Rumor: Gears of War 3 in Development for Fall 2010

The latest EGM has a rather juicy rumor. Seems that Cliff and the guys at Epic are already hard at work on Gears of War 3 for the Xbox 360. Word is there are plenty of tweaks in the works to the engine and a new 5 player co-op experience. If true, Microsoft has at least another sure fire hit for next fall.

[STFUAJPG]

:O!

[Danja]

well that would be good for M$ if they can get Gears 3 out next year , but if they're gonna be using the same engine then I fear they're wont be much improvement over Gears 2

[Mikelarry]

the multiplayer is gonna play like gears of war 2 then i think ill pass till it becomes dirt cheap

[SuperM]

Lets hope they dont rush it, they will need more then a year to finish both versions of the game :P

[rhood022]

They could use the exact same engine and do nothing to the game other than rework some levels (I mean, so far the Gears universe as been contained to a few key locations so it's not like they would have to create all new environments). All they would really need to do is make new cut scenes and maybe add some new weapons and it's definitely possible for a year turnaround.

However, even if they don't add anything new other than the 5 player co-op, and it is literally "Gears 2.5" it'll still be considered the second coming.

[SullyDrake]

Because Halo Wars (ROFL) is all they have for 2009.

[Rhoic]

And Splinter Cell, Halo 3: ODST, Star Ocean, Alan Wake, Mass Effect, Forza Motorsport, Ninja Blade, Velvet Assassin, Huxley, etc.

And lulz... SOULJA BOY!

[SullyDrake]

Splinter Cell: Conviction, Mass Effect 2, and Star Ocean IV are not 100% confirmed exclusives, and the rest don't matter.

[gaffyh]

It will be 2010, unless they use the exact same engine and graphics they have now.

[MiloGarret]

From the article:

"[EDIT] - Seems it’s not 09 but 2010, which sure as hell makes a lot more sense. Well nice to know that the 360 has at least 2 more years in it."

There, now quiet.

[likedamaster]

You are such a fanboy. So why is the crappy Unreal Engine 3 licensed so much? It's been updated since Gears 1 on PC, and Gears 2 is running on an updated version(you wouldn't know), higher polygons on all characters, vehicles, weapons, environments, etc. not to mention destructible environments and all that jazz. The unreal engine doesn't chill and stagnate it evolves. Also, Unreal Engine 4 should be ready by next gen(soon). Gears 3 is not coming next year as the update now states, God forbid! we are still playing Gears 2.

A reminder to all fanboys: Gears 2 recently hit 3 million sold mark in four weeks, while Gears 1 hit that number in 10 weeks. Good for you Microsoft and of course Epic!

http://www.edge-online.com/...

[Danja]

UE3 is outdated dude...if they made Gears using the same engine they did for GEARS 2 obviously the game wouldn't be much of an improvement over Gears 2...it's a known fact..

Gears 2 wasn't even that much of an improvement over the 1st Gears graphical other than it had better lighting and more colors and bigger environments..destructible environments and vehicles...which can be found in just about every other war game...

and I made my comment before the article was updated , and I didn't state ne thing bad about the game....and I will say it again the UE3 is OUTDATED..!!!

[mikeslemonade]

HAHA Gears 1.9 is coming out in Fall 2010. I don't see how it will look any better than Gears "2". What can they really add? The difference is Resistance 3 will be bigger and look better because the PS3 right now is only using less 60% power.

[vhero]

who cares when its out as its gonna be multi platform as MS only had a license for 2 games as they didn't think the series was gonna be so big hahaha btw before you fanboys start that was a FACT google it.

[BattleAxe]

I wonder when they'll anounce the PS3 version........

[Koolaid]

The people saying "oh it won't look any better than gears 2" are idiots. I'm guessing those people are ps3 fanboys, and don't even play gears. If so, then your opinion in this topic means jack anyway. If you were a gears fan, you wouldn't even care. I couldn't care less if it looks the same as Gears 2. I don't care if it only has one new gameplay machanic. If it aint broke don't fix it. Gears is awesome. End of. Epic will no doubt top the Gears 2 campaign. You ps3 people can say what you want, every point you try and make is pathetic. You don't have a leg to stand on. I'll be enjoying Gears 3 when it comes, along with millions of others.

[interrergator]

hope the ending is alot better and hope and the multiplayer could use a little work

[RemmM]

They are just rushing out sequals to make more $$$$! Its a waste.. especially on the 360. They should wait for the X Box 720.

[ia_studio]

check this if you want to know what gears 2 is.
http://www.newgrounds.com/p...

it's a video from JohnnyUtah you'll like it

[LevDog]

HAHAHAHA at above.. Thats hella funny..

