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Sony To Get its Own "Gears of War" like I.P. from Epic

Half way through this podcast hosted by Zdmedia.net they touch base on the Sony & Epic deal. It is stated that Epic and Sony might be working on a PS3 game that deals with the Gears of War universe not necessarily Gears of War 2. The deal that Sony and Epic signed was a multi-part deal, so there could be other things besides the UT3 exclusivity deal.

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SilvaSurfa - 847 days ago

1 - SETTING MYSELF UP FOR CRUCIFICTION

But what the heck. Whats the point of "open forum" if you cant state your opinion. That being said. Fanboys have your way with my bubbles. But you won't you change my beliefs. /End Rant

The problem starts here. Only because under normal circumstances this would be a great thing to non-fanboy or fanatic gamers. But instead its going to be a triple decker backlash sandwich. Only because of two noble statements that were rode into enternity. The first one being.

"PS3 cannot do Gears of war in its current state."

The truth be told this statement was misquoted by fanboys of the Xbox in such a horrible way. In all actuallity all that was being said by epic is. They would have to re write the U.E. Code or optimize it to run on the PS3. They didnt actually mean The PS3 console was incapable of doing Gears of War at all.

Then their is this:

From joystiq.com:
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"We pushed the 360 to the limits," Gears of War QA manager Preston Thorne told Siliconera at last night's Hollywood launch party. While obviously an inflammatory remark, there could be some truth to the statement. After all, it was Epic that allegedly convinced Microsoft to bump up Xbox 360's RAM to 512 MB -- and Epic still maintains that 256 MB would not be enough to run Gears in its current state.
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EDIT: I am by no means saying PS3 is getting Gears. Im just showing the change of events. How it went from "PS3 cant do gears" to PS3 is getting its own rendition not to mention PS3 is running the Unreal Engine very well. If you add 2 and 2 together you get. PS3 will have a Gears of War like I.P. and it will run smoother than Gears. I dont see how this is an insult to Xbox fans. Its a huge hooray to any gamer. A game that will be similar to Gears but run better. That is awesome. Especially if you own a PS3. Now you have that to look forward to along with KZ2,UT3,Haze 3 other blockbuster shooters.

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Omegasyde - 846 days 23 hours ago

1.1 - great point

Great opinion piece with no clear showing of fanboyism.

You deserve a bubble(s).

I however disagree to a point. As far as Epic saying,"they pushed the 360 to the limit", I find that hard to believe. A counter example would be when Final Fantasy X and GT4 developers said they pushed the ps2 to its limit last generation. That of coarse wasn't true and many better looking games came out later.

The same can for the 360 now, but of coarse there isn't any better looking games than Gears right now. You also have to consider that Gears of way came out in November 06, about a year later from the launch. Factor is that the 360 is only about 2 years old.

Truth be told as well. Many developers have stated that the ease of programming code for the 360 will be also be part of its achilles. Since developers like to save cost(Ex port a PC game over) , they won't go the extra mile and show any graphical differance from the PC. This is where MS will burn themselves, since the developers aren't going the extra mile to take advantage of the 360 hardware. Copy and Paste. Repackage, add achievements, call it a day.

The same goes for 360->PS3 ports at the moment since developers won't bother with the time or learn the architecture of the the ps3.

Epic basically went off the specs of the 360, compared the RAM useage w/ PC and stated they couldn't do much better. The 360 still has a few tricks,(Bioshock) to show what its capable of. I just think Epic wanted to created a "Best game of the ps3", like they did for MS.

If they Manage, they will be the best there was, the best there is, and the best there ever will be.

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Hayabusa 117 - 846 days 20 hours ago

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While I'm not saying you are a fanboy, but your "triple backlash" does sound somewhat biased.

You say people were wrong to say "Gears cannot be done on the PS3 in it's current state". Aand quite rightly so. I had no idea how much detail the PS3 could handle, but after seeing unreal 3, it was pretty obvious that the PS3 could also handle those kind of graphics.

