Rumour: Gears of War 2 now official?

Rumours, rumours and even more rumours: this is one that just won't go away however. Yes, Gears of War 2 speculation has reared it's ugly head again and this time it's because Gamepro magazine claims to have an exclusive (don't they all?), and proudly emboss the Gears of War 2 logo on their front cover.

[Eclipse]

I think it's definetly coming

[games4fun]

we know they are making it, its just a matter of when it releases. What surprises me more is the fanboy glasses everyone seems to be wearing (people below) so you have how many proven franchises for 360 this year possibly?
answer: 3 (gaiden,halo wars(RTS might not sell as well), and gears)

ps3: at least twice as much and you are telling me that 360 lineup is better?

heck ill name six but i know there are more: GT5,MGS4,White Knight Story,Resistance 2, Killzone 2 (i know you'll say crap about the first but i put halo wars in there and its an RTS), FFXIII, Tekken 6

anyways stop giving me lineup crap admit that you have less its not that hard to count really also if microsoft has others they would have announced them by now

by the way prototype looks awesome cant wait to play it :)

[bozobucketeer]

What is all this crap on better lineups. As a whole, it'd appear like ps3 has a better lineup, but it's all about what kind of games a person likes. I'm a shooter fan, 1st/3rd, whatever. I also like open rpgs like Oblivion. I can't stand jrpgs, racing games, or fighting games. So you know what, you think ps3 has a better lineup? Good, then you bought the right system for you, but not everyone shares the same tastes. Again, I'm not insulting either lineups, but they're based on opinions. Don't mix that with fact.

[games4fun]

i actually forgot about those games fable and splinter lol you added alen wake how is that a proven franchise? white knight story in my opinion i thought already had history from level basically its dark cloud sequeal i thought so i put it in there

i said franchises which i meant being games that have sequels/history because basically saying something exclusive doesnt really mean anything when it hasn't proven itself to be good that is what i meant and pointing out that games wont make it in time i could say the same thing about gears/alan wake/too human? if your going to do that then god of war 3 is coming out too. so now its 4 to 7 sorry it is barely away from being twice as much

also dont brag about internet you dont have a dedicated server to save your life and not only that it doesnt support past 32(usually lags ridiculously at 32) so it doesnt seem that stable of an online service you may have better features but when i want to play without lag your service doesnt deliver the main point of it which is online multiplayer just because you have more online doesn't mean more people arent being chumps

i decided to give you an agree because although the ps3 is admittedly more star studded i should have at least acknowledged those two games (splinter and fable)
war over...

also this post came because of people below lauding the 360 lineup

[kevoncox]

Dedicated servers won't stop lag. Most lag is created when someone decides to user wireless connection, download Hd movies off Kazaa, and surf stream movies off of youtube.

Do you really think that the 360 is incapable of doing more than 32 players? Lol you better tell the Hurley developers that their 100 players max game that they have been developing on 360 won't work lol...

Quick question...Was COD4 on ps3 on dedicated servers? If it was peer to peer, did you really care? You should return the game at once. Lol.
Your not fighting back.

[games4fun]

do you take any classes on networking? and how does that affect your 360 there are people who just have a 360 connected dont give me crap write off answers you know nothing about seriously anybody who is in networking will tell how much more stable a dedicated server is and how much less it will lag it is a significant amount and i was using resistance and warhawk as examples of dedicated servers the one with 40 players and no lag yea those two and when huxely comes out ill be proven wrong but i have facts of whats out now

lol another unproven ip is how the 360 is better i'm tired of hearing about these games that are supposed to work wonders that nobody has even heard of i list proven franchises and then you decide to attack the online portion instead and avoid my response who's really fighting

And to answer your question i dont own cod4 good you found a game without dedicated servers have a cookie but most ps3 games do and my friend does have it for 360 as well as other games they lag but i dare anyone to find lag in a game of warhawk if its there it is so much less that the human eye cant notice it these are games that are out now that prove the ps3 can do it and you talk about a game that will.

i play resistance 40 player one hit kills carbine/sniper with while someone is not playing using his ps3 as a dedicated server meaning that he is not in the game but is nice enough to leave his ps3 on all day as a server for others there is rarely ever any lag not to mention the official servers anyway if you play btb halo with 32 players all in the game who don't instantly quite from lag expect a lot lag the likes of which i have never seen surpassed

you shouldnt downplay dedicated servers if live had them it would play miles better

[Shankle]

What the f*ck are you guys doing in the gamer zone? get the hell out!!!