[TheColbertinator]

Nice juicy rumor there.Hope its good

[ps3Owns360]

360 only have gears to survive.like seriously 360 only have gears 2 and fable 2.SONY BUY THE COMPANY EpiC!.OR HAVE A RELATIONSHIP with them.then epic can show the real limits of gears 3 on the ps3 engine.cliffy is a ps3 fan but again he has to obey his contract with microsoft.lol yesterday on G4 channel cliffy said he would love to put gears 3 on ps3 to show all of his ideas that cannot be showed on 360.

[jcfilth]

and coming to PS3 :o lol

It will be a rushed mediocre game with nothing new or innovative like every other 360 game, a move of desperation by Microsoft just to fill up a little that big empty space in 2009 of no games. They will not care if its mediocre or not since they know that, if their costumers were stupid enough to by a faulty console and pay to play, they would buy a game that adds nothing new or better than the others, they know the name will sell by itself along with their well known overhyped-marketing strategy.

[BLUR111]

lmao.

and also they claim 360 will not have EXCLUSIVES in 2009. Oh but let's just let the year 2009 hit please and then what will they say next.

[Capt CHAOS]

They are all sitting around, waiting for xmas to arrive. All 100 odd (or more people) just sitting around, drinking some sherry and mince pies.

Durgh..

I'd be surprised if atleast ONE person wasn't already working on the designs of gears of war 2, 3 months ago..

[Bon Scott]

Another devastating blow to the POS3 and the gaystation nation next fall.

Sucks to be a PS3 fanboy these days.LOLOLOL

[SONYSLAVE]

but hey we spin the heck out of n4g news we are still good right

TAKE ALL 360 USER BUBBLES AWAY NOW!!! hehe ps3rd rules we win

sales don't mean anything people just buy crap that aint a dr0id you xbugs fail in 2009 with alan wait.

RROD Xbots! RROD Now let me go and watch a anime porno

JAPAN FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!! >_<

[ELite_Ghost]

stfu 1 bubble boys!!! LOL

[Panthers]

Pumpin them out. I hate this. At least take enough time to make a significant upgrade.

[SuperM]

Yea 2009 sounds like atleast a year to early. Before we know it Gears of war is the new need4speed. It will sell like hotcakes though, but lets hope epic is not trying to take advantage of that and will make a significant upgrade instead.

Edit: I actually think they might just make some sort of expansion though for next year. Could be the Gears2 announcement on the VGA show. Tbh i think MS might be a little concerned about their lineup vs sony in 09, so it wouldnt surprise me if they pushed epic to make an expansion or something, so they have some more stuff to give out next year.

[JeffGUNZ]

Well yeah, I expected a 3rd GoW when they said it was going to be a TRIOLOGY

[shovelbum]

Now we know when the Xbox 720 releases - Fall 2010.

[pixelsword]

Must be a new character, or the redshirt...

Either way, interesting development... and in '09 at that.

[cl63AMG]

already? they got 2 years dev time for gears 2...just seems like fall 09 seems a bit too soon...but then again this is just a rumor

[elorm9]

Maybe they worked on the two games at the same time.

[deeznuts]

Gears 1.75 apparently if they can spit it out that fast.

;)

I just finished Gears 2. I enjoyed it quite a bit (single player). IF they can push out another one that is different enough to be enjoyed. I say why not.

[Mcrmarcher]

Hope its true, however i hope they dont rush it and make a balls of it.

[Fishy Fingers]

Nice! Although I hope they get all the time they need. 12 months (probably slightly more) work on an Engine the lead already stated they thought had maxed out the console seems too little. Id like to see a bigger leap over Gears 2 than that was over Gears 1. I'm not sure that would give them enough time.

Also that's contract over I believe, Id rather it went out on a high (although spin offs are guaranteed).

[Foxgod]

Maybe they started developing Gears 2 and Gears 3 at the same time.
Its always possible that Epic put two teams down on building Gears games.
One developing Gears2, and the other Gears 3, kinda what EA does for COD.

[Fishy Fingers]

Personally, that wouldn't sit well. Basically that means Gears 2 could have been more than it was no? But I'm not sure that's going to be the case, they're working on UE4, UT3 expansion (huge according to Rein), Gears 2 (at the time) and I'm not sure they'd have a separate team on Gears 3. That would be in the hands of the Engine team if anything, optimizing, perfecting, implementing new systems into the engine for future games, such as Gears 3.

Let's be far, there's been zero evidence to support that, my guess would be that work began once 2 finished..

[Foxgod]

A game could always be more, devs can either have more people working on it, or delay a game by a year to add more content.

Heck, they could even make movies 6 hours long instead of 1.5 ~ 2.

We had an 8 hour GeoW2, and if we get another 8 hour GeoW3, then thats just fine with me.

[Mozilla89]

Don't mean to nitpick and all but EA has nothing to do with COD, you're thinking of Activision.

[Foxgod]

yeehaw, that would be awesome.

[Daz]

they could had a small team buiding it while gears 2 was being made. you never know :P

[steck67]

Already? I hope they don't rush it out and release GeoW3 in 2009.

