Rumor 101: Gears of War 3 in Production?

Gameguru.in "Well, we managed to dig up a few profiles that might point to the development of the Gears 3. This includes a outsource art company guy James Paick who has previously worked on Uncharted 2 and is also working on Sucker Punch's unannounced title (pointing to the resurgence of Cole or Sly). The next profile of Kevin Chen reveals he recently started working on "Character Design and Style Guide creation for new unannounced game." The important thing to note that both these individuals have been hired and working on it over the last few months."

[blue7xx7]

It doesn't actually say gears of war 3 it just says "New Unannounced game" so it could be anything but yeah I think everyone knows Gears of War 3 will be made.

[donstar]

People can fly is working on the next action game...that leaves Epic to work on their next game which has to be Gears 3...Unless they are working another unreal...

[Niles]

Have been working on the game for two months now...This is a game which has gone past pre production, they would not hire a concept artist at a final of a mid stage to work on art...I ve a feeling this is GeOW 3

[Nihilism]

I'm 99% sure that EPIC said the next gears would be on the next console and that it would use Unreal Engine 4

[Nihilism]

http://au.xbox360.ign.com/a...

"The wait for Gears of War 3 could be longer than expected, with Epic Games President Mike Capps saying it will be released on the next generation of consoles "

wow another disagree, someone sure is upset about not getting gears 3 any time soon, have a nice wait douchebag

[thehitman]

Its releasing in 2010 on 360 on UE3.

[bacon13]

REVIVE ME!

[Nihilism]

got a link for that?

[likedamaster]

"REVIVE ME!"

lol.

As a Gears fan, I hope they do wait till next gen or UE4 till they drop the Gears 3 Megaton. Dedicated servers was mentioned for the next Gears so no more lag online. (Cliffy B. on the last kotaku podcast)

[IaMs12]

Just because it suppose to come out on for the next generation Xbox doesnt mean its not in production. There are already companies that are working next gen games, of course they are far out there but still doesnt mean they cant work on it. I say start working on it now, because that gives them like 4-5 years before they release it, which means they have time to make a great story, graphics, and gameplay that they can tweak.

[WildArmed]

"If we ship a game in the next few years, it'll be Unreal Engine 3," he said, "If we ship a game on next [generation] consoles, it will likely be Unreal Engine 4."

=/ well.. i hope he doesn't use that same stupid chainsaw from the last announcement.
After seeing how they implemented 'chainsaw' battles.. the chainsaw gun theme got really lame really fast.

But would love another Gears. Just about had enough of Gears 2 horde mode lol

[DeadlyFire]

Of course its Gears 3. If not then it is something else. Likely it could be Nano.Strike. Epic could be saving Gears 3 for Unreal Engine 4 release. You never know. They did patent Nano.Strike earlier this year.

[Anon1974]

The first was excellent and 100% upped the bar on what the 360 was capable of. Gears of War 2 just raised that bar higher, and, in my opinion, absolutely nailed what co-op should be in a game.

I've got high hopes fore Gears 3.

[XboxOZ360]

Cliff and crew have been working on GOW 3 since 3 months prior to the release of GOW2 last November.

I spoke with him while he was in Sydney for the launch of the game, and it was obvious they were already working on its sequel, as well as another title, which was the XBLA title released during this year.

ALL game in sequel franchises start their following title approx 3-6 months out from the release of the cominig title. One section of the team that has been dealing with character design, level design etc who have finished their job, take a break of a few weeks, then begin the continuation of the game, refining it for the next iteration.

This is true of ALL sequels, with no exceptions.

This allows shorter lead up time for the following games title, and has the team working on product to ensure the team is active, and no sections of the team/s are left with too much free time. All of which costs money for the developer, and the publishing side of the firm (which is run separately) wants to make sure its $$;'s are spent in the right areas.

So rest assured, early in 2010, we will hear some announcements about Gears Of War 3, during the first quarter actually. Plus some news on the Gears Of War Movie Cliff was talking about when he was here as well.

The game will of course be looking at taking advantage of their new engine, which is romoured to be hitting the scene sometime late in 2010, which would fit in with a very late 2010 or 2011 release for the game. Simply because the engine is not "officially announced" does not mean they are not working on said game. The engine in fact is well underway, as it would be of course, and the game is also well underway.

By Next Gen Consoles they do not mean a brand new lot of machines, but the use of different CPU/GPU's in these machines which will give their new engine great flexibility.

The unified CPU/GPU in the Xbox platform is said to be the start of the Next-gen Xbox, and will be including the Natal hardware into the unit. Which is also well underway. The name of that motherboard is Valhalla.

[skagrerrrr]

no gears of war 3 for me

[Saaking]

Wow, another comment deleted for no reason. There WAS an article a few days ago saying Gears 3 would come out next gen. That was a FACT. I then said that was a good thing since if it came out right now (unless it was a PS3 or PC exclusive) it would not be able to outdo Gears 2 (look at Gears to Gears 2 comparison and you'll see). How is that trolling or bashing or insulting?

[82211986]

will be bloody awesome...

[10000]

........OR A CHEAT HAVEN LIKE MODERN WARFARE 2

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Well of course. It's the most successful new IP that came out this generation.

