack who", you need to get a clue.
The 6GB movies you download are compressed 720p with DD mono/stereo at best, while Blu-ray is 1080p with 7.1. All that takes up a lot of space.
If you want true high quality picture and audio that compressed stuff you're downloading isn't an option.

[Cyrus365]

Umm I'm talking about 1080p dummy, and with some 5.1 sound or better sound. Not what they offer on X-box live which is 720p, why do you think they don't offer anything in 1080p? Hmmm I wonder why...

[WeaseL]

6GB HD movies?
So whats all the fuss about HD-DVD & Blu-Ray when we could get it all on a normal DVD?

[RecSpec]

There hasn't been a decent game movie in a long time, and that is excluding anything made by Uwe Boll. Maybe good for fans of the game, but to anyone else, not even close.

[mikeslemonade]

Now we can say that Gears of War can be played on PS3. That isn't a false statement.

[gamesR4fun]

ya but since they got that 3rd person mod on ut3 gears aint far off...
Neither is halo (the beta mod looks better than the original lol)

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

I was just about to make a comment about the irony but i should've guessed someone beat me to it.

[Bathyj]

Same will go for the Halo movie if they ever make one.

[allforcalisto]

didnt even think about that lol.

microsoft didnt rule out releasing a blu-ray enabled 360 in the future.

either way this is a good for sony.

[Bathyj]

Mass Effect, Bioshock, Microsoft, The Bill Gates Story.

BR won. Just about any movie that get made from now will end up on BluRay.

[NeonSkull]

i downloaded the halo short in hd from stage6 straight to my ps3, you cant do that on a 360.

[The Karate Kid]

Oh just shut your freaking mouf.........................3 60 download this and 360 download that. The fact of the matter is I wyped my BUTT with HALO 3 and Mass Effect's DVD covers farted on my 360 HD-DVD attachment and celebrated all Friday night with the annoucement of Warner & Blu-Ray.

Now that this has happened PS3 will offically take off (Especially after the rumored $100.00 price drop to $299.99) which will take place 1st week of march.

360 will now offically die a quick death because the hopes of ever releasing a HD-DVD internal has faded away and that makes the system dinosaur status.

GEARS OF WAR 2 WILL BE A GREAT 7.5 GIG GAME LOL

Home, Rumble, Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy 13, Kingdom Hearts and all the rest of the fantastic PS3 games will shake up the world.

Gran Turismo 5 exc and exc..........................!

[JBaby343]

Quite ironic to say the least. I wonder how this movie will shape up considering the game gave ABSOLUTELY NO background info/story. One of my great disappointments with it.

[MK_Red]

With HD-DVD's death, soon Halo movie will also join the Blu camp.

[Eamon]

It doesn't make it PS3 exclusive since M$ could just release a downloadable version of it on Video Marketplace. Did everyone forget about that since M$ really wants to make moneyy out of downloadable media.

Edit: And anyway, some third party company could make a Blu-Ray add-on since now its pointless to get a HD DVD add-on.
But if the price of the 40gb PS3 goes down a lot, then I might buy it because its also considered a Blu-Ray player.

[Mercutio]

cry me a river

EDIT: okay, sorry... I didnt read your post thoroughly, I apologize.

srry.

[Eamon]

I'm sorry but since I have a life I can't care as much as you do.

I actually liked Blu-Ray from the beginning due to its larger capacity. The only thing I didn't like is the region locking for movies.

Edit: But does HD DVD have a chance for a comeback? Discuss

[Lumbo]

Yawn, i fully expect the movies to appear on XBL video marketplace in some low-bitrate encode.
Not that i would even consider buying the BluRay version of a movie from a game (they all suck at an Uwe Boll level) for my PS3.

[GameHero]

Well, the Movie tha is...

[roybatty]

Upconvert on my PS3 really well. On my 50" Bravia it really does look fantastic.
I can't imagine how sweet a true 1080p BD transfer of these movies will be.
Some regular dvd's look pretty crap upconverted, but I guess Lord Of The Rings
has allot of information on the disc.
Can anyone tell me why this is? Some dvd's look sh1te upconvertd?