[farhsa2008]

PS3 here i come!!!!

[hazeblaze]

Wow, for them to bang out another sequel that quickly sounds like an Epic FAIL to me! It's already going to be hard enough for them to squeeze any extra strength out of the UE... but Epic has never been one good at rushed releases.

[Omega4]

Gears 3 and Halo: ODST both for Fall 09 i doubt that unless MS is going for overkill

Gears 3 will likely come 2010 at the earliest or it will be a xbox 720 launch title, unless they are planning to make an expansion of gears 2 like Halo 3

[DiabloRising]

I have to agree.. though I really don't want to start thinking about the NEXT generation of gaming already! I feel the 360 and the PS3 have a lot more to give us before their successors come along.

[NovusTerminus]

I must say that a one year turn cycle might not turn out to good. Unless they had another team working on GeoW3 while GeoW2 was being mad. But still It makes me worry about the quality of the game with a one year cycle.

Though this is a rumor, and I don't believe it anyways.

[LittleBigKillzone]

Once Killzone 2 comes out, it will make Halo and Gears just that much more insignificant. If you dont believe me just listen to the latest 1up yours podcast and the guy on 1up that said he played Killzone 2 was asked if it looked better than even Gears of war and he replied immediatley with a "oh yea, Miles better" another site that has played Killzone 2 say that when you go from playing Gears and go to play Killzone 2, it feels like the next generation of console gaming has started because thats how good Killzone 2 looks and plays.

Gears is getting tired, Its not even #1 anymore on xbox live. I use to love Gears 1 online but After watching countless Killzone 2 videos, it has spoiled me greatly and Gears just looks laughable in comparison. So go ahead MS, Keep releasing the same rehashes of Gears and Halo ever year, im sure you 13 year old mindless 360 fanboys will continue to buy

[Lord Xire]

Good now STFU

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Do you know where I've heard this before? When Killzone 1 came out. Remember all the Halo killer talk, it was happening because of people like yourself saying unproven crap about a game that isn't out.

Please for your own sake stop saying Halo or Gears will be downplayed, killzoned or anything because year after year Halo and Gears continue to beat the crap out of the FPS and TPS genre. CoD4 is the only game that has been able to match up and nobody made the claims like you are for KZ2 before it was released.

I'm sure KZ2 will be amazing and it should end there. Let history be the judge if KZ2 trumps Halo or Gears.

[ShadowRyuX]

I think the 17+ crowd will really like Killzone 2 and it may even replace CoD4 for PS3 owners and even some 360 owners who jump ship. And as for Gears and Halo, well those are two completely different ballparks and appeal to different crowds.

First Halo is a lot different than KZ2 and appeals to a different crowd, which is mostly people that for the most part shouldn't be playing the game. It is gravityless, "fake", and colorful...

Next Gears is an completely different genre (One that doesn't appeal to me but in rare occasions) so for me KZ2 will DESTROY GeoW2 but for others it won't and may not even be a mention.

[Figboy]

WTF are you talking about? and what does it have to do with Gears of War 3?

please, just shut up and take your propaganda elsewhere.

anyway, i don't think it would be a good idea to release Gears 3 next year.

12 months is plenty of time to develop a game when you have an engine in place (which, naturally, Epic games does), but yearly releases genuinely suffer from a "didn't we just play this LAST YEAR?" syndrome.

look at Resistance and Resistance 2. two year dev cycles, and R2 is LOADS better than the original. i think if R2 had released last year, there wouldn't have been that big of a gap (i'm not referring to the visuals, by the way, but the actual gameplay of the game).

2 years seems to be the sweet spot for dev times, although 3 or 4 year dev times can be beneficial, but usually those types of dev cycles happen during console transitions, when the developer is creating the engine they will use throughout that generation.

i think Epic should let Gears 3 stew for 2 years, which will give them adequate time to focus on more gameplay improvements, if it's true that they've "maxed out" the 360 for the series visually (hard to believe, honestly. developers ALWAYS find new tricks. just look at the difference between FFX and FFXII, and Square thought they pushed the PS2 to it's limits with FFX).

on a completely unrelated topic, my fiance just had her 6th (SIXTH!) kid in Fable 2. Julia, Ian, Debbie, Liz, Jack, and Georg. the lady just doesn't know how to use protection. good thing she owns Castle Fairfax now.

[Ital50Stal]

KZ2 will be like KZ1..i hope you realize that games with better graphics are already out but of course your blind to the fact because this is the first ps3 that might actually sell more then half a mill lol..dont knock gears till a ps3 title can come anywhere near it noob!
and for the game that looks better...crysis/far cry..better graphs, better/larger environment, better story(not farcry2 on this one) etc.. I know you gotta hold on to something but im sorry, KillZone 2 is going to pull a KillZone 1, Haze, laire, motorstorm, LBP, MGS4, heavenly sword etc...basically every ps3 title that either flopped or didnt pass any sort of milestone.
Have a Nice day fanboy

[NickIni]

"and for the game that looks better...crysis/far cry..better graphs, better/larger environment, better story(not farcry2 on this one)"

lmfao

A) Killzone 2 isn't out yet, you know nothing of the story, or of it's environment.
B) Crysis is the only game comparable to KZ2 in terms of graphics and physics. End of. Far Cry 2? No way.