[sonarus]

agreed arguments of this magnitude shouldnt be allowed in the gamerzone but argurments will happen online no matter what. Better line ups are a thing is not a factual statement so someone can always disporove it. There is no way to make these ppl not argue in the gamer zone when someone makes a comment subtly attackin one console ppl on here will defend their console of choice. I love games but i prefer ps3 and i have both ps3 and 360 no wii though not a big fan. Everyone here has a preferred console for one reaso of the other its just that everyone is pretending to be more sensible about it than the rest. As from now when arguments are about to go down jst approach them pokemon style gamesrfun makes his stand and all of a sudden wild kevoncox appears if you know an argument is about to go now simply challenge each other into the open zone or you can pm urselves.

[dachiefsman]

agreed.......click the tab and go over....take your PS3 vs 360 garbage over there

[stunt213]

OMG this is the biggest new ever!!! a sequel to gears of war!! All this rumour about Gears of War i s so stupid obviously there i sgoing to be a sequel, teh first one sold 5 milliom

[Eclipse]

to refrain from flamewars please.

The ps3 seems to have the best lineup butMS always has tricks up their sleeves, Maybe in 2009 the xbox360 will have tons of games.

[Dr Pepper]

If you want to refrain from flamewars, why immediately bring up the "who has the better line-up" discussion?

[sonarus]

agreed maybe in 2009 but as of now based on the games we are aware of sony has the best games coming out. even with gears of war this wnt change unless gears 2 has a similar impact with gears 1. like i have stated before i have gotten tired of the unreal engine look. about a yr ago it was probably the best engine graphically but the 3rd parties that have used it really made some ugly lookin games that have made the unreal engine look a bit ugly to me. Dark sector not necessarily a bad lookin game but d graphics are ugly to me. However UT3 graphics werent so ugly so long story short Gears 2 needs more than graphids to impress. My biggest hope is longer campaign and some sick weapons and vehicles

@toughname below
yea gears was memorable it got me to purchase a 360 and i put a whole lot of hours but one game can't give you the best line up. personally the only game i am seriously anticipating off msoft exclusives is gaiden. If i see gears of war 2 and it blows me away then i guess i will become anticipated. The point though is one game cant give you the best line up. can give you the best game up but not line up. You need a diverse selection of possible AAA titles like white knight story, final fantasy, gran turismo 5, mgs4, resistance 2, killzone 2 the list goes on really but when i think of msoft as of now gears 2, ninja gaiden and maybe alan wake havent seen it really 2 get siked so i'll put a maybe too human nope and never played fable but i guess if you feel like you can toss it in there. The rest of the titles are mediocre exclusives as far as i can tell

[toughNAME]

I agree about the vehicles, but I wouldn't say longer campaign I'd say...a more open one.

And I'm just going to ignore that "needs more than graphids to impress" comment

[sonarus]

the reason i say it needs more than graphics is simple. Personally there have been 2 many games running on than engine and it has just made me get bored of the unreal engine look. Bioshock didnt really look all that like unreal engine though but a lot of other games did. Gears got a lot of attention cus of its amazing graphics. Gameplay was very solid as it paved the way for games like dark sector and uncharted so gears automatically goes dwn in history for that. However we need more campaign content not just a graphical upgrade is the point i am tryin to make. Epic is a great studio so i have no doubt gears of war 2 will be great but considering the impact 1 had i doubt gears 2 can achieve the same but we will see

[DrPirate]

Guys, do this in the open zone, there's no need for this comparison discussion.

The news article is about Gears of War, not Sony's lineup.

[BLUR111]

it kills the sony fanboys that gears 2 will and might be out this year and when it does, i cant wait to see the sales of it and then killzone lol.. omg u cant fuc with gears its a one of a kind.