But then, about the comment on "Gears of War pushes the 360 to the limit" you say it could be true. Yet, I think this comment is just as untrue as the other. I remember Tecmo saying DOA 4 pushed the 360 to limit. All devs keep repeating these lines. "This game can only be done on the X console", "this game pushes hardware to limit", e.t.c. And then what happens? It ends up on another console. Another game comes out that looks even better. I believe the PS3 could run Gears. And regardless of whether or not the PS3 is more powerfull than the 360/vise versa, I believe both consoles have alot more to show us than Gears of War.

Thank you for stating your opinion none-the-less.

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JsonHenry - 846 days 19 hours ago

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I have ONE question - How is it that UT3 is an exclusive? The 360 and the PC both are getting the game. Just the Xbox 360 version is coming about 4-6 months later. (and the devs said the game looks "slightly better" on the 360 so far)

The ONE thing I am giving Sony mad brownie points for though - MODS MODS MODS coming the PS3!! Most people will never use them, but the option being there is massive steps forward for a console. I prefer my 360 so far, but Sony is making some darn good steps forward IMO.

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i Shank u - 846 days 19 hours ago

1.4 - @ J Henry

hell yea man, mods are sic, always cool to see what people make. no 360 Mods hurts, add to that the PS3 version lets you use keyboard and mouse, and I know im waiting to get my PS3 for this game. and I like to play on 360 damnit

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Floxnard - 846 days 19 hours ago

1.5 - @1

You said Haze 3. Lol, it's the first iteration of the game. But I don't understand the comment. Epic said that Gears was pushing the 360 to it's limits. Then Tecmo says DOA4 was also doing the same thing according to Hayabusa 117. But PS3 devs are saying the opposite. Evolution (who made Motorstorm) claimed they are using 10% if I recall. Naughty Dog (who are making Uncharted: Drake's Fortune) said the game will use 40%-50% of the PS3's power by the time they're done with it.

I don't know if there's any truth to these statements, but it's interesting to see the different ways devs react to the systems. Some say they're just touching it, to hype the system. Others say they're pushing it to the limits to hype the game. I would think hyping the game would be more to their advantage, but I don't know. Mybe, if you need people to buy the system (i.e. PS3) you might want to hype the system. I just think this shows how they're all full of 5hit.

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risk - 846 days 16 hours ago

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pushing the system id different ways maybe. i havent played doa4 or gears but maybe they are different ways of pushing it doa4 is a fighting game and maybe they were pushing high detail textures with a huge level with independant physics, and gears pushed it in the gameplay with textures but didnt have too many players on screen at once, and not too much of a view to see i dunno i never played both games but thats the only thing i can think of.

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Raptors - 846 days 15 hours ago

1.7 -

Excellent comments. Bubble for you...

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sony fan - 846 days 15 hours ago

1.8 - HOW PATHETIC IS SONY???

"WE DON't BUY EXCLUSIVES" Then they jump all over Epics nuts to get UT3 to be. Then they bust out their wallet for a gears wannabe exclusive. Who can still have confidence in sony after all the crap they feed people? And they are not only paying for an exclusive and copying MS but they are also admitting how the PS3 does not have any games that come close to what the xbox has. Can us sony fans be any more pathetic?

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zantetsuken - 846 days 14 hours ago

1.9 - 1 thing

Mark Rein said UT3 was running better on PS3, than Gears was running on 360. http://www.n4g.com/tech/New...

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Silvanos - 846 days 11 hours ago

1.10 - 1.8

1.8 - HOW PATHETIC IS SONY???
"WE DON't BUY EXCLUSIVES" Then they jump all over Epics nuts to get UT3 to be. Then they bust out their wallet for a gears wannabe exclusive. Who can still have confidence in sony after all the crap they feed people? And they are not only paying for an exclusive and copying MS but they are also admitting how the PS3 does not have any games that come close to what the xbox has. Can us sony fans be any more pathetic?"

You sound like you need a hug.

