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Epic power-dresser Mark Rein has politely rubbished suggestions that the company has a "ten-year plan" for the Gears of War series.
"No, we do not," Rein told VG247, stamping out claims made by Gears writer Joshua Ortega at Comic-Con over the weekend.
"In this industry you can't plan games very far in advance. We appreciate the enthusiasm Josh has for our franchise but we don't have a ten-year plan. We always have ideas of where we'd like it to go but it's determined on a game-by-game basis and ultimately by fan support.
"Our focus right now is supporting the Gears of War 2 game and community," he added.
Rein went on to reveal there was no plan for Gears of War beyond the current hardware generation. How long these machines will be around for, however, is unknown; certainly Sony favours the long-term, and Microsoft wants the Xbox 360 to stay on the market longer than the original Xbox.
But for now, Rein and Epic are focused on Title Update 3 for Gears of War 2. This will add an experience point system to online multiplayer, which lets players level-up over time and display their commitment with a bright, flashy number.
Title Update 3 will be out in the "near future", with possible map DLC featuring extra Achievements tied to the new levels to follow.
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DutchDemons
11/02/09 @ 10:59
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so he goes on record to state that Gears is not gonna last 10 years?
very odd...i get the whole 'oh, it depends on the fans [read; buy it or we're not gonna bother anymore]'....but this seems like going overboard with that attitude. |
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SixFootHalfling
11/02/09 @ 11:05
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"Our focus right now is supporting the Gears of War 2 game and community," he added.
By releasing paid for DLC, and ignoring the crippling lag most players outside of America experience? |
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kangarootoo
11/02/09 @ 11:22
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Haha. Left hand, meet right hand.
@DutchDemons "so he goes on record to state that Gears is not gonna last 10 years?" You must have read a different article to the rest of us. In the one I read he said nothing of the sort. |
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DutchDemons
11/02/09 @ 11:25
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@kangarootoo
[quote] rubbished suggestions that the company has a "ten-year plan" for the Gears of War series. "No, we do not," Rein told VG247 [quote] I seemed to have read this...
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kangarootoo
11/02/09 @ 11:32
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@DutchDemons
Saying you don't have a ten year plan is NOT the same as saying something won't last ten years. I don't have a ten year career plan, but I fully expect to still have a career in ten years. In fact, I don't think I have a ten year plan for anything at all, but many aspects of my life will still be going strong in ten years. |
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DutchDemons
11/02/09 @ 12:11
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@kangarootoo
i understand what he is trying to say. I just find it odd that he has to go on record and saying that there is no such thing as a 10 year plan. One would think it is only a good thing to create buzz by saying Gears is here to stay. instead...he does this. |
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farticusmaximus
11/02/09 @ 12:23
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@DutchDemons
You don't approve of misrepresentation being corrected? Are you, by chance, a lawyer? |
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DutchDemons
11/02/09 @ 12:38
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haha,
gawd you guys...stop picking on me :-) i am not a lawyer. just a gamer who frowned at this news item ya know...i went kinda like: 0_o |
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chessboxer
11/02/09 @ 13:13
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Epic should spend some time trying to make UT3 half as decent as UT2004 (or even UT99).
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kangarootoo
11/02/09 @ 13:36
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@DutchDemons
Heehee. Sorry dude, didn't mean to start a witch hunt on you :) I figure he is probably saying this for one of two reasons. 1. It is an off the cuff remark, perhaps prompted by a direct question, which has now turned into a full news article. And turning it into a full news article has made it seema bigger deal than it is. 2. What skillian said. A response to perhaps a pile of people shouting "fix the lack in GoW2 you bostrd winkas"... 'cos thats the sort of thing the internet does. Now, everybody... STAMP ON DutchDemons' NEW SHOES!!! |
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kangarootoo
11/02/09 @ 14:52
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@ronuds
That does seem to be kind of Mark Rein's style unfortunately. |
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@ronuds
Seems a bit unnecessary going out of your way to make a co-worker look like an idiot. But that's just me... I don't think he went "out of his way" to do anything of the sort. He simply corrected a misconception that they've probably already took a load of flak over (and are no doubt still taking flak over with the righteous fury over the sorry state of certain aspects of Gears 2). He may have jerked his chain a little but revealing that Joshua Ortega, apparently, made up this whole 10 year plan thing (sheesh, even the soviets only had 5 year plans) is really more Ortega making himself look like an idiot. |
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That's not the way I see it. Why would they get flak over the 10 year comment? Sure, Gears 2 has multiplayer problems of its own, but that has absolutely nothing to do with any future iterations. I highly doubt if they planned on fixing Gears' MP problems that they'd release Gears 3 first?? And anyone who mentions both the 10 year comment and Gears' MP issues in relation to one another is, quite frankly, a dope.
Just my opinion, though... |
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