Kill the rumor, next GoW will still be an Xbox 360 exclusive

If you follow gaming news, you can't get away from it. Countless rumors and speculation all hoping to see the Xbox 360 blockbuster title war over to the PS3. It's not going to happen so let's kill the rumor. Here's why.

[blitz0623]

I seriously thought it was God of War. They need new abbreviations. I thought God of War is the original GoW??

[Gandalf]

How many times do we have to go through this?

[LordMarius]

GoW = God of War
Geow = Geometry Wars
Gears = Gears of War

[itsralf]

i also hate how God of War and Gears of War are both abbreviated as GOW.
messes me up every time... i saw the title and was like, whaa? >.<

[Megaton]

GoW = God of War
Gears = Gears of War

Few stragglers still left behind mixing it up from time to time.

[Feral Gamer]

Only an idiot would get Gears of War and God of War confused. It's simple if you read the context. Quit being stupid.

[Xi]

MGS = Microsoft game studios
MeGS = metal gear solid... ?

I mean what's our demarcation for these specific abbreviations?

[Ravage27]

i thought they were entertaining the absurd idea of God of War coming out for the 360......well the xbox fans can keep this one, we have better 3rd person shooters - Uncharted 1 & 2

[AKNAA]

Is this just his assumption?? cause after skimming through the article I might have missed the part where EPIC states that the next gears will be a MS xbox exclusive game still?!

Anyway, can't wait for GOW to come out in march on the PS3!!

[Consoldtobots]

whew Im glad somebody finally came out and made an effort to stop this internet frenzy over gears going multiplat. /s

[barom]

Well if MS is hiring developers to support Epic with the next Gears. It does sound a bit logical that it would stay exclusive. It is still a theory I guess but it does have some ground.

[Final_Rpg]

dude, one's a game studio the other is a game. They are completely different beings therefore can share the same abbreviation. They aren't from the same category, Gears of War and God of War are.

[rockleex]

"MGS = Microsoft game studios
MeGS = metal gear solid... ?"

Nope.

1. Metal Gear Solid came out in 1998 and people have been calling it MGS since. Microsoft Game Studios were just created in 2002.

2. One is a game and the other is a game studio.

3. God of War came out on the PS2 in 2005 and was called GoW by people and the media for more than a year before Gears of War came out on the 360 in 2006.

4. We can call each game whatever we like. But the majority of people associate MGS with Metal Gear Solid, GoW with God of War, and Gears with Gears of War.

For example... MJ could stand for Mick Jagger, Michael Jordan, etc. But the majority of people use it as an acronym for Michael Jackson.

[Sarcasm]

Who even says it's going to the 360, my guess is the next GeOW will be a Xbox 3 exclusive!

[Guido]

Do we need journalists writing articles about silly fanboy rumors that we all know will never come true? I can see ME2 coming to PS3 (very unlikely however) but Gears? Never. That has been and will forever be an Xbox 360 exclusive... (and PC).

[gaffyh]

@1.6 - The demarcation is whatever abbreviation is older. GOW = God of War, because it was the original. MGS = Metal Gear Solid, because it was the original.

Gears of War is GeOW or Gears, but you can still figure it out from the context, it's just annoying to have more than one game using the same acronym.

[theEnemy]

here's another one, but it doesn't concern Gears though..

;P

[pixelsword]

When it goes to the PC (which was the rumor) it will no longer be exclusive to the 360. A PC isn't a 360, so exclusiveness will be lost; that's what exclusive means.

I almost feel the need to shoot this article down, as it's creating news, not reporting it with much accuracy.

[Xgamerzus]

Who cares UT3 mods has Marcus Phoenix and the Cole train ,you can kill them all day!!!
Plus if anyone has the balls to actually make a simple linear level and call it gears on UT3 do it!!!!!
Unreal engine is there for you!!WHo needs Epic!
But as far as im concerned Gears can be on PS3 and easilly beat the original if Epic knows their ASMP GPU Cell GPU code.
But do they??