[The_Engineer]

on the original resolution they were shot in, if they used wide format panoramic cameras then obviously this will transfer very well to an HD format like bluray. If it was shot with standard 4:3 ratio lensing then obviously there is alot less information of the frame of film to stretch out to 16:9. That's why some older moview remain in their native 4:3 aspect ratio to preserve image quality.

hope that helps

[shylos10]

The gears of war franchise isn't xbox exclusive anymore anyway is it? Just the first game, as I heard the 2nd is coming out on PS3. I always thought BR would win, but I really dont care that much anyway, I'm not gonna replace al my DVDs im happy with them being upscaled.

[RadientFlux]

This article is pointless at least wait in till the movie has actually been released in the theaters.

[Odion]

how did this get approved, they have the Gears of War movie which hasn't been made as a Blue ray only movie and have a dead link as their source?

WTF is happening to this site?

[Wozzer]

HAHA This is hilarious. Power to the Blu!

[Noodlecup]

A lot of PS3 owners won't be buying this crap anyway.

[tk]

Many of these movies that was exclusive XB360 games will actually boost PS3 sales when the movies gets released on BR... because most gamers will buy a PS3 rather than a stand alone BR player. So expect a lot of XB360 owners to buy a PS3 from this year on. Ironic... MS will have to release a BR XB360 to stem the tide...

[HarryEtTubMan]

Gears 2 is pretty much the only game I al really stoked about dor my 360... all the good games are coming to PS3

[monkey602]

Gears 2, Left 4 Dead and Ninja Gaiden 2 for me. there might be more but I just cant think of them right now.

[Mr_Showtime1]

That the Gears movie doesnt follow the trend of other movies based on games!

looking at you Mario Bros, D.O.A, Street fighter etc

[WilliamRLBaker]

Industry news? i didn't know the movie industry was part of the gaming industry.

[mighty_douche]

Whats wrong? feeling a little green? or should that be blu?

[mighty_douche]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA GEARS on the PS3....

Still it's probably gonna be a suck ass movie, all game/movie tie ins turn out thet way.

[monkey602]

haha I was waiting to see you on this after that COD4 game of headquarters last night. that was a good game!
First round I was against you and because I recognised the name I was trying to hunt you down but we were trashed that round. :D

[Voozi]

Going to be even more funny when we see the Halo movie on Blu Ray =P

[Crazyglues]

Wait just a second, their is a Gears of War Movie? How is there going to be a Gears of War movie before we get a Halo Movie..

Did I miss something? Is the Gears Movie already in production, is their already a cast.. anyone know. And when is it set to come out?

[sonyfanonly]

but see it wont be that big of a deal because its ps3 and blu ray but if it had been hd dvd everybody would be like hd dvd is coming back to overtake blu ray ------------------------------ - ive said it before and ill say it again blu ray is the supperior format and the most popular

[resistance100]

So thats both Halo (fox) and Gears movies exclusive to blu-ray in HD lol

[monkey602]

Is Halo still being made?
They need to make a decision and stick with it on that one.

[jordan8445]

I wont buy it anyway. Overated slurry.

[MasterChief2829]

It will be on the Xbox Live Marketplace in HD. You can quote me on that.

But still, the irony... lol

[monkey602]

This movie will be downloadable on the marketplace. You can bet on a war if it isnt.

[Account deleted]

it's the irony of the fate

ps: how does the quoting work here?? and i think they should have used the brackets instead of those signs >< that makes things a lot easier...
anyway how do they work?

[mintaro]

holy shizzle!!! LotR on blu-ray! that is freakin awesome

[Meus Renaissance]

Article is misleading. When Blu-Ray officially wins, Microsoft will have little choice but to release a Blu-Ray add on or risk alienating their userbase and forcing them to purchase one themselves (most likely a PS3).

So with the release of an addon, they'll be able to watch it aswell. Being Blu-Ray exclusive, when the format wins, does not mean it will be PS3 exclusive.

No irony.

[wallace1000]

Agreed! It is interesting to see that in general if you want to find comments containing common sense and no flamebait, then look for 5+ bubble users :-)

[Wicked Sick]

Haha we all know how game movies turn out, just look at the hitman movie. They couldnt mess it up further, the dude doesnt even look like hitman, plus they added the love story bs.

