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So says Epic's Mark Rein.

Epic's Mark Rein has dismissed suggestions the studio is already working on a third instalment in the Gears of War series.

When asked whether the rumours are true, Rein told Eurogamer, "Total nonsense."

As reported by CVG, the rumours appear in this month's issue of US magazine EGM. Word is it'll feature five-player co-op and be out in time for Christmas 2010.

Word from Mark Rein is that's rubbish, though. "We're still working on improvements to Gears 2," he said. Someone should probably tell them it's already out.

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merkdot #1 3 years ago

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is he kidding anyone?

what's the point in denying this anyway?
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Xerx3s #2 3 years ago

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Information stream control.
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Xerx3s #3 3 years ago

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"What a load of old garbage this man said. Of course utterly predictable fat bald space marine yawn fest gears3 comes out in its predictable cycle not next year but the year after. Your MS whore masters will not allow it to be any other way you fool! why lie to people- we know when gears of bore 3 comes out YAWN"

How predictably stupid.
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cyacomini #4 3 years ago

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Didnt MS say they would stagger releases of Halo and GoW year on year?

They said the same for PGR/Forza..
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mcbi4kh2 #5 3 years ago

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We're still working on improvements to Gears 2

I remember the good old days when they used to do this before releasing the game :/
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S.J.Rogers #6 3 years ago

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We all know there WILL be a Gears 3, as the other 2 have had much success.

We had Halo 1 and 2 on the old Xbox with Halo 3 on the 360 and i think the same thing will happen with Gears.

Gears 1 and 2 on the 360 and 3 will come out in 2010 ish, on the new 720...

/Rubs Crystal Ball...
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keyboardmonkey #7 3 years ago

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I would be very happy with just 4 player co-op (it was touted around for Gears2 for some time).

I imagine there are other games coming up which they want to hype up rather than a title that's at least 19 months away.
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realworld666 Verified Lead Programmer, Fuzzy-Frog Games #8 3 years ago

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Didn't he say exactly the same about gears 2 when gears 1 was released?
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Beek4257 #9 3 years ago

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Don't these guys go on vacation or something?
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crazyhorse174 #10 3 years ago

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Didnt they say a while back, before the first one came out, that they were planning a trilogy anyway?

I seem to remember reading that somewhere...
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AgentBalti #11 3 years ago

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Of course there's a third on the way, if you got to the very end of the credits it's absolutely nailed on that there is.

Adam Fenix, you bad man you!
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Frandroid #12 3 years ago

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They're not denying that GoW3 is planned, only saying that they're not working on it yet and therefore, any rumours regarding possible content, are nonsense.
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The_Surreal #13 3 years ago

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Whats with the fucking moronic quip at the end? Have you never heard of patches?
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Thunderbolt #14 3 years ago

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I really dug GOW 2

It was my Game of the Year on the Eurogamer poll

Cant wait for closing chapter
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Pastici #15 3 years ago

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Call it what you want, Gears 2 was just fun right through. It's also rather nice to look at.
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Skooch #16 3 years ago

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Didn't they deny they were working on Gears 2 after Gears 1 was released, and then a year later admit they started working on 2 straight after?
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Widge #17 3 years ago

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Just curious, considering they're both from the same stable, don't UT3 and GOW pretty much look the same? I've not gone hands on with GOW you see so can't say.
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DAN.E.B #18 3 years ago

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Gears 2 is a complete, and utterly fantastic game.

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Mumid #19 3 years ago

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Yes they really need to fix the glitches in GOW2, it is really ruining the online experience when a lot of players are doing glitches that let you do such things as have an invisible shield that also lets you use any gun with it and have unlimited ammo (no need to reload).
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beastmaster #20 3 years ago

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Got Fallout 3 to do first. Like to finish one game before starting another one. But it's there for me...waiting.
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Vortex808 #21 3 years ago

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Never mind Gears3- fix the matchmaking first please- tried for 15 min to get in to a public match on player choice last night. 15 mins and no joy. Could find other team mates to get a full tream, but it couldn't find any other teams. Sort it out please Epic!

Edited by 1 at 12/12/08 @ 09:49
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