[Xgamerzus]

Also Ever heard of Quantum Theory!!!
If these guys go out and get help from insomniac and others and learn how to leverage the power of PS3 this game might perhaps equal the efforts of GeOW

BUt at what cost?? who's funding this game if at all??
Im just hoping the game is just as good; and im betting it will be!!!
Massive bosses please !!and amazing cinematics!!!!! and variety of gameplay scenarios (drving tanks and aircraft and bombing missions, on creatures, would make it icing on the cage..GOOD luck Quantum theory!!!
Take it to GeOw!!!!adn M$!!!!!!!!!!

DO IT PRISE!! or FAIL and DISAPPEAR OFF THE FACE OF GAMING LIKE FACtor 5!!

[vhero]

The reasoning on the article is flawed though the reason people think its going multi-platform though is because Epic only have a2 game deal and going multi-platform isn't abandoning your market like the article states that's just a stupid, stupid thing to say if anything its expanding it. What a pointless article by a fanboy who s scared yet another exclusive will no longer be just that. Until we hear something from Epic we don't know anything. I think by now they would have come out and deny multi-platform though.

[D4RkNIKON]

Xbox fans need this game so we can't take it. Without it they only have HALO 1, 2, 3, Halo wars, ODST and soon enough REACH. All those games!

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

GoW = Gears of War
GodOW = God of War

simple

[IaMs12]

Im sorry but for those who got this mixed up with God of War, open your eyes! Theres a picture!

[Mr Logic]

Let's just start with the fact that I think Gears will remain MS exclusive.

But IMO this makes no Logical sense whatsoever.

"Rein wanted everyone to know that Gears of War 3 will be on the software giant's flagship console. Why? Because it don't make sense to jump ship, leave behind millions of fans and start afresh with a new base in the same generation."

IF and that's a big IF, Gears were to come to PS3 who came up with the idea that it would abandon the 360?

[Foliage]

I'm a huge Gears 1 fan, but Gears 2 blew chunks. The latest unreal also blows chunks. Epic is getting worse, so I don't expect much from Gears 3

More shiny wet textures, and more grayscale.

[Cajun Chicken]

No, no. It's coming out on PS3 early next year and will conclude Kratos' tale.

[LordMarius]

lmao +bubbles

[koehler83]

Aw ya beat me to it.

Bubbles for swiftness.

[Trebius]

Thank you VERY much for killing this rumor!

Because we OH SO BADLY want Gears of War on the PS3! OMG we are SO crushed by this news!

[AngryTypingGuy]

Yeah you're right. Marcus Fenix doesn't have long enough hair, and he's not wearing enough eyeliner for PS3 fans to want Gears on their console.

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

Actually, I beleive epic have stated that the next Gears will come out on next gen consoles, plus, they only signed a 2 game deal w/ MS initially. Whether or not they are going to work out another deal remains to be seen...

[robotnik]

man this blog sucks so much it's hard to believe, even the name is lame. It's worse than HHG.

[theDutchFella]

wtf does a PS3 owner need this game for anyway? We have more than enough AAA games out now and in the future.

[CrippleH]

As long as we got the Uncharted series it's all good.

[NoBias]

Yeah we have a lot of great titles on PS3 but we'd also be damned fools to not except other solid titles as well. Quit acting like such a stuck-up prick and start acting more like someone who likes to play games.

[shutupandplay]

Even PS3 fanboys are allowed to dream.

[Narutone66]

Don't want this game on the PS3.

[camachoreloaded8806]

people seem to give it to others when they approve of that person's comment...

[LordMarius]

you see that green circle + press it

[Shinro]

bubbles is a character from the Powerpuff Girls.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

....

[theEnemy]

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Seriously though, bubbles are this little comment icons here ^^^^^

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[MaximusPrime]

read this information - yes N4G guidelines do exist.
http://www.n4g.com/Info/Com...

look under "Bubble System"

[solidt12]

You know Bubbles. MJ's old Monkey.

[Gobuz]

No offense, but I'm pretty sure allot of PS3 owners aren't that bothered about Gears. If i wanted to play it i would have bought an Xbox, it's not like i don't have the money.

Xbox can keep gears, i got more than enough games to play.

What's all the fuss about?

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Both have great games and go both ways. I'm more than happy with my gaming log. I have non stop gaming since day one. Only one game that I would love to have on my 360 from the ps3 library and that is Demon's Soul. I love hard core games. But seriously, I'm behind as is.

