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GeoW Comic Book Announced, No GeoW 2 Demo

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The success surrounding the popular Xbox 360/PC shooter Gears of War has led to the creation of a comic book based on the game's universe. It's officially been confirmed that DC Comics partnered with Epic Games to publish a Gears of War comic book series, which is "slated to debut from DC's WildStorm publishing imprint in October." More details will be uncovered soon.

As for the second installment in the shooter series -- a.k.a. Gears of War 2 -- Epic revealed that they won't be releasing a demo before the full game hits stores.

"[There are] no plans for a demo," associate producer Tanya Jessen told Shacknews. "The reason being that it's been such a fast turnaround. A two year production cycle, for a game of this caliber, is really short."

In relation to game-inspired comics, the well-known publisher DC Comics also recently revealed that its going to making a comic book series based on the upcoming game Prototype.
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toughNAME - 95 days 18 hours ago
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1 - Too bad Epic
I was on the fence about this game, you may have sold me and 5 million others had you had a demo.

Killzone 2 FTW!
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heyheyhey - 95 days 17 hours ago
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toughNAME - 95 days 17 hours ago
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hint: agrees
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heyheyhey - 95 days 13 hours ago
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i see i see
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jackdoe - 95 days 16 hours ago
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To be expected. Epic hasn't released a demo on consoles yet and doesn't look like they will in the near future.
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Grassroots - 95 days 16 hours ago
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I truly wish they took another year to develop GeOW2, two years for a game this production value doesn't happen often without a loss in the quality. i don't think a demo is even necessary after the first game.

The comic book looks interesting, to get more of the back story, or just give us more than the vague story in the first game. Still don't know a whole lot of the universe really.
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emogen - 95 days 16 hours ago
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4 - The comic should be drawn by Rob Leifeld
Nough said
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marichuu - 95 days 16 hours ago
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Does this mean we'll be getting Gears of War characters in Mortal Kombat vs. DC? :O
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Dark_Vendetta - 95 days 15 hours ago
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would be nice to see the chainsaw as a fatality (I know there are no fatalities anymore :( )
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Delive - 95 days 13 hours ago
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6 - Curious.
For simplicity, Why not add 1 more letter to the mix and just call it Gears and Gears 2 instead of GeoW? We already know GoW is taken, no prob. Just using "Gears" looks a lot better (IMO) than GeoW.
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trolling b1tch - 95 days 9 hours ago
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7 - ?wait i might be wrong but....
how come every successful game microsoft gets later has a comic book, movie or toys (here's the keyword)in a short time span.... i thought killzone was bad cause the 1st game wasn't that good yet theirs collectors toys and life size dolls,but this takes the cake. i don't know? it just that part 2 hasn't even came out yet but theirs a movie in the works and a comic book y do we need both their probaly gonna kill the black guy 2. nevermind microsoft is just a feind. here some games that deserve a movie or tv show not a comic book

Half-Life - tv show
Ratchet & Clank - tv show
Jak & Daxter - tv show
Sly Cooper - tv show
Unreal Tournament - tv show
God of War - Movie

theres more but i cant think right now.
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marichuu - 95 days ago
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Unreal Tournament? That game doesn't even have a storyline.
There's no need to ruin Half-Life and God of War with a TV show or movie :p
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