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Mark Rein confirms support for Gears of War

Posted Dec 19, 2006 at 6:18AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Epic Games, Mark Rein
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What does the horizon hold for GoW?


Epic Games VP Mark Rein may have dumped the December 24 Re-emergence Day hoax, but we've got more confirmation about their future online support for Gears of War. It's already been known that GoW will be putting up some downloadable content for all of us to enjoy (for free!), and that they'd be rolling out a supposed "housekeeping" update in the next couple of weeks.

Rein admits that the huge numbers of people playing GoW online came as a shock to them. "Our main focus on Gears was building the single player game. But while Gears might not be the most feature-rich multiplayer game around, people are still playing it online in absolutely huge and unexpected numbers."

And so with this, they're giving a big thanks to everyone by being vigilant with more online support. Rein continues with:

We're already preparing an update, which is somewhat of a housekeeping task to adjust a few things rather than any significant new functionality, and we're also working on finalising some downloadable content as well. These should be in peoples' hands in the next few weeks – but they're just the first of several things we have planned to keep the Gears fire burning.


No "significant new functionality" is fine on our books. The point here is that they're up to the task of keeping GoW alive for years to come. That as much is the best promise any game developer can keep.



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# ?Guest 2006-12-19 08:34
Will we ever see Gears of War matchmaking like halo2...?



tht would make this game perfect!^_^

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# MotorStorm Vs. Halo 3Guest 2006-12-19 12:44
I have been an X360 fanboy for years. I’ve written like more than 1,000 comments online to defend how good MS’ Xbox 360 is for the past years; I have also written countless number of comments like the PS3 is a big piece of junk or something. Read on. However today I was totally converted into Sony’s beloved fanboy, period. Microsoft and its Crapbox 360 can go to hell. Read on to find out about this amazing me converted story.



Ok. I finally have played MotorStorm demo for the first time today at the local Sony Store. I had to finish 3 laps for one match and it took about 10 minutes; I was 15th best among 16 racers. MotorStorm absolutely looks like a game which is only possible and designed on the PS3 or Xbox 450 (what kind of morons name a console Xbox 360? MS must abandon X360, and release X450 soon in order to compete against the PS3).



During the 10 minutes, it was a total chaos. The HUD (Head-Up Display) only contains minimum amount of info, so when you play MotorStorm it looks like you’re actually watching a Hollywood action movie like Mission Impossible. MotorStorm is almost not a racing game; it’s almost like playing a fighting game like Virtua Fighter 5 at relatively much faster speed. That’s why the HUD doesn’t even contain speedometer like any other racing games; it’s all about action; you don’t have to care or worry about how beautiful and smooth your cornerings are. One of the most amazing moments was the following. First off, the map is what looks like the Grand Canyon; there’re dangerous cliffs all over the map. I was about to jump over from one cliff to another via a springboard. There was another car which was controlled by the AI right in front of me. So I used maximum amount of boost and pushed that car’s rear out of my way – at least that was my original intention anyway; however, the car which was about to jump over the cliff just like me got additional boost from me. The next scene can be easily pictured. I could land on the ground safely, but that car in front of me flew away like a bird... then crashed into the nearby stonewall... then shattered like a chicken egg. Ok, it may not seem so exciting and immersive, but if this was the online mode then another human player on that pitiable car is totally pwned (owned) by me!



The retail version of MotorStorm will be available in March of 2007, and it’ll have 8-player online mode. Moreover it will have 40 frames per second or so; this simply means this game will be silky smooth since human eyes will perceive any motion is perfectly smooth if that motion has at least 30 fps. For ignor_nt kids like you, TV dramas, cartoons, TV programs, etc only have 24 frames per second.



Anyway, kids, listen carefully. Any human being who has experience of purchasing at least one electronic which is over $500 will never say the PS3 is overpriced or expensive. Actually the PS3 is worth like $10,000; however Sony can mass-produce PS3s, that’s why the price is so low. Sony has spent 1 to 2 billion US dollars only for research and development (R&D) for the technologies like Blu-ray, Cell Processor, RSX, XDR RAM, et cetera. Can you kids answer my question? How much did you spend to buy your new PC’s CPU ($900 Canadian dollars)? How much did you waste to buy a digital camcorder ($2,000 Canadian dollars)?



