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Monday30th Sep 2024
News Space Marine 2 Heavily Influenced By Gears Of War, Dev Always Wanted To Make 'A 360 Sequel'
"We wanted to make a perfect sequel"
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is turning out to be a surprisingly huge hit for developer Saber Interactive, with ideas about a third game already floating around at the studio just weeks after the sequel's launch. Having said that, the second game was a long time coming, but the team says that it always had a...
Monday3rd Jun 2024
News Former Xbox Boss Reminisces About Gears Of War's 'Groundbreaking' Mad World Trailer
"Kudos to the teams"
Less than a year ago we ranted and raved about how much we liked the direction of the first Gears of War game, and we're definitely not the only ones that still have strong feelings for that era of Gears. The first game in the series, and also its Mad World marketing campaign have gone on to become iconic, and former Xbox boss...
Tuesday9th Apr 2024
Random Gears Of War Creator Reminds Fans He Can't Revive Games He Doesn't Have Rights To
"Please stop asking me"
The Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has previously voiced his interest in returning to the series, but he's recently taken to social reiterate that it's mostly out of his control. Here's what he had to say in his latest post (via social media): "Please stop asking me to bring back games that I don't have the rights...
Wednesday24th Jan 2024
News Gears Of War Creator Says He Rejected A PG-13 Movie Proposal
"I'm like 'No, screw you guys'"
Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski recently appeared on the 'Xbox Expansion Pass' podcast, reflecting on a funny story about the original plans for a blockbuster Gears of War movie. According to the industry legend, also involved in series' such as Jazz Jackrabbit, executives wanted to make the ultra-gory Gears...
Tuesday31st Oct 2023
News Gears Of War Needs A 'God Of War-Like Reboot', Says Original Lead Designer
Cliffy B weighs in on the state of Gears
Cliff Bleszinski has always been synonymous with the Gears of War franchise - the original trilogy's lead designer was the primary public figure for those games during the Xbox 360 days. Since then, 'Cliffy B' has been off doing his own things, but he's always happy to talk Gears, and in a new interview with...
Monday24th Jul 2023
News Microsoft Seems To Have Improved More Xbox 360 Matchmaking, This Time With Gears Of War
COD saw big improvements earlier this month
Recently, Microsoft made some backend changes to how Xbox 360 era Call of Duty matchmaking worked, and the successful tweak brought thousands of players back in their droves. However, the move doesn't appear to have been exclusive to the Call of Duty series, as players are beginning to see improvements...
Saturday7th Jan 2023
News Gears Of War Returns In 2023 With A New Card Game
The Locust Horde is back in a physical card game
It's been a while since Gears of War fans had something to be excited about, so what are the plans for 2023? Well, it appears there's a new card game "coming soon". The catch is that it's not actually a video game, but instead a physical card game made by tabletop specialist, Steamforged Games. This...
Thursday3rd Nov 2022
News Gears Of War Creator On Sale To Xbox: 'Epic Didn't Really Know What To Do With The Franchise'
So Microsoft took charge
Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski recently chatted with IGN about his new book 'Control Freak', and as usual, Gears was a major talking point. In one segment, he touched on the sale of the franchise to Microsoft in 2014 - mentioning how Epic didn't really seem to know what to do with the series after he left alongside...
Friday27th May 2022
News Gears Of War Designer Talks The Struggles Of Launching On Xbox 360
Before it went on to become a flagship Xbox game!
Way back in 2006, the current behemoth that is Epic Games created Gears of War, an iconic Xbox franchise in this day and age. However, back when the first game was in development, Epic was a very different company made up of a much smaller team. Gameplay designer at the time, Lee Perry, has now sat...
Friday4th Mar 2022
News Gears Of War Movie Announcement Coming 'Very Soon' Says Batman Producer
Lancers at the ready
Hints at a Gears of War movie have floated around for over a decade at this point, and we've still got nothing to show for it! However, that might be about to change. In a new interview with The Digital Fix, The Batman producer Dylan Clark, who's also working on the Gears movie, hinted that news is coming. While Clark said he...
Sunday7th Nov 2021
News Can You Believe It? The Gears Of War Series Is Now 15 Years Old
Happy Birthday, Marcus Fenix
It might still feel like yesterday since the original Gears of War game was released on the Xbox 360, but it's actually been 15 years now. Yes, that's right - on 7th November 2006, Cliff Bleszinski and the team at Epic rolled out Marcus Fenix's very first title. The game went on to become one of the best-selling Xbox...
Wednesday21st Oct 2020
News Gears Of War Creator Says He's Got Some Ideas For A 'Little' Game
"the success of Fall Guys and Among Us give me hope"
Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has previously mentioned how he wouldn't mind returning to the video game industry. At the start of the year, he even offered to help Microsoft out with the sixth Gears game - explaining how he had some unfinished business. Now, in a recent Facebook post...
Wednesday20th May 2020
News Gears Of War Creator Admits "It Was A Mistake" To Release LawBreakers On PS4 Instead Of Xbox
Lesson learned
Back in 2017, Boss Studio Productions (co-founded by Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski) launched a first-person shooter called LawBreakers. If the name doesn't ring a bell, it's because it was only released on PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. Where are we going with this? Well, following on from his Twitter discussion about...
