Will or won't Gears of War 2 be appearing on the PC? As the web fury grows, we contacted the people behind the game to get some answers, and a nice photo gallery.
As some of you may have heard, Gears of Wars 2 - the sequel to the original balls-to-the-wall action shooter is bypassing the typical PC porting phase and now intends to go down the console route instead.
As expected, PC fans are up in arms about it and their web forum posting/ blog rapture has turned into another online hissy fit that shows no signs of abating.
The Xbox original, developed by Epic games, but published by the empire that is Microsoft (and what seems to be the seed of the problem), put players in charge of a bunch of hardened soldiers (the Delta Squad) as they roamed the planet Sera and battled a formidable locust horde.
A huge international hit that sold over 3 million copies in 10 weeks, many gamers were looking forward to the chance to put their keyboards and mice to the test with the inevitable sequel. But as we some digging, we can now comfirm that that chance of PC port is much less likely now, since Microsoft put the official kibosh on the idea.
We spoke to Scott Rhodie, spokesperson for Pulse communications on behalf of Microsoft who was straight up with us and re-iterated Microsoft’s current position: that they have “no plans to release Gears of War 2 on the PC”.
So it looks like gamers may have to swallow their pride and purchase an Xbox, if they want to get back with the Delta squad.
But if you still can't wait to spread some geek virtrol, there is always the planned film adapation to complain about instead. The film, which is to be directed by Len Wiseman (the auteur of the Underworld films, no less) could become another easy target for the gaming community to shoot their flaming geek missiles at. We live in hope.
As some of you may have heard, Gears of Wars 2 - the sequel to the original balls-to-the-wall action shooter is bypassing the typical PC porting phase and now intends to go down the console route instead.
As expected, PC fans are up in arms about it and their web forum posting/ blog rapture has turned into another online hissy fit that shows no signs of abating.
The Xbox original, developed by Epic games, but published by the empire that is Microsoft (and what seems to be the seed of the problem), put players in charge of a bunch of hardened soldiers (the Delta Squad) as they roamed the planet Sera and battled a formidable locust horde.
A huge international hit that sold over 3 million copies in 10 weeks, many gamers were looking forward to the chance to put their keyboards and mice to the test with the inevitable sequel. But as we some digging, we can now comfirm that that chance of PC port is much less likely now, since Microsoft put the official kibosh on the idea.
We spoke to Scott Rhodie, spokesperson for Pulse communications on behalf of Microsoft who was straight up with us and re-iterated Microsoft’s current position: that they have “no plans to release Gears of War 2 on the PC”.
So it looks like gamers may have to swallow their pride and purchase an Xbox, if they want to get back with the Delta squad.
But if you still can't wait to spread some geek virtrol, there is always the planned film adapation to complain about instead. The film, which is to be directed by Len Wiseman (the auteur of the Underworld films, no less) could become another easy target for the gaming community to shoot their flaming geek missiles at. We live in hope.