I have owned many gaming machines: the PS2, Xbox, PC and X360. I own 8 different X360 games and have played like 50 games by rental. Project Gotham Racing 3 which is the best racing game on the X360 is one of my most played and favorite game. I got home then played PGR3 on my Crapbox for like 10 minutes. I stopped playing it then turned off the console and now I’m writing this comment... I couldn’t continue to play that piece of sh_t anymore... I felt PGR 3 is like a game which is designed for the PS2. I also felt PGR 3 was extremely boring and flat. I really wanted to kick and punch my Crapbox 360 and all of its games I own; just wanted to throw all these on the wall and see them shattered away like that car... I calmed down myself and so far no dam

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# Take a valiumGuest 2006-12-19 12:51
You'll feel better in the morning.

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# what a fanboycapone420x 2006-12-19 13:55
poster 2 dude you are a true idiot and i have a feeling you were never a fanboy of anything besides sony its obvious in your opionated rant about how great a system you couldnt even afford and therefore see the hype is over. The games speak for themeselves and so far ps3 isnt worth half the price.

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# You're a friggin psychoGuest 2006-12-19 14:04
Mate, you are a psycho. To write that much of a reply to something that is almost inconsequential is stupid. Shouldn't you have compared two first gen games such as PGR3 and maybe Ridge Racer? Also, I was quite willing to convert to PS3 when i played Motorstorm and Resistance, but i wasn't. I went home and breathed a sigh of relief as i booted up GOW. They both looked nice, and ran at their 40fps, but they just felt rather superficial. I liked Mario 64, Halo, GTA: SA, GOW because they seem more than just flashy graphics. Motorstorm reminded me of watching 3D Mark Benchmark test on my PC. Looks really cool, but a non-existent game.

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# blah blah blahGuest 2006-12-19 14:11
yeah like anyone is ever gonna believe you even have a 360 let alone tht you used to be an xbox fanboy... stupid sony bum bashing scum!

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# Poster number 2 was on crackGuest 2006-12-19 15:26
Your post was nonsense.. Motorstorm may look like a nice game but I dont think it'd be the reason you'd b converted to a ps3 fan. I love my 360.. The devs love.. And im sure you're probably angry at yourself you couldnt even afford one.. Yea ps3 may have bluray and all but its not as hot as the 360 as we speek.. So get used to it man.. And how does pgr3 look like it couldve been a ps2 game.. I mean are you blind.. Oh well.. Sony sucks so do their fanboys.. You couldnt come up with a better reason for not likin the 360 ha, you had to use pgr3..



Why didnt you compare gow with resistance.. Sony's losing lots of their exclusives.. They're losing their fanboys little by little..



Crack isnt good for you dude.. Stay off of it..

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# Uhm...Shatterdome 2006-12-19 17:00
What does this have to do with Gears ?



Does it threaten your fragile video game ego so much you have to pretend to be a 360 fanboy that has gone over ?



Please take that to some Motorstorm thread...

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# If you goto to the Gears forum on epic...Shatterdome 2006-12-19 17:03
You will see an extensive thread with bugs/complaints, and responses from epic to know they are paying attention.



From a post on the forums Mark Rein worded it like they had submited a patch to MS already, and were just waiting for it to go through the cert process....



It will be very soon, and will fix the most anoying bugs......eeeeexceeelent....

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# post 2 is a f_GGuest 2006-12-19 17:17
firstly, who has that much time to write a damn essay on how motorstorm converted him to ps3......AND pgr3 is the most gorgeous game ive seen.....motorstorm go f_ck you in the ass..... By the way, this is a gears thread ret_rd.....

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# fakeGuest 2006-12-19 22:14
If u really were a 360 fanboy u would at least know the thing hasnt been around for years but only 1 single year so get your story staight before faking being a 360 fanboy

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