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  • Microsoft Purchases Gears Of War Licence From Epic

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    And the remnants of Cliffy B. have left the building.

    Epic Games have sold the rights to the Gears of War property in its entirety to Microsoft Studios, meaning that the future tales of humans and Locusts will remain an Xbox exclusive. Let’s get the official bit out of the way first.

    “Today we’re excited to announce that Microsoft Studios has acquired the rights to the “Gears of War” franchise from Epic Games, including rights to all existing and future games, entertainment experiences and merchandise. In addition, we are excited to announce that Black Tusk Studios in Vancouver, BC will take over development of the “Gears of War” franchise and that Rod Fergusson, former Director of Production at Epic Games on the “Gears of War” franchise, will join Microsoft and play a key studio leadership role at Black Tusk on the development of the franchise going forward.” 

    This sale solves two problems at once: I assume Epic did not want to make any more Gears games and Microsoft wants more because the machine runs on money.

    This tells me that the next game in the Gears universe will most likely be a sequel unlike the, (Toy Story 2 was) OK, Judgement.

    Microsoft must think a lot of unproven developer, Black Tusk, to give them the reigns to Gears of War. This paid off once before when 343 Industries took on Halo 4 and knocked it out of the park. Hopefully with a lot of new brains working together we will get some new gameplay ideas that will reinvigorate the series. I am sure Microsoft will take the Halo approach and write a blank check to Black Tusk for development.

    No timetable was given on when to expect a new Gears of War game. I would expect some sort of teaser trailer at E3 this year to begin with. Don’t expect the game until at least 2015 or 2016.

  • Gears Of War Movie Finds New Life

    Photo courtesy pcadvisor.co.uk
    Photo courtesy pcadvisor.co.uk

    We may still get a cinematic trip to Sera as Variety is reporting that the [amazon_link id=”B002I0H79C” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Gears of War[/amazon_link] movie is back on track. Producer Scott Stuber (Battleship, Ted) has signed onto the project and Epic has agreed to work alongside Stuber’s Bluegrass Studios to get a script going and finance the film. After that, they can shop it around to the studios with Universal having first rights to option it.

    Director Len Wiseman was last attached to Gears of War a few years back before things fell apart again for what seemed like the tenth time. If nothing can come of it this time, maybe it is time do be smart like Ken Levine with Bioshock and let the Gears movie ride off into the sunset.

     

  • Gears Of War: Judgment Aftermath Trailer

    Photo courtesy ew.com
    Photo courtesy ew.com

    A pleasant surprise happened last night during the new Gears of War: Judgment reveal on Xbox Live. A new single-player unlock called Aftermath was announced which puts players into the story of Cole and Baird during the events of Gears of War 3. During Gears 3, when Marcus and Anya head forward to Azura, they send Cole and Baird to go and find reinforcements. This is where Aftermath kicks in and will have about an hour new story that will also connect back to what you are playing in Judgment.

    Watch the video below and see a bit of Aftermath as well as the developers talking about the new “smart spawn” system and what they hope to achieve with the game.

    [amazon_link id=”B002I0H2AG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Gears of War: Judgment[/amazon_link] releases on March 19th.

  • Gears Of War: Judgment Achievement List

     

    Photo courtesy Kotaku
    Photo courtesy Kotaku

    Baird, Cole and the rest of Kilo Squad are on a mission to clear their names in the prequel [amazon_link id=”B002I0H2AG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Gears of War: Judgment[/amazon_link] which releases on March 19th. Now the list of achievements have been revealed to show all of you (us) achievements whores what we will have to endure for our 1,000 points.