Nice lists of "flops" you got there. Flops by sales, yes. By quality, some. LBP and MGS4 for example, are top notch games in terms of quality.

"Noob"? How old are you? Eight?

So please, stfu.

Back on topic...

Gears 2 was supposed to be loads better than Gears 1, but I prefer the first in all honesty. Hope that doesn't happen again.

[pp]

What new year hasn't even begun and Sony has already lost 09.What a shame.

[steck67]

Sorry to break it to you but this is just a rumor.

[jcfilth]

considering how GeOW2 plays and looks, there won't be nothing amazing in GeOW3 to match Killzone2, sorry but just in case you didn't know THE 360 IS MAXED OUT!! You won't see nothing amazing from now on, you might see a little, just a little difference in shadowing and lightning effects if they upgrade AGAIN the Unreal Engine, just like the did with GeOW2.

I would be smashing that 360 against the wall with tears in my ayes if I was you lol

[gamfreak]

Gears Of War 3, hmmmm.... Didn't play the game, can't comment much about it. Anyway good luck and congratulation on a sequel micro$oft.

[NickIni]

Lmfao. Who cares who makes money and who loses it?

Sony doesn't lose money. They make more than just games consoles BTW, there a leader in home entertainment products.

To put it as nicely as you "wake up dumbass"

Poor kid.

[K1ng P3n]

People I have the magazine myself and it says 2010 not 2009

[Ko_Uraki]

Thank you dude. Can you tell us the other rumors?

[reckoner]

I hope Dizzy comes back.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Wow, Gears of War 3 and Halo: ODST for next fall. That will do some serious retail damage!

That seems awfully short for dev time between 2 and 3.

EDIT: Someone is saying 2010 so I guess that shoots my comment out of the water. Luckily for the other game systems because that would be a christmas sales slaughter.

[Fishy Fingers]

I don't know. Gears of War 3 up against God of War 3 would of been interesting. I would have both :)

[silverchode]

it be stupid to release 2 high selling shooters around the same time, 2010 seems more likely, i also doubt they will realease for the 360 when they could keep it as a launch title for the next xbox.

[K1ng P3n]

It clearly says 2010 in the magazine people

[Foxgod]

proof ?
Proof it, then i believe ya.

[silverchode]

would you prefer a game with short dev time that looks the same as the last one or a game that takes time to make but is overall an improvement to the series

[Citizen Cook]

Sony are now sh!tting themselves more than ever! 2009 belongs to Xbox

Just like 2005-2008!

Better luck in 2010 droids!

[SICKSTEAPHOAR]

Hopefully my 360 won't RROD on me by then.

Have fun with your one game the whole year xbots.

[Foxgod]

right, another droid who claims the 360 will have only one game.
Besides gears 3 we only have halo recon, halo wars, star ocean 4, forza 3, new project gotham, alan wake, splinter cell conviction, huxley, mass effect 2, and who knows, Killer instinct :), and much more....

[TheColbertinator]

@Foxgod

I have to stop you on the Project Gotham 5 mention.The creators of the series,Bizarre,have left Microsoft and joined Activision to make a racing game for the PS3 and 360 in 2010.

They are also working on a Bond racer as well
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/i...

If PGR5 is being made,its not by Bizarre and I doubt studio Turn 10 is working on anything else besides Forza 3

[Foxgod]

Thats true, but last year, shortly after MS let go of Bizarre MS also mentioned they owned the rights of Project Gotham, and that they would not let the series go to waste.

MS has recently shut down some company's and created a couple of new ones, one of those could be working on a new Project Gotham, and i personally would not be surprised that if its indeed in the works, that it will be unveiled in 2009.

[OldParr]

not true!!

[LittleBigKillzone]

Keep living in 2004 and keep clinging to Killzone 1 flopping. the fact remains is this.. yes maybe 2 years ago you could have made claims that Killzone 2 was going to flop like the first but now.. after a lot of gamers have played the beta say its amazing, 90% of the gaming sites (even those some would consider bias against the PS3) have said the game is amazing and so far its receiving great previews.

You can always tell how a game will turn out by its previews. Remember Before Too Human and Lair came out, all the preivews had a lot of negative things to say about it. Killzone 2 has been receiving nothing but praise with the exception of a few bias people on websites that complain about little crap like having to hold down L2 to crouch or the helghast all looking the same. other than that this game is getting rave previews from both regular gamers in the beta and game journalist.. FACT

So you and the rest of the 360 fanboys can keep living in 2004 but when FEB 27th arrives and this game receives rave reviews and universal acclaim, lets see how that works out for you ok kid

[Halochampian]

would be nice... but I don't think so.