Gears of War is the biggest new franchise of this gen. I'm sure some ps3 owners that aren't stubborn would love to have this.

[Parapraxis]

"Gears of War is the biggest new franchise of this gen"

Wii Sports.

[pokeystaples]

you are right!

[baum]

Banjo Kazooie 0.6 million
Ninety-Nine Nights 0.38 million
Ace Combat 6 0.72 million
Lost Odyssey 0.82 million
Blue Dragon 0.53 million
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 0.2 million
Too Human 0.64 million
Scene-It 0.53 million
Scene-It box office smash 0.46 million
Chromehounds 0.4 million
Shadowrun 0.39 million
You're in the movies 0.43 million
Lips 0.5 million
Prey 0.28 million
Tenchu Z 0.33 million
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise: 0.33 million
MotoGP '06, 0.26 million
Ninja Blade 0.17 million
Viva Piñata: Party animals 0.17 million
The Idol Master: 0.07 million
Leisure Suit Larry Box office Bust 0.07 million
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad 0.05 million
Lips #1 Hits: 0.04 million
Ridge Racer 6 0.2 million

(Timed "exclusives")

Ninja Gaiden 2 0.96 million
Tales of Vesperia 0.45 million
Alone in the Dark 0.39 million
Vampire Rain 0.15 million
Eternal Sonata 0.24 million
Overlord II 0.18 million
Overlord 0.41 million
Infinite Undiscovery 0.54 million
Star Ocean IV 0.55 million
Last remnant 0.59 million
Beautiful Katamari 0.26 million
C&C3:RA 0.29 million

[spinbot_lv1]

it's almost clear that microsoft inflate their numbers in pr statements.

[jack who]

sony fans talking bout sales? god plz no

[JeffGUNZ]

Whatever happened to; "we play games, not sales!" Hypocrite.

[Nac]

You got some great games among them "flops".

[DelbertGrady]

B-b-but teh PC!? Is not teh eksklusivs if on teh PC!?!

[table]

that's right soda. It's PC exclusive, not 360 exclusive... by your logic anyway.

[Silly gameAr]

Hmmmmm. I haven't heard any rumors about Gears coming to PS3 this year. I think that's pretty much a true XBOX 360 exclusive.

I don't believe PS3 owners are sweating over Gears coming to the PS3 anyway That's what I have an XBOX for. Have I missed an article or rumor about PS3 owners "hoping" that Gears 3 is coming to the PS3 or something?

[tehReaper]

I don't think there are any articles about it, but a lot of forums have posts about people wanting it to go multiplat.

Theres a few people on N4G that insist that Gears 2 will go to PS3 and Gears 3 will follow. Morganfell started the whole thing back when Gears 2 was coming out. He stated that he had "inside info" about it coming to PS3 and that he saw it running on PS3. I think EPIC actually had it running on PS3 but only for UE 3.5 purposes.

I don't know if Gears will go to the PS3 or not, and frankly, I don't care. I just want Gears 3 to come out eventually.

[MaximusPrime]

GoW? God of Wars?

*opens webpage*

ohhhh Gears of wars. should have been GeOW. So its exclusive to xbox 360? good. i dont want that junk on PS3.

[tehReaper]

Junk? How so?

Don't even mention the lag problem because it's gone unless the host is across the world from you. EPIC has kept it updated with title updates, and will continue to do so.

But yes, I would love for you to please explain to me how the Gears of War franchise is junk?

EDIT: No, sorry to you because Gears 1 and Gears 2 are my two most played games on the 360. If you play it often, you'd notice the HUGE improvements that have fixed some major issues Gears 2 had when it first launched. I'm American, and you know, it's funny, but I don't experience lag. You'd think I would, since I'm one of those "americans".

[IRetrouk]

sorry buddy but gears 1 and 2 are just as laggy as day one, the only time it aint is when there are no americans about and even then its iffy, i play it almost weekly and have never noticed the improvments you speak of.

[JeffGUNZ]

Maybe you should upgrade from dial-up.

[matta]

There's no dial-up in Europe.