[nice_cuppa]

hd-dvd/blu-ray bla bla bla.

i got the free movies with my ps3.
i got 2 more in a bogof deal.
that how i buy them as they cost too much.

the fact i buy games consoles to play games means i don't care.

some of you guys are making a huge deal of this.

ps3 needs to be about the games.
this movie rubbish is why i only have 2 ps3 games and 36 360 games.

calm down people.

[hotshot127]

how is microsoft gonna adopt bluray when sony is one of the leading companies behind it. if it wasnt for sony, bluray would have never won.

sure you can say microsoft can somehow breakthrough but thier gonna have a hard time doing so.
so if microsoft breaks into bluray. cost would be able to come down faster for bluray if needed and the ps3 IS abluray player so what does that say. also bluray disk would start to become cheaper to produce so developers wouldnt have to put as much money out for ps3 development.

or EVEN IF MICROSOFT GOT A BLURAY ADD ON. why would they do that?
they would have to make the add on around 250 to 300 bucks. by that time,the ps3 will be around that price. AND MORE PEOPLE WOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PS3 BEING A BLURAY PLAYER AND THEY WOULD JUST GET A PS3 INSTEAD.

MICROSOFT WOULD PUT THEMESELVES IN THE SITUATION WHERE EVEN MORE PS3'S WOULD BE GETTING SOLD because it just looks like a better purchase at that point.
so either way, its a WIN/WIN situation for sony at this point.

[socsca]

(Australian accent) Look, its a fanboy, ain't she a beuuuuuuuuuty?!?! Now look as I put my thumb up her ass.

BTW, your reasoning makes absolutely no sense, do yourself a favour and dont start a business, ever.

[socsca]

Funny stuff.

[wallace1000]

The only problem i have with this article is the flamebait title. The movie would be blu-ray exclusive for high definition distribution and also produced on DVD. If this title is ok, then since they included the PS3 in the title the title is incomplete. It should be:
"Gears of War Movie in HD to be PS3 / Panasonic DMPBD30 / Pioneer BDP-HD50-K / Samsung BD-P1400 / Sony BDPS3000 / Sharp BD-HP20U / Blu-Ray Exclusive" I would keep going but i am sure you get my point now.
There is no need to list a player in the title unless the goal of the article is to be used as flamebait. Specifically in this case PS3 fans trying to aggravate and provoke Xbox 360 fans. We don't need flamebait on this site, just good news. Or in the case of this article, good news that needs a tiny bit of editing.
On a side note, i am in no way implying that PS3 fans are the only ones that aggravate others, there are plenty of 360 fans that do the same thing.

[Dogswithguns]

What you guys think?.... hope they're not mad.

[wallace1000]

I am a fan of the 360 and i don't mind. I have never had a 360 add-on and i got rid of my hd dvd player yesterday so i don't mind what format it comes out on. I will probably pick up a blu-ray player in the next few months. I am not sure what to go with though, atleast profile 1.1 but i am wondering if it is worth waiting for 2.0. I wouldn't buy a PS3 for the same reason i didn't by the 360 add-on. I like stand-alone players and not consoles that have players added to them. Same reason i would never use my 360 as a dvd player, it is for gaming. I am hoping they announce some profile 2.0 compatible players at CES :-D I really like the panasonic BD30 so if i was to go profile 1.1 that would be the machine for me.

[TheMART]

Isn't DVD still on top?
What's the percentage of next gen movie players compared to DVD?

Will it become mainstream or will it loose from DVD untill the next gen movie players just HDD, downloads and no moving discs possible to scratch arrive?

[wallace1000]

No one truely knows but if blu-ray prices follow the trend that dvd prices did after the launch of dvd then i think blu-ray will become mainstream.

[osirisomeomi]

This is almost so funny I'm afraid for my sanity. This irony is incredible.

[ShAkKa]

i`m still wondering how the f..k does Univelsal has the movie rigths for God Of War a game fully created,developed and published by Sony which has like five movie studios of their own:Sony pics. Columbia,Screen Gems,Tri-star pics.,etc...