[mrdxpr2]

i fined it hard to beleive .... cause if gears releases next fall then the game would be a disapointmen..they be rushing it and only one year apart from the 2nd one please give it some time work with the story and graphics cause they rushing the game to fast they might say for sometime in 2010 in e3 but this fall i would say its gona be a bigger disapointment then gears 2 graphs and story

[Foxgod]

SO by your logic, Call of duty is a flop too ?
They release a new COD every year, because two different teams work on it.
Same could be for Gears.

[Adversary]

Yeah, and then half of the Gears games could suck big hairy balls just like half of the CoD games! BRILLIANT!

I know you don't have any bubbles left to respond to me, so I'm not going to make fun of you too hard, but seriously, I hope you realize what a poor idea that is.

[Arsenal4Ever]

*Microsoft looks at PS3 lineup*
"Nah can't compete with that, I know, lets milk one of our best frachises which just released a month ago" :)

Microsoft will do anything to win 2009.

[ionstorm]

Well MS did wipe the floor with ps3 for the past 2 years.

[LittleBigKillzone]

Have you noticed that ever since the 360 came out, their biggest titles for each holiday season has either been a Halo or Gears title?! thats sad.. in 2006 you had Gears 1, 2007 Halo 2, 2008 Gears 2 and 2009 Halo 3 recon.. WOW, i dont even think Nintendo is that bad when it comes to milking their franchises.

[Foxgod]

If something is good, its not a bad thing to have a lot of it.
And you acting like MS only got Gears and Halo, MS also has Mass effect, Forza, Project gotham and Fable.

Besides, There have been 6 metal gears, over 20 final fantasy's, and god knows how many mario's.

Dont blame MS supporters for being able to create a quality game in two years, instead of taking 4/5 years.

Edit@ below, Yeah too epic, no wonder i ditched my ps2 and bough a 360, and didnt even bother checking out the ps3 isle of the media market.

[Arsenal4Ever]

Like what?? Gears 2? In comparison to Killzone 2... lol no competition.

GOW3 - Sorry maybe I shouldnt have named that game. It's too epic for your liking.

[nombon]

its funny how ps3 fanboys talk a whole lot of sh!t saying that xbox wont have any good games 2009 or about how gears sucks. Look at little big planet and resistance 2 which didn't do as well as expected. My friends bought little big planet and got bored a few days after because they tried to make badass levels but then got tired of doing that and just wanted to play. Resistance 2 just plane ol sucked and everyone moved on to cod:waw. In the end kill zone 2 will probably be the best game for PS3 in 2009, but for 360 we still don't know what other surprises there will be. Plus same goes for Ps3 theres still alot of time left for games to be announced

[Adversary]

Your friends got tired of building levels because they lack creativity or ambition. That's why most people give up on doing things for themselves. I don't think that the game can rationally be blamed for that. Besides, once your friends realized they didn't have the discipline to BUILD a game, they went right back to PLAYING it. So... the game must be pretty good, huh?

Sure, Resistance 2 isn't as great as Gears 2, but it is as great as Halo (Oh no! Blasphemy!). It's got all the same gameplay mechanics and everything, which makes it a good game, not a great one.

And uh... I don't really have a problem with anything else you said.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of Resistance 2, it exceeded my expectations. However, I don't think it is up to the level of Halo 3 in terms of gameplay mechanic, the controls aren't quite as tight and some of the gameplay mechanics aren't integrated as well as they could be, such as aiming down the sights. Of course, a lot of this is forgiveable for a game of its scale.

[Adversary]

Having never been a member of the camp that believed Halo was the second coming (or first coming or whatever), I really fail to see the difference. I can give credit where it's due and applaud their integration of a 2 weapon swap system, and regenerating health, but otherwise I don't see anything very impressive. I think the only reason it's as popular as it is, is because back in the day it was the first decent multiplayer game to be on Xbox exclusively, so everyone played it all the time. I also doubt very much that any of these guys owned computers capable of running Half-Life.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Halo had ironsights at all. So unless you mean that the transition from regular to scoped view was better, then I think R2 has the edge by even having sights. And I guess I don't understand what people mean when they say "tight". There is a sensitivity adjuster you know, so why don't you just tighten them yourself? If anything I felt like R2 had tighter more responsive controls than Halo, which could actually be a source of frustration if I wasn't already used to the PS3 sticks.

This is my last bubble, so that gives you the last word. Maybe I should stop telling people they're stupid?

Nah...

[Deadman64]

As much as I love gears 2, they should really make gears 3 a launch title for the next xbox [whenever that is]. That way it will have a good amount of years of development, plenty of time to make an even better new engine, with better graphics [is that possible?], and many more amazing features.

