Fans of Gears of War should continue to enjoy all the third installment has to offer, as it doesn't look like a new outing for the COG is planned any time soon. Gears Dev Epic Games let slip, recently, that another installment is no longer in development. Aptly titled Gears of War: Exile, many rumors abound that it was meant to be an on-rails Kinect title. Speaking to
Gamespot, Cliff Bleszinski had this un-revealing tidbit to say:
Gears of War: Exile was an unannounced game that I can't give any details about that has since been cancelled,
The public face of Epic Games and the Gears franchise, Bleszinski has made mention of combining Gears with the Kinect. He has insisted that a game utilizing the Kinect technology would have to be built from the ground up. Last year he made mention of the thought of using the tech in Gears 3:
I've been asked about integration into Gears. If we had put it into Gears 3, considering the development time table, it would have been a tacked-on feature. If we were to get around to doing something Kinect-based, we would want to dedicate something to it and really knock it out the park and make it a Kinect game.
Having not even scratched the DLC of Gears 3, I am glad to hear there will not be another installment any time soon. And I am no fan of Cliff B, but this is one of the rare moments where I will agree with him; anything appealing to core gamers that utilizes the Kinect to its full potential would need to be built from the ground up. It will be interesting to see what the upcoming years produce as far as Kinect-titles, as the technology is still in its infancy.
And speaking of scrapped Epic titles, it appears that Bulletstorm 2 was in development, but Epic has recently decided against it. Polish developer People Can Fly had begun some initial development on the sequel to the over-the-top shooter, however Epic decided to concentrate the developer's efforts on an as-of-yet unannounced title. Mike Capps, president of Epic Games, had this to say:
We thought a lot about a sequel, and had done some initial development on it, but we found a project that we thought was a better fit for People Can Fly...We haven't announced that yet, but we will be announcing it pretty soon.
Capps has previously expressed wanting to return to Bulletstorm, stating that he thought there was more to do with it. Last year, however, he did let slip that Bulletstorm performed less than stellar as far as EA was concerned.
I think Bulletstorm was very critically successful, and I think a lot of folks really enjoyed seeing something new... From a sales perspective it was good, but not amazing. I think EA was hoping we'd do better.
Again, I'm not a fan of Epic Games in general, but I did enjoy my romp through Bulletstorm. The change up to style and over the top potty humor was a nice break. If you've played the title, though, you do know that it is clearly not for everyone, and it comes as no surprise that the title did not earn the money EA expected. Of course, coming off the heels of Gears' commercial success, EA probably expected another million-seller from the studio. Only time will tell if we will see a return to Bulletstorm.
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