[Alan Wake]

its not time exclusives

u have wrong list

ninja gaiden 2 sold more then 1 millions
link

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
&
http://www.videogamesblogge...

much much better thin ps3 version sells only 300k hehehehehhheeh

same flop in markting demos souls and R&C ..u say AAA title ??? My ass

[baum]

1 million - 0.96 million = 0.04 million

A -4% difference is significant to fanboys

BTW, 1 million is flop according to you retards, that's what you said when infamous crossed 1 million sales

[TheMailman]

But who wants GoW in PS3?

[Alan Wake]

plz crapstation fans keep dreaming of gears of war coming too ur suckStation 3

[TheTeam06]

Gears of War.... Hey! Isn't that the game that killed a bunch of 360s back in 2006-2007?!

[lonix]

If it weren't for DVD9 and xbox3maxxedout

[saimcheeda]

GOW=God of War
GEOW=Gears of War

[TheDesperadoKING]

And yes, Gears will come to PS3.

[ll_UNDERSCORE_ll]

I wouldn't mind Gears coming to the PS3 , but I doubt that will happen. Even if it would just be another crappy port, I would still rent it.

[miggza]

We need so be specific here. GoW is for God of War since it was the first game to hold the abbreviation (by the media and fans)

Now to the point: I wouldn't mind having gears on the ps3 (like above) also i don't really see it coming to the ps3. Although if it did, i would buy it.

One last note: I thought devs said that Gears 3 would be saved for the next gen? :| so it would not be an xbox 360 exclusive? meh what the heck.

[Meryl]

no offense intended but we have quantum theory(by tecmo) coming, so if we are really desperate we will play on that (with no awkward slowdowns lol), although i will be playing on quantum anyways...

[Condemnedman]

No offence but will you lot buy it ???

[pokeystaples]

i thought it was God of War for a second. sucks for those who want gears on the ps3, but i'm not interested so it's fine with me. :)

[riksweeney]

GoW3 will own GoW3

[Azerach]

Its a blog post.... about someone crying over rumours...

[devilhunterx]

Maria? MARIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! !!!!!!!

[pixelsword]

SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAKE!

(cue electronic heartbeat)

[devilhunterx]

!

(rev up the Lancer)

[rtonaey]

But you never know. I think the author makes some good points though.... If Microsoft is funding development of the next Gears of some way, it's almost impossible to ever see that game on the PS3...

[danfry]

What PS3 owner really gives a Fvck about Gears??? Forza maybe but certainly not gears.

[Somnipotent]

i could care less about either... forza? sorry... after all the poop they spewed about PD, they're not getting one cent of my money.

[keysy420]

youproved yourself wrong epic director couldnt have been talking about this gen in refernce to gow3 because he said he wanted i ton blu ray but Ms has clairfied that they won tuse blur ray so something must be up

[Darkfiber]

I f*cking hate lazy ass internet people who can't take the time to type out a few words and feel the need to have an acronym everything, then add to confusion and use the same acronym for a million different things and assume everyone else speaks retard and understands exactly what they are saying imho afaik

[kevin360uk]

Why can't we just type the full name of a game? Too lazy to type ?

[chidori666]

"gears 2 not coming for ps3"

ok I play it on pc improved ..;)

[XDF]

Can't wait to play Gears of War 2 on PC..oh wait...

http://kotaku.com/5056532/w...

:)

[NotSoSilentBob]

XDF

they also said the same thing with GeoW1 never coming to Pc yet look what happened with that. 9 times out of 10 you can't trust anything a Multi platform Dev says unless it is on a multi platform release.

[neeharb]

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[Ashriel]

nahh, PS3 only gamers are not missing too much if they have Uncharted 2 :3

[JeffGUNZ]

They are both great games, so yea, you're missing out on another great game.

[ViciousBoston]

Note to the publisher of this article if you read this... ITS GeoW now GoW. GoW is God of War.

[mondo1077]

God of War Was always a Sony exclusive, Now GEoW on the other hand is an XBox exclusive. As a gaming site, you'd thing you'd know something as simple as that. F0cking idiots.

[Somnipotent]

it will not be xbox 360 exclusive... the pc will get it sooner or later.

[Obama]

Would be funny if gears 3 still couldn't beat Uncharted 1 in the graphic department.

