Neowin News Feed for: Gears of war

Editorial: Microsoft's left hand ... please meet right hand

John Callaham — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:54:10 +0100

Microsoft's decision to keep PEGI 18 rated games out of the Windows Store feature of Windows 8 means that some Microsoft games, such as the hit Gears of War titles, can't be sold in the Windows Store. Read more...

Cliff Bleszinski departs Epic Games

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:03:11 +0100

Cliff Bleszinski, the long time design director at Epic Games, has announced he is leaving the game developer where he helped to create titles like the Unreal Tournament and Gears of Wars series. Read more...

E3 2012: Microsoft announce a host of new games at E3

Byron Hinson — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:49:27 +0100

Microsoft today announced a number of new Xbox 360 games which are in development as we speak. Games such as Ascend: New Gods, Joe Danger: The Movie and more were detailed alongside Forza Horizon... Read more...

New Gears of War game to be announced Monday

John Callaham — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:28:51 +0100

Microsoft will reveal the next game in Epic Games' next Gears of War shooter series on Monday at its E3 2012 press conference, but a teaser has already been posted. Read more...

Dead Space story producer insults Gears of War story

Paul Ferson — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:46:05 +0100

One of the story producers for EA's Dead Space has went on record, remarking that the Gears of War storyline is "literally the worst writing in games". Read more...

Microsoft to remove all gun avatar items from Xbox Live?

John Callaham — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:12:53 +0000

A post by Epic Games' community manager claims that after January 1, Microsoft will remove all gun-like items for Xbox Live avatar props for sale for the Xbox 360 console. Read more...

Gaming News Round-Up: November 24

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:05:58 +0000

In today's Thanksgiving Day edition of the round-up, we learn some bad news about the PC version of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, a new rumor concerning the Gears of War franchise and more. Read more...

Epic addresses leak of Gears of War 3 developer build

Paul Ferson — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:35:49 +0100

Epic Games has released information about the leaked build of Gears of War 3, after news of its leak circulated the internet . Thanks to someone using the alias of ANONYMOUS360, the game reached different... Read more...

Developer build of Gears of War 3 leaked to internet

Paul Ferson — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:07:38 +0100

A developer build of Gears of War 3 appears to have leaked onto the internet after having privately circled certain websites for a number of weeks. A user called ANONYMOUS360 has been responsible for making... Read more...

Microsoft announce Gears of War 3 beta and New WP 7 games/updates

Byron Hinson — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:32:35 +0000

Microsoft has announced a number of new Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 titles that are on the way throughout spring and into 2011. In the press released emailed to Neowin today, Microsoft also announced that... Read more...

PC piracy drove us to consoles, says Epic Games

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:51:08 +0100

Mike Capps, president of Epic Games - the studio behind the Gears of War franchise - has blamed piracy for his studio's recent preference for developing console-only games in an interview with Edge magazine. However,... Read more...

Gears of War 3 announced, coming April 2011

Tom Warren — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:03:04 +0100

Epic Games' Cliffy B has unveiled a Gears Of War 3 trailer on U.S. chat show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this week. The "worst kept secret" in the games industry has seen subject to several... Read more...

Epic: No regrets over Microsoft partnership

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:05:57 +0000

In an unsurprising response to Michael Pachter's claims on Friday that Epic now regrets its partnership with Microsoft, Epic Games vice-president Mark Rein has stated that they have no regrets over their deal with Microsoft. Writing... Read more...

Pachter: Epic regrets Microsoft exclusivity

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:48:09 +0000

Neowin has learned via 1UP that high-profile analyst Michael Pachter believes Epic Games now regrets its exclusivity deal with Microsoft for Gears of War. Talking on GameTrailers Bonus Round, Pachter said, "I think the Epic... Read more...

Legendary Pictures to begin developing games

Jonathan Steele — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:40:22 +0100

Video games based on Hollywood blockbusters have long been the pet hate of the industry, and it seems things aren't going to change anytime soon if todays reports are anything to by. According to Variety,... Read more...

New Gears of War 2 update and DLC coming this month

Sam Alderwick — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:30:15 +0000

The third update to Gears of War 2 is due this month, with a new map pack (Snowblind) to accompany it shortly after, according to an article by Gamespot. The update will offer a new... Read more...

Certificate error makes Gears of War for PC unplayable

Sam Alderwick — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:46:16 +0000

According to Eurogamer, a Windows digital certificate has been the cause of many problems for many Gears of War players on the PC recently. Many players have been unable to start the game due to... Read more...