[niall77]

Just think how it will be marketed.

gears of war Red Bull

gears of war burger king meal

gears of war, gears

[toughNAME]

If Microsoft can get his bad boy out this year then the Xbox 360 will have the best line up IMHO

I'm not even a big fan of this game (see my UR). But the amount of hours I put into the first one? Jesus.

[INehalemEXI]

It will be on PC as well though eventually, so that kind of steels the thunder of its exclusivity.

[pwnmaster3000]

not really i no lots of people who has gears dat didnt like it like me for example and it cant beat mgs4 lbp resistance and other ps3 line up

[Vanqu1sh]

Gears of War 2 is easily the biggest title for ANY system this year

[masterg]

No it's in the top 5. But with games like GTA4,MSG4,FF13,KZ2,RFOM2,LBP, just being in the top 5 is great.

Gears 2 is one of games I cant get to play quickly enough.

[HarryEtTubMan]

Gears 2 will be big but you are dumb if u already think Gears is THAT BIG of a franchise. It sold 4 million... which is VERY GOOD... but even Resistance: Fall of Man is about to pass 3 million now. MGS4 is going to sale VERY GOOD in the long run(this one is wayyyy more hyped because its on PS3 and snake is proabably goin to die...and the least selling MGS title is still 3.5 million with most selling around 5 million...very good lol.... and MGS4 is going to beat that or wither way sale very well...too many people want it). As will all those PS3 games be multimillion sellers (at least Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 and Little Big Planet....Gran Turismo, FF 13 and God of War 3 arent until 2009).

Gears will sale well... it wont be number one. Its not Halo. Killzone 2 is going to be HUGE. We haven't even seen anything yet... lol they are still hiding all the cool stuff. Its going to be a BIGGG GAME. I real the developers blog and he said it was HUGEEEEEEEEEE In EPIC SCALE and just how big the game is as a whole. Resistance has 2 CAMPAIGNS with one having 8 plater co-op and a differnet side story....dude thats sick, dont hate... just have all consoles like I do... so u can play al the best games. 60 player online? DUDE THAT IS AWESOME.

I really hope Gears is at least 16 player in some bigger map moeds or something....but I still want to play 4 vs 4 sometimes... variety is good. SSBB and Mario Kart will sales good.

The biggest saling game of next year though... will be 100% GTA 4.

[Rocko]

You vastly underestimate the selling power of Gears of War, the name is THAT BIG. If released this year it WILL be the #1 selling game 2008. You can quote me on that.

[INehalemEXI]

Gears has sold 4.94 million on 360. That puts it at approx. 122nd on the all time best selling Franchises list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

http://vgchartz.com/games/i...

Im sure it will sell well but its got competition.

[TheExecutive]

there is no way if gears 2 comes out this year its the best selling game on any system. You can quote me on that.

I can think of 3 games right off the top of my head that will sell more:

GTA4
MGS
GT5

[niall77]

start the comparasins ...... NOW!!!!

[Vanqu1sh]

MSG4 is a respected old series, but its nothing compared to Gears.

ps3 fans might disagree but Gears 2nd only to Halo, metal gear just isn't even close to being on the same level.

[zambrota]

are you normal or something. MGS4 ,FF13 are global phenomenon. these games would be million sellers across all territories.

R2,GEARS2 and KZ2 will be million sellers in USA and perhaps in Europe but definitely not in Japan.

MGS4 is the biggest title on any system if you are talking about global perspective

GTA4 is the biggest for NA in 2008

GT5 will be the biggest title in Europe in 2008

However i am assuming that FF13 is not coming out in 2008. If that comes out then surely it will be the biggest title on a global basis

However R2,KZ2 and Gears 2 will all sell well in USA

BTW

GTA,FF and GT are all bigger than Halo in terms of global sales and impact

[OMGLOLZ]

MGS4 is going to be incredible, maybe not Jesus' second coming, but damned good.

[jwatt]

You can't even compare Mgs and gears, I think the two you need to compare is Resistance and gears. Gow is a great shooter complimented with with some very pretty graphics but there were major glitches in the game. Cod4 is better than Gears and it feels wierd to say but I enjoyed Cod4 more than Halo.