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risk - 846 days 9 hours ago

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nobody hugs smelly people...dont you know? ;p

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SuperSaiyan4 - 847 days ago

2 - Won't happen

Gears of War and all that is affliated with Gears of War is under licence with EPIC and Microsoft Games Studios, its like allowing HALO wars to come to the PS3 its HALO - a registered name and or trademark of Bungie and Microsoft Game Studios.

There cannot and will not be ANY Gears Of War affliated game unless they change the name completely or something.

EDIT: Hey silvasurfa EPIC never said Gears of war was pushing the 360 to its limits, Cliffy B actually said they had only touched the surface of what the 360 can do in an interview just after its release.

What they did say was how they were using all 3 cores and all 6 threads in the 360 so making full use of the power available in what they can do at the time.

Some people need to READ better.

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SilvaSurfa - 847 days ago

2.1 - I SIR HAPPEN TO BE AN EXCELLENT READER

From joystiq.com:
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"We pushed the 360 to the limits," Gears of War QA manager Preston Thorne told Siliconera at last night's Hollywood launch party. While obviously an inflammatory remark, there could be some truth to the statement. After all, it was Epic that allegedly convinced Microsoft to bump up Xbox 360's RAM to 512 MB -- and Epic still maintains that 256 MB would not be enough to run Gears in its current state.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2006...

You cant make that up.

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Devilbringer - 846 days 23 hours ago

2.2 - ehm.. Just give me a sec..

OWND

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xbox360migs - 846 days 23 hours ago

2.3 - thought i'd throw this into the fire

OXM magazine recentley played UT3 on the 360 using the enhanced unreal engine since GOW a year ago and this is what they had to say...

"The play test kicked off inside (and out) a giant wheel-shaped space station. What struck us like a bolt of lightening seeking out a hairdryer was that the already staggering Unreal Engine 3 - so impressive in Gears of War - had been tweaked to even greater levels of visual excellent and performance."

http://www.oxm.co.uk/articl...

Is it not possible for improvement after a year has passed or are we going to dwell on year old quotes and flame.

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tonsoffun - 846 days 22 hours ago

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I was under the impression that MS held the liscence for the first two gears of war games, but not the gears of war universe - so theoretically, they could release a gears type game set in that universe, as long as it does not include any of the main characters from gears.

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Cook1eMan - 846 days 7 hours ago

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I for one agree that this is not likely at all to happen. Why in the hell would microsoft let their newest biggest franchise slip from the hands.(My opinion, from whats been shown halo is done) I'm really confident and saying that microsft will open up their wallets and give epic what they want to keep the game exclusive.

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deep - 847 days ago

3 -

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CrazzyMan - 846 days 23 hours ago

3.1 - Yeah... I ALSO THINK, THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY X360 FANS IN PS3 RELATED NEWS STORY...

X360... WHY ARE YOU COMING TO PS3 RELEATED THREADS?
YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BUYING PS3 AND LOOKING FOR A REASON OR WHAT?

p.s. anyone to help return my 4th bubble back? thnx. =)

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Hayabusa 117 - 846 days 20 hours ago

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Because they're gamers as well.

@ shank

I agree with you. I hope it pushes Microsoft to be alot more open about extra content.

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i Shank u - 846 days 19 hours ago

3.3 - Crazyman

Dont act all crazy. man. ^like what he^ said , we're all gamers.

I could careless if Gears goes to Ps3 and all I play is 360. Honestly I kind of hope Epic f*cks them over because how they treat epic over releasing content and $hite.

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deep - 846 days 13 hours ago

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Some of you people are very strange. Agreeing and disagreeing with my confused face. Read into it much, non?

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nomad117 - 847 days ago

4 - dude he never said gears

just a game like gears you know a killer app don't be so stupid stupid

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incubus5187 - 843 days 15 hours ago

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i totally agree with you a gears of war title for ps3 will be awesome

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Bloodmask - 847 days ago

5 - Hey SilvaSurfa

If you state Gears of War pushed the Xbox360 to its limits how come he said this in his interview................