[Foxgod]

I prever that they finish the Gears trilogy on the xbox 360, and then start a new trilogy on the next xbox.

Hmm xbox next, that got a nice ring to it, maybe they should call the 720 the xbox next :)

And i am sure they have people working on a new engine, its the unreal engine after all, the people that are working on the Unreal engine 4 are not the same team who work on Gears of War.

[Deadman64]

the didnt finsh the halo trilogy in one gen...but who knows.

[likedamaster]

post has been updated. But yeah, I would also like if they waited till the nexbox to pump it out that way they would have pushed the graphics, etc. even more than now.

[Deadman64]

yeah lol...i was wondering how they were gonnna churn it out in a year. I say push it to 2011 so it can be a launch title that really shows off a new NEXT GEN

[jcfilth]

"Hmm xbox next, that got a nice ring to it"
nice RING to it...
nice RING to it...
nice RING to it...

lol

[kosovo]

another crap? what a waste.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

another fanboy? what a waste of bandwidth.

[bviperz]

IMO.

[jack who]

:)

[joevfx]

looks like they are gonna try to get something out to fight against God of War 3 .

[darthv72]

if this rumor is true then I am betting they will release it to compete with god of war 3. GeoW3 vs. GoW3.

[Greedy Genius]

because the 360 became worth the purchase when Gears of war came. IMO it was the only worthy title on the 360 at the time. When halo 3 came out, it wasn't bad but another reason to purchase a 360, same thing with gears of war 2. I think MS needs these sequels to compete with Sony's lineups.

[Aclay]

Why is it that Microsoft relies so much on Halo and Gears? Even though both franchises are million sellers, Microsoft should be coming out with more new IP's or something. Halo and Gears is great, but more new franchises wouldn't hurt either.

Anyways, I highly doubt that Gears 3 is coming in 2009, but if it does, then I'm pretty sure that wont be that much different from Gears 2.

And will Cliffy B be working on Gears 3 if he is rumored to be making that Suvival Horror game? Who knows, but I'm sure that Gears 3 will be just as good without him.

[ionstorm]

the same can be said about sony.Resistance 2, god of war 3.sony knows these titles make money(less than expected unfortunately) thats why they continue to make it.So u cant bring that argument when both sides milk these franchises.

[LittleBigKillzone]

Your just another mindless 360 fanboy.. Motorstorm pacific rift was announced to pass the 1 million mark today just 3 weeks after it was released. Littlebigplanet im sure is at 1 million by now as will resistance 2 be. What difference does it make if a game sells 2 million copies in a day or a month? I know we are in a recession and all but i doubt the value of the dollar drops that fast to where a game has to sell millions on day one in order to make money lol, get real! so if a game doesnt sell 2 million in the first 24 hours but sells 2 million a month later thats bad?!

[originalrece]

I reallly dont know about this I kinda think its a bad idea gears 2 just came out and they are already working on a 3??? thats too be released next year. I hope this doesnt become a habit for epic cause every year would kinda get old untill at least the next xbox comes out... i feel like there really isnt anything else u can do to gears on the xbox cause i think that gears really pushed the 360 to its lmits. Gears is a great game but idk??...

[OOG]

meh wouldn be a bad idea if they are trying to complete the story....why not make sure you finish the trilogy in a decent amount of time instead of dragging it out????

As long as the game would be good....but I duno doesnt seem like something that is going to happen....but yah never know I guess...we shuld know by maybe gdc?/e3? lol

[iggypop123]

seems like rather than offer dlc they will just charge 60 bucks by putting a a 3 next to the content

[Mcrmarcher]

'meh wouldn be a bad idea if they are trying to complete the story....why not make sure you finish the trilogy in a decent amount of time instead of dragging it out????'

Took the words straight out of my mouth.

[OOG]

except for my keyboard missing most a lot of my letters when I was typing lol.....other then that yea... lol

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

And you know what?

With that keyboard...I can talk to other people in HOME!

[Marquis_de_Sade]

And with my headset, I can talk to 7 other mates all of whom can be playing different games at the same time.... -_- I know you are excited about Home, I am too, but theres no need to bring it up in a thread about Gears of War 3.

[divideby0]

to soon..it will be just an expansion of what I just bought...
very weak for Epic to release 3 so soon.

[Adversary]

Do I seriously have to wait 10 f***ing minutes to find 9 other jerkoffs in the WORLD that want to play warzone?! Are you f***ing kidding me?

[hamsterfist]

Dead on! Maybe by 2010 when Gears 3 comes out, we will only have to wait 8 minutes to find 9 other people to play with.

[josh14399]

i hate companies that sh*t out sequels

[Ugly American]

There are hypocrites on both sides of the fence. The biggest ones in this article are the Sony fanboys. How can you guys point, poke, and prod that the 360 is only relying on sequels when all of the PS3's big hitters are more of the same? metal gear solid FOUR, resistance TWO, gran turismo FIVE, killzone TWO, god of war THREE... get the point?