    They Called Him Karn (10 points) – Completed Museum Of Military Glory
    Open Arms (10 points) – Completed Halvo Bay Military Academy
    The Real Thing (10 points) – Completed Seahorse Hills
    Take Back This City (10 points) – Completed Onyx Point
    I Told You (10 points) – Completed Downtown Halvo Bay
    This One’s Not Over (10 points) – Completed Courthouse
    Friends (10 points) – Completed Aftermath
    Determined (10 points) – Completed all Campaign Chapters on at least Casual difficulty
    Steel Nerves (10 points) – Completed all Campaign Chapters on at least Normal difficult
    Iron Fist (25 points) – Completed all Campaign Chapters on at least Hardcore difficulty
    Lion Heart (50 points) – Completed all Campaign Chapters on Insane difficulty
    Party People (10 points) – Played any section in 4 player Co-Op
    Blood Brothers (50 points) – Completed all Campaign Chapters in Co-op
    Challenge Accepted (5 points) – Completed your first Declassified mission
    Never Give Up (10 points) – Completed at least 20 Declassified missions
    Quality Soldiering (50 points) – Completed all Declassified missions
    A Peek into the Future (10 points) – Watched Aftermath teaser
    The Aftermath (20 points) – Unlocked Aftermath
    Rising Star (10 points) – Attained 50 Stars on at least Casual Difficulty
    Shooting Star (20 points) – Attained 75 Stars on at least Normal Difficulty
    Star Struck (50 points) – Attained 100 Stars on at least Hardcore Difficulty
    Superstar (50 points) – Attained all Stars on Insane Difficulty
    Never Forgotten (10 points) – Recovered 10 COG Tags during the Campaign
    Veteran Remembrance (10 points) – Recovered 25 COG Tags during the Campaign
    Respect for the Fallen (20 points) – Recovered all 48 COG Tags during the Campaign
    Ribbon Master (10 points) – Earned 3 unique Ribbons in any section
    Proud Wearer (5 points) – Equipped your first Medal
    Ready for War (20 points) – Earned at least one Onyx medal
    Sybarite (50 points) – Earned the Onyx “War Supporter” medal
    Seriously Judgmental (75 points) – Completed all Declassified Missions on Insane difficulty
    Level 5 (5 points) – Reached level 5
    Level 10 (10 points) – Reached level 10
    Level 20 (10 points) – Reached level 20
    Level 30 (15 points)- Reached level 30
    Level 40 (25 points) – Reached level 40
    Level 50 (25 points) – Reached level 50
    Let’s Do This (50 points) – Achieved level 50 and chose to re-up for another tour of duty
    Fearless (50 points) – Achieved level 50 a second time and chose to re-up for another tour
    Unstoppable (50 points) – Achieved level 50 a third time and chose to re-up for another tour
    Death to Locust (10 points) – Killed with all classes of COG in Overrun or Survival
    Death to the COG (10 points) – Killed with all classes of Locust in Overrun
    Survivor (10 points) – Completed wave 10 on all maps in Survival mode
    Globe Trotter (10 points) – Won a match on every map in all Versus modes
    Jack of All Trades (10 points) – Won 10 matches of Overrun
    Team Leader (10 points) – Won 10 rounds of Team Deathmatch
    All Rounder (10 points) – Won one match in Free For All, Team Deathmatch, and Domination
    Roaming Free (10 points) – Won one match on every map in Free For All
    Team On Tour (10 points) – Won one match on every map in Team Deathmatch
    Overran (10 points) – Won one match on every map in Overrun
    Dominator (10 points) – Won one match on every map in Domination

  • New Gears Of War Trailer Shows “The Guts Of Gears”

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    Epic Games has a new trailer for [amazon_link id=”B002I0H2AG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Gears of War: Judgment[/amazon_link] entitled “The Guts of Gears”. In it protagonist and general smart-ass Damon Baird tells of all the new games features that the newest Gears title will have including new weapons, the Smart Spawn System (S3) and the declassified missions that are unlocked in the game where Baird and Kilo Squad’s back story will be played. A whole new three star ranking system will be implemented on each mission as well.

    Gears of War: Judgment releases on March 19th.

  • Gears Of War: Judgment VGA Trailer

    While founders of Epic may be leaving left and right Gears of War: Judgment is still roadie running its way to release. The new trailer shows Baird and his group being put on trial for events that should take place in the game 30 days after E-Day. Developer People Can Fly have a lot to live up to gameplay wise but from what has been shown they seem to be keeping everything strictly Gears. If it’s not broke…

    Take a look at the trailer below.

    Gears of War; Judgment releases on March 19, 2013.

    http://youtu.be/MFgetg1fiMg

  • Gears Of War Movie Not Dead Yet

    Could We See Delta Squad On The Big Screen After All?

    You would think that bringing Gears of War to theaters would be a no brainer but the movie has been in house at New Line since 2007 and has not moved past the development phase. Things looked bright in 2010 when director Len Wiseman was brought on to direct a feature film version of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad’s fight against the Locust but again the movie was put aside for New Line to focus on production of The Hobbit (and who can really blame them for that since The Hobbit will be a cash printing machine).

    Now the folks over at Creative Artists Agency are shopping the property around to other studios in hope that fans can finally get a big screen version of the best-selling video game. With Gears of War: Judgement due out next March and the Gears trilogy grossing over 1 billion dollars they still see the potential for a movie but that has yet to help Halo get off the ground either.

    I would rather have no Gears movie at all than get a half-assed version just to take advantage of a property. Like with Halo there can be no “scaled down” budget for a movie this size especially if you are going to keep the look and feel of the movie true to the Gears universe.

    So let the speculation begin again!! Who would be the best choice to direct or star in a Gears of War movie? Let us know what you think.