Cliffy B declares in an interview that:

"I think we've only scratched the surface of what we can do with the 360. There's far more potential down the road to do more stuff. As amazing as I think Gears is, I think we'll definitely push it much further"
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I don't think you should bash N4G and say you will take your opinion elseware. When you are the one being the fanboy.

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SilvaSurfa - 847 days ago

5.1 - "If you state Cliffy B said Gears of War maxes out 360s power and PS3 is limitless how come he said this in his interview................"

I never said that. You did. Read what I said before mis quoting me. And if you want to know where I got it from then read my response to super saiyan 4. Thanks

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Bloodmask - 847 days ago

5.2 - Actually you said this.

Then their is the "Gears of War pushed the Xbox360 to its limits". Now this one is really going to hurt Xbox fanboys because. If this game pushed the Xbox to its limits last year and PS3 is running the same engine this game was built on but better. Then what does that say about PS3?

Don't lie

I'm happy that Epic is going to release a new IP for PS3 but you just turned this into a bashing session. Grow up.

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drtysouf21 - 846 days 20 hours ago

5.3 - Bloodmask is a HYPOCRITE take look at this........

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

and now ladies and gentlemen take a look at this

http://www.n4g.com/industry...

see how he changed his also

He called me desperate, truly sad and pathetic yet look at
what he was doing himself. Don't let him fool you he is
the biggest anti Sony person on this site just look at his old
comments all his submitted stories and all the sony hating articles
he posts that end up in the failed section. Here's a funny one
he tried to post

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/...

if you notice those screen shots they say press L2 on one of them
which clearly lets you know they are PS3 shots taken from the PS3 section of IGN.

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scottie2521 - 846 days 17 hours ago

5.4 - @drtysouf.......

good find, i especially like the last link

u nailed his @ss

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5.5 TheMART-sucksdick | 846 days 14 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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unbiased - 847 days ago

6 - whatever

maybe they can push 360 a bit more and maybe they can't
One thing is for sure and thats PS3 has a long way too go before its "Maxed out"

agree?

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boi - 847 days ago

6.1 -

agreed

anyways whats this about Gears?!?!?! they making a game like Gears not Gears so stop the arguing...its like any artical with Gears in it fanboys start a big war lol

its a new IP nothing to do with Gears but GEARS LIKE IP meaning 3rd person most properly but nothing to do with GEARS! ...thats it easy to understand!

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jay3 - 847 days ago

7 - @SalivaSurfer

Dude, that first reply post.

Ouch.

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unbiased - 847 days ago

8 - they could be dirty

and call is Gears of battle. and copy almost everything so there not breaking contract with Microsoft.

I know its a dumb idea for the name, just trying to make a point

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Daz - 847 days ago

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Fanboys never stop fighting. we dont know what both systems are able to do because someone said this is taking for aadvantage of the power of 360/ps3 dont mean its true.

Just be happy that the ps3 getting a new ip from epic whats this got to do with microsoft?

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kingboy - 846 days 23 hours ago

10 - pushing limits debate?

http://www.shacknews.com/fe...

Shack: What are your thoughts on AGEIA's PPU hardware? Any thoughts about how that's going to take off?

Mark Rein: One thing AGEIA's done that's really smart is that--well, if you've seen our PS3 demo, and this is really version .1, really not a finished performance at all, but we've got some really great cool physics things going on PS3. They've done a really good job of optimizing their library to work well with the SPUs in the Cell processor, which means we're going to be able to get a lot of physics performance out of PlayStation 3. Also on Xbox 360 to some extent, but definitely on PS3 we're going to be able to get a lot of physics capabilities out of that. Which means that, to bring [games using those methods] to a PC, you're probably going to need the hardware. Or you could maybe scale it up even further on the PC, I believe, with their hardware. I think that bodes really well for them if developers go nuts and do really cool physics on PlayStation 3, then if people want to play it to that level on PC, they'll buy the card.