Everybody points at the other camp and claims that they do not have a whole lot of new IPs. Guess what? Both camps are right! The good news is that since these sequels are building upon previous successful IPs, they tend to do pretty well and have a high productions values. So as I have said many times, the gamer is the winner.

Go enjoy your sequels and stop worrying about the fun somebody else is having.

[jlemdon]

I rather see it on the nextbox.

[markbob]

i call BS, there's no way that they can crank that out unless the team is like 400 people.

Personally I rather have it out in 2010 or 2011 with the next next generation xbox

[RebornSpy]

Unless Microsoft rushes the hell out of Epic, Gears 3 will hopefully come out in Fall '10.

I really, really hope the game is rushed, because the series is great and I would hate for the finale to be sub-par.

[SAiOSiN]

don't tell me M$ is gonna make this like EA's sports games.

[Theoneneo81]

WOW another MS Sequel Where are the Good Original IP's there Xcrap i mean xbox sorry

[Deadman64]

lol xcrap, creative. Your apology for sh!tty attack is forgivin.

[air1]

so i guess sony shuldnt make another lbp,mgs,motor storm,uncharted resistance etc..

[pshizle]

why not save your bullets for the next xbox

i swear if it does come out on the 360 im going to be (%)#*$#

hope rumor is FALSE

[badkolo]

why not read and you will see its 2010 not 2009.

[omodis420]

Well I guess someone had to save MS from a total flop of a year. If Alan Wake Drops and is good. MS could have an okay year.

[minusman26]

Wow! 2009 is a very quick turnaround. I think 2010 is a better release time.

[RebornSpy]

just not a year after the previous one. The Playstation 2 is amazing in that good games are still being made for it so many years after its creation. I'm sure the PS3 will be the same, so the 360 should atleast attempt to last longer than 5 or 6 years. In my opinion, the Gears trilogy should be a 360 series.

[sGIBMBR]

^^ na they shouldn't because apart from MGS they all suck :O

[Jimis78]

i don't think that this generation of consoles is already at the end.As for xbox 360 i think it will stay for at least two years.with the new jasper motherboard,the new dashboard,which offers improved capabilities and with the sales booming,the 360 is capable of strengthening it's position. And when the new xbox 450 or 720 whatever the name comes out it will for sure be an awesome piece.I don't think MS sees blue ray as a solution for next gen gaming.if they wanted 2 use such a disc they could have done it with the hd dvd and use it as a 360 format/disc (just like the wii,which uses no dvds but some other discs with dvd capacity).I think the future is downloadable content and massive storage devices. Gotta go now, Gears 2 is waiting :)

[cryymoar]

where do you get '450' from?
I think 2009 will finally show the PS3 moving ahead of the xbox360 in terms of graphics and awesomeness.

Early bird gets the worm? Second mouse gets the cheese.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

Are they going to add color this time around?

[Rs]

No doubt, there is just no way they gonna just dash out GeoW3. Even if they are we probably knew it as clear indication of milking.

@Jimis78
You sound friendly.. but you gotta be kiddin right?

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

HOME OPEN BETA TOMORROW!

WHO CARES ABOUT THIS NEWS???!!!

[Rocky87]

I don't care about all the people who aren't pleased with Gears of War 2. I love GeoW and I love the way it gives me such an action feeling all the time. Gears 3 sounds nice but not in 2009.
And to all that say the Unreal Engine 3 is old just play Gears 2. It takes a lot to compete with the combination of great graphics/great gameplay/great sound and the presentation.

[peeps]

yeh 2 years sounds more accurate. especially when you consider the gap between 1 and 2 was two years. altho even with a 2 year dev alot of people bashed it for not being much of a step up from the first. think they will take that on board though when developing the third.

[darkdoom3000]

Its for fall 2010.

that reminds me, what is actually comming out for 2010.
likely FFXIII, with the little progress we've seen, i dont see how they are going to release it for 09, plus it takes 6 months to localize, so FFXIII '10 confirmed...

[strotee]

I'm thirsty for some milk.

[No Way]

You mean you haven't had enough with Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, GT, or God Of War?? o.O

[Gantrfaxx]

I don't doubt it at all. What else will be selling the X360 console at his rate in the future.

[Gazman1982]

Cant wait to see how much better Gears of War 3 looks on the Playstation 3 compared to the 360 version lol !!!!

[Foxgod]

it would look worse, just like almost every other port.

[Elginer]

because we all know the Unreal engine performs so well on the PS3 LOL

[gamfreak]

what a flop it going to be, adding to the now flop 3fixme library....
LMAO, M$ can forget about releasing in 2010 cause by that time 3fixme is doom.

[Foxgod]

so far the 360 has the upper hand, so its going to stay, any console that went past the 25M sold, is a stayer.

As a comparision, the dreamcast only sold 10 million units, what makes you think a console with a 25 M user base is going to flop.