[ShabzS]

its ONE OF the most successful ip's to come out this gen... definitely

[Anon1974]

I didn't think there was any argument about that. Others might have point to some other IP's as potentially being better games and could probably make a good argument but if you're talking critical acclaim AND sales, there's no other new IP that comes close to my knowledge.

[SuperStrokey1123]

I guess if you dont count modern warfare as "new" (i wouldnt) then I would agree with it being the most successful. What else even comes close?

[Karum]

Maybe not in terms of sales but I think Uncharted certainly comes close in terms of critical acclaim...the first game maybe not so much but the franchise overall surely does.

Personally I just think it's awesome that there have been a few awesome new ip's across pc/ps3/360 over the last few years., looking forward to their sequels and hopefully even more awesome new ip's.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

Expect another downgrade bots.

[nix]

doesn't everyone know this?

if GeOW comes as a strategy game then, it would have been worthy of rumour. would be even a bigger rumour story if it went multiplatform that is PS3, not PC.

[Droid Control]

lame characters and plot. Pathetic onrail gameplay. Yuck!

Its like a PS1 game with a fresh coat of paint.

Why are the 3 biggest M$ games this gen so crap?

Halo
Gears
Fable

All major disappointments.

[AngryTypingGuy]

They're only disappointments in your feeble little mind, fanboy. If you couldn't tell by sales, reviews and the online traffic generated by those games, they were all major successes and are very popular. Are there any 360 games, you do like? For anyone that can't say anything good about the "other" console, their opinion is irrelevant because it's completely biased.

[ThePostalDudeX]

The new unreal engine is already made for the next generation of consoles so why not? I will be picking it up when it is released that's for sure! should be interesting how they end the series.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

I am all washed up with gears games. The multiplayer seems to get worse and worse.

[dabri5]

What about the single player? Am I the only one who gets excited about these games for the single player and think about the multiplayer as an extra?

[Anon1974]

I almost never touched the multiplayer on these games. It just wasn't my thing - nothing against those who liked it. For me it was all about the campaign mode - played with an extra player. The co-op in the campaign mode of both games was an absolute blast.

[Karum]

I'm not big on competitive online modes in shooters, some of them I enjoy but not all. I'd be all over online co-op and local co-op though.

I like good single player campaigns though, which is one of the reasons call of Duty no longer interests me...that game's bread and butter is all about the competitive online mode these days.

[IRetrouk]

I agree, I want some good single player games, there are some good ones out next year though, God Of War 3, heavy rain, splinter cell, alan wake, Gran Turismo 5, plus more i cant think of now, I miss the ps2 days to be honest.

[thehitman]

for 2010 release and they are usually on point w/ game release dates

[Halo_Reach]

But u cant Shooters as Good as Xbox owners.

NO HALO and Gears FOR You ... Losers!

[AngryTypingGuy]

"Because YOU english SUCKS"

You put the MORON in oxymoron.

[Halo_Reach]

Halo Reach and Gears of War 3 in the same year ??

Keep Dreaming.

[SuperStrokey1123]

That would be awesome.

[hamoor]

to be on next gen.....or ps3 exclusive

[gtamike123]

Lag of War 3

[Convas]

I know this is off-topic, but If Sucker Punch announces Sly 4, I will strip my Savings account bare and get a PS3 Slim. Immediately. No questions asked.

[Karum]

I'd like to have Gears 3 next November for sure, no earlier than that...too much awesomeness in the first part of the year already.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

but I wouldn't doubt it if MS pays enough to change Epics mind and get it to come out before their creative wishes, as the game is a cash cow for MS. I'd personally rather have Epic take another stab at another new IP... they did it and did great with Gears, why not try something else new and fresh? I'd be excited to see what they could do!

[Stevo35]

This is some great breaking news. A popular game coming out with another version! No way!

Let me start some more rumors: They are working on UC3 and MW3 and heres a good one... bioshock 3, and 2 isn't even out.
If they decide to come out with another pac-man, ok, thats news but this is just common sense!

[dkgshiz]

Never seen what was so great about it. Just your average old shooting experience.

[Droid Control]

AngryTypingGuy said:

'They're only disappointments in your feeble little mind, fanboy. If you couldn't tell by sales, reviews and the online traffic generated by those games, they were all major successes and are very popular. Are there any 360 games, you do like? For anyone that can't say anything good about the "other" console, their opinion is irrelevant because it's completely biased.'

I say, BS! Unlike you, i make up my own mind about a game. Reviews are simply opinions of others, same with sales. Thats why crap like trasformers does well at the cinema. Financial success does not mean a product is quality, and neither does the sales data from a few million chav kids.

I'm not a fanboy, i have a 360, i'm just dissapointed that the best game this generation HEAVY RAIN is not on it. Luckily, i also own a PS3, thereby making me a true unbiased gamer.

And i say that the 360's exclusives ALL suck in my opinion.

Don't like that? I don't care!
Except it loser and except that for all the people that like queers of war, there are also millions of gamers that want more mature intelligent gaming from their systems.

[pshizle]

expecting on next gen consoles.

would like to see a new title from them.

another Unreal would not be that bad.

[Platinum_k]

PLEASE i love this game... i wanna see what it will look like full potential to PS3