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X_GAMER_X - 846 days 23 hours ago

11 - To all of you who think that Gears og war pushd 360 to the limit

Gears of War "Just Scratched the Surface" of Xbox 360 Potential
Cliffy B declares in an interview that "I think we've only scratched the surface of what we can do with the 360. There's far more potential down the road to do more stuff. As amazing as I think Gears is, I think we'll definitely push it much

http://digg.com/gaming_news...

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Daz - 846 days 23 hours ago

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I thought this fred is about a new ip for the ps3 it dont seem like it.

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Ghoul - 846 days 23 hours ago

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AFAIK Gears of war is a EPIC I.P. not Microsoft.
Not that i care but i tought the rights about the I.P. are on the side of Epic not Microsoft.

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rosko486 - 846 days 23 hours ago

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Man, everytime I hear the name Cliffy B, I cringe. Such a childish name.

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timmyp53 - 846 days 23 hours ago

14.1 - what about timmy p?

lol .. hmm epic is a good developer i wonder what we'll get?(if true)

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N4G-GaMr - 846 days 23 hours ago

15 - WOW.... M$ fanboys are dropping like flies....

Well let me help out.

*runs in phonebooth, runs back out as SuperXboxfanboy*

Well to all you Sony fanboys/girls out their. Your getting a spin off and your going to suck it up. But when Kojima-San was offering a spin off the metal Gear universe you guys bashed and laughed at us. So you know what this is the same thing. Spin off is a spin off... How's that for a news spin.

*Removes Xboxfanboy outfit*

Ok guys im back. Well I hope that will help give make this thread a little more equal. I wasnt trying to add fuel to the fire. But the Xbox guys are getting it handed to them on a silver platter. So use my little comment as some ammunition. It will make you feel better about your console in seconds. lol

Have a good day all. And stop the fighting. Its sunday for crying out loud (im in the states)

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Robotz Rule - 846 days 23 hours ago

16 - Okay......

It's time for your chill pills XBOTS!

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caboman - 846 days 23 hours ago

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good :P

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andapaul88 - 846 days 23 hours ago

18 - hey maybe

cliffy b was saying that they pushed it as far as the could last year that doesnt mean they maxed out the console...........and i hope MS sues them if they do a game like that which deals with the gears universe

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Violater - 846 days 23 hours ago

18.1 - First of all

It is far more likely that Gears lies within the Unreal Universe.
So don't try throwing around the legal hammer just yet.

As far as Gears goes, thats a pretty damn impressive looking game no one can dispute that.
It's hard to really say if the PS3 can have a game looking like Gears unless you put Gears itself on the PS3( with the same colors lighting etc so you can compare apples to apples) , a spin off just might take care of that. Or we can look at games like Unchartered that arguably looks just as good and certainly does so much more.

It will be interesting indeed to see how this one turns out.

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CrazzyMan - 846 days 23 hours ago

19 - More Good games on PS3? - GREAT! =)

very soon ps3 will be a must have to every gamer. :)

of course sony haters may disagree.. it`s hard to fight with ilness...

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kornbeaner - 846 days 23 hours ago

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I'm not really sure if the PS3 needs a Gears like I.P.

Epic is already doing UT3 and that looks awesome. Killzone 2 is coming and that looks great as well.

not to mention we also have Drakes fortune coming to the PS3 and while not in the same environment as GEARS it does share a lot of the mechanics seen in GEARS. I'd rather Epic give the PS3 something more original then a Gears spin-off.

If they want to give us the real thing then am all for it, but not in much mood for a spin-off.

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If your gonna disagree with someone at least have the balls to let that person know why, sackless losers.

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mcintosh233 - 846 days 22 hours ago

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I think epic is pissed with M$ at the moment because epic wanted to update GOW like they do with Unreal T games but M$ made them charge and didn't give them enough freedom.

I think this and the xbox unreal T situation is a power play by epic basically telling M$ they are not the boss, and epic will make games the epic way

They had big arguements about pricing on dlc in spring

I like it how epic are sticking up for themselves and not bowing to the pressure

EDIT: how have i lost a bubble, i'm not slagging anyone only saying it as i see it

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