Update: I actually think Killzone and Gears would be a even better comparison becuase both seem more slow paced. all though Killzone is yet to prove itself, after seeing the game footage I think it the online aspect will be good. So If some how the game is plagued with bad AI and story all that wouldn't matter online. Just the actually gameplay like watching your enemies go down with the hit response.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Technically COD4 kills Halo completely (other then servers).

Why the hell would you compare Gears to MGS? They are in two completely different genres.

Umm Vanquish wrong area you should be in Open Zone.

[llamaman13]

seems kinda "official"
but your right, m$ always has something up its sleeve. Always...

[OMGLOLZ]

Gears of War 2 - Killzone 2. Absolutely gorgeous, has a cover system.

Halo 3 - Resistance 2. Aliens, guns, alien guns, vehicles, neat online.

Ninja Gaiden 2 - God Of War 3. Gore, Gore, Gore, cutscene.

Alan Wake - Starcraft Ghost 3. Not coming. Not this generation. Too next -gen for it's time.

IMO

[zambrota]

NJ is a great game but there is no way you could compare it to GOW

Halo3 --r2 ---definitely valid comparison there

as for KZ2 vs GEARS 2 --no thats not valid .One will be the winner there . who it is we will know at GDC /e3

[OMGLOLZ]

Just general purpose and selling points.

[kewlkat007]

I just got this tingling feeling after reading the title....

Gears 2 will sell. No doubt, it will be the Halo 2 of the 360's generation..since I think the first one was "hyped" but it lived up to it. Especially for a "NEW IP" very Rare.

While this will likely come out 2009, or possibly be used to rain on Sony's parade with it's killer titles. Whichever..

I'm hoping

-4-player co-op
-Bigger Maps
-More guns
-More developed story

my pre-Order is good to go..as I type

[bozobucketeer]

4 player co-op, jesus. I thought the first one went by quick with 2 player co-op...

[niall77]

if the 360 cant outsell the ps3 with halo3, gears2 wont stand a chance

[cmrbe]

they will not expand the x360 audience. I doubt gear 2 will get more people to buy x360 as the majority of people waiting for it already have an x360. Halo 3 was a different story as it was the first Halo entrance into the x360 some xbox fans were waiting for Halo 3 to hit before the jump in. Gears is a different story. Gears 2 will increase sales but i predict it won't be much and it will not be sustain.

[kevoncox]

Lol Killzone will increase Ps3's userbase though?
You know what will improve the 360's user base? A price drop. it already has an amazing game library. It doesn't need to have another year like 2007. 2007 was one of the best years in gaming history. It's easy for ps3 fans to sit back and say....the xbox won't have another year like 2007....when the ps3 may never ever have one like it....

[Xbox is the BEST]

Total PS#3 6.84 million 360 7.16 million

source: NPD, EA FY08 Q3 Earnings Report, EnterBrain

[Chubear]

You taut that like it's a great thing.

People like you have to understand, it's not a great thing that the 360 is marginally out selling the PS3 at this moment in time.

Given the full year's head start, the 360 should, by now, be outright whooping the PS3 by siginficantly large margins - just like the PS2 did with the xbox - and it is not.
The writing's on the wall. We know what happened to the xbox so do you really want to be fooled yet again?

[robbo918]

I can't wait until the Xbots see NPD reporting PS3 outselling X360 which IMO is not far away. They are clinging to their last hope...North America like a life raft. Worldwide its been a couple months since the X360 outsold PS3. Either way its all opinions about this upcoming year but it should be interesting.

[Xbox is the BEST]

keep waiting you are use to that.

[robbo918]

So who's butt are you going to be kissing since Billy is leaving his post at Microsoft? The point you always seem to miss is NO SINGLE reporting source is 100% accurate. Keep preaching the gospel of NPD, my question is did you also preach its "facts" when PS2 was annihilating Xbox original??? This race is far from over and someday you might realize there is more to this world called Earth than just North America.

[texism]

@1.4
360 18 million units as of Jan 1st 08
PS3 10.5 million units as of Jan 1st 08

So 360 has sold almost double what the PS3 has. So yes, it is whooping the PS3's ass by a significantly large margin.

We shall not mention Nintendo in this.