[JeffGUNZ]

How is that funny? If Gears 3 comes out this generation, I don't expect it to. Every gamer knows that the PS3 is capable of producing better graphics. It's kind of sad though, the graphics in Uncharted 2 are not too impressive for what the PS3 SHOULD be producing. IMO, I think Killzone 2 looks more impressive. Most people don't care soley on graphics. Take MW2 for example. The graphics are good, not the best at all, but good to compliment the AMAZING multiplayer and singleplayer experience. If graphics were the most impressive feature then how do you explain it selling so many copies and being the most anticipated game this generation? This game will easily sell 15 million worldwide within a year. You're telling me that all those people are wrong?

[josephayal]

i dont thing so, mass effect and gears coming to the playstation, 100% sure, gears 3 ps4 and mass effect 2 ps3

[memphis2]

Gears of war will be on ps3. It was like this when people say the rumor of Metal gear solid will be an ps3 exclusive and look what happen. It is now on the 360. there is no more exclusivity for both consoles anymore. think business people.

oh by the way it's not GOW...GOW is god of war.

[thehitman]

I wish we did have gears since thats is like the only series from 360 I wish I could play but be cool if had cross platform play. Wish all multiplatform titles had cross platform play I think gaming in general would benefit from that and be 10x more fun.

/Dream

[geoholyhart]

Dumb rumor to begin with. I love how so many people lack common sense.

[SportsFan]

Halo and Left 4 Dead...SURE, would love to see these as Playstation 3 games. (Just like 360 fans want Unchrted and Killzone.) However, Gears of War has run it's course (IMO), and part 2 has exposed this series as a "popcorn" film. If Gears 3 comes out....they will have to wait until Next Holiday or maybe even 2011. MW2, Bad Company 2, MAG, Bioshock 2, God of War 3, Mass Effect 2, 2010 COD game, Final Fantasy, The last Guardian, GT5, Resistance 3, Killzone 3, Splinter Cell, Heavy Rain, Alan Wake, and the Next GTA (although I'm not fan of GTA games) are going to the only games that get run...over the next year or so.

[divideby0]

Good...havent bought a game for my launch 360 since Gears2. I need to buy some games for the 360...Gears and Alan Wake, so I hope they dont go to the PS3 or I might as well sell my 360.

[Asuka]

Played Gears 1, never played Gears 2, but i want too. Whether Gears 3 is multiplat or not doesnt really bother me. As long as i get to play it at some point, that's all that matters to me lol!

Though i do hope (and more than likely will) Gears 3 gets a PC version. =]

[SlaughterMeister]

Gears is boring anyway, I really don't enjoy it.

[devilhunterx]

Quantum Theory anyone?

[Odin777]

I didn't even know this was an issue, quite honestly.

[earthbounding]

Everyone thought it was God of War too! Heheh. Good thing it's Gears of War. I don't really care ;)

[Bizmal]

Gow is a lagfest thats not worth playing. Gow 1 and 2 have always been caught in the shadow of the lagy trashy online play of XBL. XBL lags for 50 bucks.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Just a quick browse thru your comments and most of them are cry sessions about lag. Why don't you stop tieing 2 cans together with string for an internet connection and stop blaming the games.. You seem to have a problem with your setup.

[electricshadow]

Meh. I played both Gears on the 360, didn't really appeal to me. There are enough games coming out on the PS3 and PC to keep me busy.

[MajestieBeast]

With all the great ps3 exclusives do we really need Gears i like the franchise and all but keep it on the 360 so it doesnt just stand in my room gathering dust.

[The GOAT]

Wasn't there an article not too long ago that said the Gears 3 will not be around until next gen, on the next Xbox?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Of course it's not.. Any more than Resistance 3 will be on the 360.

Total laughs at the people saying they don't want this great game. It's your opinion and that is fine but I would personally trade any game on my PS3 except Uncharted for Gears.

/dumb founded by the amount of stupid comments regarding the acronym I mean WOW! Ooops.. Can I say WOW?? or would you freakin idiots think I was talking about World of Warcraft.. geesh.

[Nac]

Even as a 360 owner I dont want a third, two was terrible. Campaign made no sense.