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[Yaqoub]

Dayum, came out of nowhere lol

 

[Maxrunner]

so we have GOW exclusivity, Halo, and paying for first DLC on BF and COD, my god does the Xbox One feel like a shooty bang bang console. At least this should stop all the Gears to playstation nonsense on the internet.

Yep, MS can't seem to creating anything in studio so they buy ips and then hire company to do the games....great business here....

 

[Santiako]

Good move by them.

 

[enanogrande]

Watch the E3 teaser for the Black Tusk game. This surely doesn't look like GoW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXsJdTJQIFA

Thanks for that! I forgot they said they were doing a 'stealthy' game.

 

[Revolutionary]

So I guess Halo and Gears will be alternating years for the foreseeable future.

 

[V_Ben]

This is good news for Gears fans, but if it means that Black Tusk's new IP is being retrofitted, then that saddens me.

 

[Terbinator]

So does this mean Black Tusk are working on two games - including hypothetical GoW game?

 

[Militant17]

A big Gears of War reboot for next gen systems would fit beautifully in the Halo off-years for MS...

So basically a repeat of this gen then. BORING.

 

[Loudninja]

Was hoping the announcement would be something new... I am currently so burnt out on FPS games.

Gears is a 3rd person shooter

 

[Persona7]

Was hoping the announcement would be something new... I am currently so burnt out on FPS games.

What gears FPS did you play?

 

[m@cross]

Black Tusk making a Gears of War then? Was this series worth it at this point, I dunno. Seems to have kinda run its course.

This

 

[Dabanton]

Didn't Black Tusk merge with another MS team?

 

[Tucah]

This is great for Microsoft but I'm pretty sure I'm done with the franchise.

 

[ekim]

So does this mean Black Tusk are working on two games - including hypothetical GoW game?

Seems so. I would also imply, that the other game is also running on UE4.

 

[Facism]

So are Black Tusk working on something original as well, or are they going to be that gears developer?

Can't say i'm super excited about another one, but hopefully they have a fresh new take on it.

 

[Naminator]

Well I didn't see this one coming.

 

[Duxxy3]

I am actually happy with this. I don't like it when microsoft pays off a publishers from releasing on other systems, but that's not the case here. They built up an internal studio and bought an IP that microsoft is recognized with.

 

[TheExecutive]

Good for MS! Never could really get into the games. Too much bullet sponge.

 

[GoofsterStud]

I have good news for you!

Yeah, yeah I meant to say shooters.

 

[PhoenixFyre]

Well now how am I supposed to get my giant, lumpy boulderman fix? Is it too late to cancel my PS4 preorder?

Seriously though, getting insanely burnt out on established franchises at this point.

 

[Dante316]

Its a good announcement. It just doesn't have that "epic drop" to it. Since gears was always exclusive to xbox .

 

[Mass Effect]

Well, so much for those multiplatform hopes.

This could be for the best though. At this point was Epic really going to do anything with the franchise? Would the games even be good anymore? Too many key people left for me to say yes.

 

[boredandlazy]

I'm not disappointed by this news at all. At least Microsoft haven't acquired exclusivity to a series I care about.

 

[bak4fun]

It makes sense for microsoft, even if I'd rather see them create new franchise, it's far less risky to just buy an existing one.

The bigger question is : does that mean anything for epic? are they switching from a game dev studio to an engine dev studio exclusively?

 

[UberTag]

How long until Microsoft buys the Titanfall franchise from EA/Respawn?

 

[Leflus]

Good point. How big is Black Tusk, though?

Black Tusk had 55 team members at the end of 2012. I don't know how many they've recruited since then.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/30/m...-by-ex-ea-devs-looking-to-make-the-next-halo/

 

[Alista]

Have to admit, this doesn't excite me. I thought GoW was started to get a bit tired in the second installment and it was wrapped up okay in the third and that was it for me with regards to the series. Then Judgment came along and was just dreadful and forgettable.

Hardly surprising that Epic have decided to cash in on an IP that they've made their money out of already and like many others probably didn't see much more of a future in it. Seems like an odd investment from Microsoft really.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Yep, MS can't seem to creating anything in studio so they buy ips and then hire company to do the games....great business here....

Uh. They own studios that make solid games. Not as many as Sony, but they do.

 

[op_ivy]

after thinking about it a bit more a next-gen reboot of sorts, with a new team, could be quite cool. should be beautiful at least

 

[The Real Napsta]

Gears is played. Gears 1 is the best gears. 3 was okay.

 

[fuzzyreactor]

As a ps4 owner who doesn't want to buy a one, this news pleases me. I thought it was going to be something I cared about

 

[boeso]

Nooooo I wanted to play this on the PS4 (not sarcasm).

 

[PhatSaqs]

No Gears on Playstation, Pachter am cry.

Its probably part of what made Epic richer. If they didnt at least hint at the possibility they're dumb.

 

[statham]

So does this mean Black Tusk are working on two games - including hypothetical GoW game?

GOW will just be in the planning stages, I would imagine they finish the stealth game and put a small team on GOW until after the stealth game is complete.

 

[sajj316]

Felt it was only a matter of time. I'm hoping they will make it for PC as well and not keep it to XBOX ONE only. Cross-platform play too.

 

[scitek]

So no fucking chance now that the first game on PC will have GFWL patched out. Fucking A.

 

[Deleted member 20415]

I can get behind a new Gears game... I definitely want to play more of the series.

I'm just surprised that Epic is hell-bent on getting so far away from making games. What the hell happened there?

 

[Mets39]

Pretty big news, love Gears! I wonder how much it cost them

 

[Alfredo]

So are we finally going to find out why

Spoiler

the queen looks human

?

 

[Subaru]

Who is Black Tusk? I mean it, I know that is a Microsoft studio, but do we have any reason to trust them?

 

[Night Angel]

Cool. Maybe if it's better than the last one I'll give it a try. Hopefully Black Tusk is still making a new IP.

 

[solarus]

I really like gears but I've had my fill. 4 entries were enough.

 

[Like The Salt]

Disappointing, but expected. Gears is the only Microsoft exclusive that I actually care about.

 

[robinsxe]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

you've got the resources and the people to pull out amazing new IP's, and you give us this?

 

[Carl]

Now we can get that "More gritty" reboot that Phil suggested!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=707161

 

[Opus Angelorum]

"The thing we showed at E3 last year, it was something that was done in Unreal and more of a concept piece," Spencer said, calling it "an asset" created by the team to get their creative juices flowing, not necessarily an in-development game.

Further to my last post suggesting the exact opposite, it sounds like there isn't a second game from Black Tusk.

 

[BraXzy]

Clever move by Epic. Unless they had a specific contract, or Black Tusk change engines, they'll get 20% profits of the game without working on it.

I know Epic have focused more on engine devwlopment, which I guess has always been their focus, but I hope they continue to develop games.

 

[TRios Zen]

This makes me tingly inside.

 

[Schweinehund]

I'd like to see MS spend money on either new ip's or bringing back some old IP's like they did with KI. I might be the minority here but after gears 2 I had my fill of it.

 

[JaseC]

I thought it was a xbox exclusive allready? You'll learn something new everyday.

It is (well, the original was ported to the PC), but although Microsoft published the games, Epic maintained ownership of the IP. The latter has now changed -- as of today Microsoft owns Gears entirely.

Does this mean more Gears of War on PC?

I wouldn't be optimistic about that until we get word of Microsoft removing GFWL from the original and replacing it with Steamworks.