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Making new Gears of War 'refreshing' after departure of former Epic leads

Steve Watts:

Gears of War: Judgment is a "first" for the franchise in many ways. It is the first prequel, and the first game in the series to come from Epic subsidiary People Can Fly. It's also the first game to release after the high-profile departures of many key Epic employees--an opportunity to change things up for the franchise.

"It feels to me like [People Can Fly] brought fresh blood, fresh perspective, and progressive evolution," producer Alan Van Slyke told us. "They're familiar with the Gears franchise but they're fresh to Judgment."

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pompombrum4144d ago (Edited 4144d ago )

And by "refreshing" they mean making it more like cod which is the exact opposite of refreshing. I honestly don't see why they think it needs refreshing, the game itself is a breath of fresh air and there is nothing quite like it on the market, taking stuff out like DBNO is nothing more than a giant middle finger for long term Gears fans.

konnerbllb4144d ago (Edited 4144d ago )

Pretty much. A giant middle finger to veteran fans of the series.

nukeitall4143d ago (Edited 4143d ago )

Aren't you people clamoring for new game play mechanics?

Are you one of the same people that would as easily complain about CoD annual releases being too similar?

Damned if you do and damned if you don't!

StreetsofRage4144d ago

Just keep improving on Horde mode. Make it bigger and badder and harder. I want to be able to build more items.

SonyStyled4144d ago

im sure the game will turn out fine. i have confidence in people can fly. bulletstorm was pretty good

Riderz13374144d ago

Bulletstorm was pretty good but Gears of was series was amazing. :S

urwifeminder4144d ago

They also did a great job on the gears 1 pc port looking forward to it.

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Gears of War: Judgement, a Ten Year Reunion

WTMG's Aaron Price: "Revisiting Judgement is always a treat, especially now, ten years after its release. It received a lot of hate for its changes upon release, but it has aged like an average quality wine. It’s not perfect, but it’s more than worth a playthrough, which leads me to the last thought on the game, as little as I’m looking forward to it… it’s time to try for all the challenge stars in the campaign on Insane difficulty. Pray for me."

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Here is your first look at Gears of War 2, 3 & Judgement running on PC via Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia

DSOGaming writes: "Leafnation has shared three videos from a DirectX 12 hack build that shows Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3 and Gears of War Judgement running on the PC."

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spicelicka1708d ago

Man that intro is so epic, Gears of war 2 was my favourite.

AnubisG1708d ago

I would not call this "running".

Father__Merrin1708d ago

ive tried xenia on and off for ages its rubbish. hope some type of full emulation comes to pc soon. ive an old copy of eternal sonata would love to continue that

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5 of the best Gears of War maps

Brandon writes: "Perhaps one thing that makes multiplayer stand tall in Gears of War is its maps. Uniquely symmetrical in layout, and usually fair in weapon placements as such, maps have often been a vehicle for Gears of War's multiplayer, be it Execution, King of the Hill, Team Deathmatch, or even Horde mode. While very tough to round up the best of the best, below are what could easily be the definitive multiplayer maps for the Gears of War series."

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Orionsangel1860d ago (Edited 1860d ago )

Mansion is one of my favorites. From the start of each spawn session most of your teammates run to the right, but If you were fast enough you could run through the Mansion and come up behind the other team essentially flanking them early on in the match. I did it many times back in the day. Some would catch on though lol. I really wish the mansion map had been included in Gears 4.

matt1391859d ago

Jacinto was terrible and Streets wasn't particularly good either. Where is Fuel Depot/Canals/Escalation/Checko ut?