[gamfreak]

Lol, i never say 3fixme is a flop i say doom.

Flop = Someone (Bots) still cares.
Doom = Nobody cares even M$.

[EvilCackle]

A sequel for a high-selling game? Well, now I've seen everything!

[xtreampro_REVENGE]

firstly a dumass reporter back then said that KZ1 was a HALO killer, so because of him this huge flippin war against HALO killers started, and by the way nearly every game that came out after Halo 1,2&3 killed Halo, well thats every FPS game that came out, ok on topic now, or back to haters, KZ2 already rips, bashes crumbles and pisses on every single X360DgreeBURN title thats gonna come out in 09 and is still in the making, it even uses the first launch titles for the xboxFurnace (xbox720) to wipe the its skid marks of the floor, and it uses Gears4 or 5 as a detergent to polish the floor,.....so yeah bash KZ2 and u just OWN! your self

[No Way]

You're an idiot..

[Cheeky Gamer]

Well, Gears of War 2 is one of the best games this year (if not the best), so Gears of War 3 is very much welcome. Although, the wait will undoubtedly be difficult.

What is just as interesting is that Epic is supposedly working on a horror title. Could be very interesting indeed.

[cryymoar]

Killzone 2 is amazing.

[No Way]

Lol...

[ShadowX Project]

Rumor

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

they still havent fixed matchmaking on gears 2 yet and they're already talking about gears 3? wtf

[xg-ei8ht]

Resistance 2 doesn't require 60%.

It looks good, but it's not pushing the ps3, the only game that's pushing the ps3 alittle is kz2.

And gg are even going back and adding more stuff.

KZ2 FTW.

M$ has to give epic tons of money, otherwise gears would come to ps3. and then it would be over.

[ionstorm]

MS gives money to its devs because they are succesful.I wish sony would devote more resources to its devs in terms of advertising and workaround the ps3 kit.

[XBOX360ftw]

Destined to be the BEST.GAME.EVER.

[markbob]

ok, that makes more sense than the fall 2009, that was stated earlier

[Lord Vader]

They had better overhaul the MP b/c GOW2 MP sucks balls.

[Reibooi]

Honestly after Gears 2 I don't really care about this. Gears 2 was a let down in every way in my opinion. Seeing as the game is going to be on the 360 they are going to use the Unreal Engine 3 again which is extremely dated and worthless at this point in time. The thing has clipping issues and frame rate issues and it doesn't even look that good compared to anything else. I doubt the Xbox could handle the Unreal Engine 4 and that's assuming they even had that ready by this point in time which I highly doubt. The only thing that sounds good is the 5 player Co-op but they could easily be referring to another kind of Horde mode.

[dilibau]

Sooo... Gears 3 is in development? Now that's a big friskin surprise, dontcha thinks O? o_O A cash-cow that sold more copies for the Xbox 360 than Unreal Tournament on ALL platforms ever did gets a third installment? Whoaaa, who would've thought...

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

count me in as bummed out. I personally know that with 360's tech, that Gears 3 cannot top Gears 2. Gears 2 I feel is the pinnacle of what 360 owners will be able to enjoy gameplay wise. With this in mind, and also with knowing Gears is ment to only be a trilogy. I was actually hopeing to see the 3rd instalment on the next Xbox system. Oh the possibilitys... mmmm. But! with MS pretty have playing their a huge amount of their heavy hitting cards, and Sony showing up late with their heavy hitting card games that also go way beyond 360 in graphics (although they need great gameplay too). Sonys games are now going to outshine 360's with ease, just look at KZ2, Heavy Rain, and the info you can read on God of War 3. With seeing and hearing of what Sony are doing with their games, Gears 3 really is 1 of very VERY few options MS has to keep interest in their system and Gears 3 will need to release on 360 to stay alive against PS3 in the coming years if the new Xbox wont drop. This is MS grabbing for straws to stay alive this gen. While MS has played their HUGE amount of exclusives already, they will be hurting. Cause while MS thinks they are hurting Sony by also buying up franchises that made Sonys system so stellar. Sony don't care because in the meantime they are creating new IP's and their exclusives are surpassing 360's with every new release. Gears 2 is the most amazing game I even own for my 360, I just feel that it's the best Im going to see out of the system. MS should let this 3 game series, end on the next Xbox system... to truely let the series end off with the glorious graphics/gameplay/online that this game truely deserves!. Save this game MS and put it in the lime light when the time is right!

[FrankenLife]

Sometimes I wish this site had a "DUUUUUHHHHHHH" category.

[Knightofelemia]

I remeber reading on N4g that the next Gears might appear on the Ps3 who knows it is probably a rumor but i am stoked about Gears 3

[No Way]

Gears of War 3 in 2009? Nawh.
Gears of War 3 in 2010? Sure.

I highly doubt GeoW would come out in 2009 but it's very likely that it could come out in 2010..