[KinGJeFF]

Lets take another look at his "Sale Numbers"

360 18 million units as of Jan 1st 08
PS3 10.5 million units as of Jan 1st 08

Now with the 360 having A YEAR'S HEADSTART should be more than double of the PS3's??? Let's not forget that the highly anticipated Halo 3 launched more than 3 months ago.

Come back and post when the Ps3 meets its 2 year mark and compare that with 360's 2 year mark then we can talk numbers...for now ps3 has 360 beat.

If 360 was on par with Ps3's sales

Ps3=10.5 mil.+

360should=21 mil.+

[cmrbe]

Everyone knew it was coming.I wonder when though.I doub't they will be able to make it this year but then again with the engine already in place you never know. Shooter nuts must be thrilled with this news.

[DrPirate]

Trailer at GDC. Count on it.

[cmrbe]

but i doubt it. Its too early. I would say E3

[Boldy]

They will probably give us a teaser trailer that makes us go "what the hell is goin on" at the GDC and then give us the full out trailer for E3.

[AngelOFDeath]

this game is definetly coming but did anyone actually see the screenshot, that photo is fake as hell, the frickin barcode is copy n paste, i know its coming but not from that pic

[TwissT]

Gears 2 will look awesome play awesome and be awesome, Epic knows what they are doing.

[snakeak]

Isn't an "official-rumor" an oxymoron?

[BigBaehr]

False hope for an already less than stellar 2008, 360 lineup

[Rocko]

Begone troll, no douchebaggery here.

[Gamingshouldbefun]

honestly this is not a fanboy comment but why would you buy it? I mean graphics cant improve that much from geow1 if can at all, and gameplay will be same so in best case you are gonna pay 60$ for some new weapons and maps and a crappy story mode?

[ozsman]

what a stupid comment

[Nicosia]

You played the orginal GOW? It was total awsomeness! People say the story was crappy, but i like it. Gameplay=Awsome + good game moments. And your argument is not a very solid one, every sequal is a upgrade..if it aint a upgrade its the same game :)

[kewlkat007]

This guy must think every game that comes out is automatically improved in each and every "aspect" of the game.

Or sequals are suppose to be "Totally" New games..

This goes back to that DMC4 article about it not straying much from the "Formula".

Obviously some people need to lay off the games, and get a new hobby.

[bozobucketeer]

@gamingshouldbefun-
Your comment can be put against almost any sequel. God of War 2, basically the same idea as the original but a great game. MGS3(I'm not using 2 since I never played it through, the disc is scratched)was the same idea with that 3rd person espionage yet the 3rd installment was one of the best games I've played. So you can say what you did about any sequel but no one knows until the game is actually released so we can find out if its worth 60 bucks, 8 at blockbuster, or stealing it from a stupid friend who wasted his money.

[DrPirate]

This was official so long ago, I can't believe people are talking as if they are shocked.

Cliffy B's brother himself accidentally dropped that they were working on Gears of War 2.

This will be a big bombshell that Microsoft is counting on at GDC in February. Can't wait to see what they've done with the engine and the the Gears of War universe itself.

[games4fun]

i hope they give Epic some dedicated servers i hate the host advantage with shotgun its ridiculous at times

In fact instead of playing friends xbox for gears i will personally buy an xbox to go along with my ps3 if they add dedicated servers to gears 2

i am being completely serious on this

[DrPirate]

I agree, host advantage was a big problem.

I went to a friend's LAN a couple of days ago, we did some Rainbow 6: Vegas, and Gears of War.

Gears of War is great to play with friends and all, but hot damn, sometimes the shotgun would refuse to kill someone at point blank range, and my buddy would have enough time to do a quick turn and shotgun me to death.

Either way, Epic did create an interesting universe and the first game was great in a way that, it felt complete, and nothing was missing from it, yet there was potential for some great possibilities.

Either way, we'll see soon enough, it should be interesting for everyone.

[ngg12345]

Be cover story? This is pure speculation as of now.

[DrPirate]

That's because they don't have a story.

They have no information on the game, the magazine put it there to sell copies. Chances are: It's a quip or a: Stay tuned for Microsoft's Unveiling of this gory and visceral experience coming exclusively to an X-Box 360 near you!

[socomnick]

If this comes out this year it will absolutely destroy the competition.

Gears of war is the new king franchise.