Epic Vice President: No Ten Year Plan For Gears

Andy Chalk

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Epic Vice President: No Ten Year Plan For Gears


Gears of War [http://www.epicgames.com/] franchise.

Speaking to fans at the New York Comic Con, Gears scriptwriter Joshua Ortega implied that Epic had long-term plans [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/89333] for Gears of War. "You will not be disappointed in the next ten years," Ortega said. "It's a ten-year plan. Gears is long-term. The lancer is the new lightsaber." When asked about the potential for new DLC that would remedy the unsatisfying conclusion of Gears 2, he added, "Keep watching. You won't be disappointed."

But it turns out that you may in fact be disappointed, because according to Mark Rein no such plan actually exists. "No, we do not [have a ten-year plan]," Rein told VG247 [http://www.vg247.com/2009/02/11/epic-boss-there-is-no-10-year-plan-for-gears-of-war/]. "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 said. "We're working on the next title update for Gears of War 2 right now. When this title update is done we'll start planning the next title update for Gears of War 2."

Epic will, of course, continue to develop the Gears franchise for the foreseeable future and to suggest otherwise is like suggesting that George Lucas won't somehow attempt to further crappify the Star Wars [http://www.starwars.com] franchise at some point down the road. The fact that it's inevitable doesn't mean there's some kind of far-reaching master plan in place, and while the lancer may in fact be the next lightsaber someday, it looks like Josh may have gotten a bit ahead of himself on this one.


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squid5580

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Thank the Vidja Game Gods. Not bashing GOW in anyway it is just a game series should develop naturally and not hey people like it now lets get to work on the 20 sequels and spin offs that will sell only because it has GOW in the title and a lancer on the cover.
 

Slycne

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Enthusiasm was more like "insanity" but ok then. Good to see this cleared up.
Or someone is receiving an NDA beating right now.
 

dalek sec

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Slycne said:
AceDiamond said:
Enthusiasm was more like "insanity" but ok then. Good to see this cleared up.
Or someone is receiving an NDA beating right now.
NDA beating? What's that?

Maybe we can hope they also take back that half ass "The lancer is the new lightsaber" crack they said as well.
 

Slycne

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dalek sec said:
Slycne said:
AceDiamond said:
Enthusiasm was more like "insanity" but ok then. Good to see this cleared up.
Or someone is receiving an NDA beating right now.
NDA beating? What's that?

Maybe we can hope they also take back that half ass "The lancer is the new lightsaber" crack they said as well.
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scotth266

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Not much new here, though it's pretty much confirmed that Cliffy B and the rest of Epic will be working on Gears stuff for a while... After all, you gotta make money.