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Microsoft Studios acquires rights to Gears of War franchise/Black Tusk does the work
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TheLegendary
Member
First Gears was absolutely amazing and one of the most memorable experiences of last gen. 3 was pretty good. Hope they can reenvision and revitalize the franchise.
LiLSnorpSnorp
Member
I hope they do the IP justice, stoked about this. It would be nice if they ran a Halo/gears/halo/gears cycle
I thought it was confirmed that Black Tusk was working on a new IP? Gears is cool and all but Judgement wasn't exactly the best in the series. I would be happy if MS and even Naughty Dog would let these franchises like Gears and Uncharted go away this generation. New Generation should also mean new IP
Doctor Ninja
Sphincter Speaker
Gears was THE system seller for the 360 so it is only inevitable that they'd acquire the IP.
Whether that games would be as good as the original trilogy remains to be seen. PeoplCanFly certainly didn't do a very good job with Judgment.
Whether that games would be as good as the original trilogy remains to be seen. PeoplCanFly certainly didn't do a very good job with Judgment.
LilWayneSuckz
Member
They own that too.
Spencer wasn't in charge back then, no?
Doug Heffernan
Member
What happened to Black Tusk creating the next big franchise on par with Halo and Gears?
I have no idea what's going on at Microsoft Studios anymore... lol
Is Respawn next to join?
I have no idea what's going on at Microsoft Studios anymore... lol
Is Respawn next to join?
Diddy Kong
Banned
Mad props, Microsoft.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
10 fans? Even the sub par judgement got close to 1.5 million in sales, with the mainline Gears games doing near 6 million each. It's safe to say a Gears 4 on new hardware will sell great.
poopninjamvc3mk
I sucked six dicks to get this tag.
Said it in the stream thread already but
How will they even make a new Gears game after the ending to 3? Are they gonna pull a Halo 4 and make some ancient evil come or something?
How will they even make a new Gears game after the ending to 3? Are they gonna pull a Halo 4 and make some ancient evil come or something?
LiLSnorpSnorp
Member
Right, and Halo will have micro transactions to then?
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
I don't think that this is a good move by Microsoft.
Gears lost momentum over the years. They should invest in some fresh new IPs.
The 360 had Halo, Gears and Forza, I don't want the XboxOne to rely on Halo, Gears an Forza again...
Gimme new stuff or at least reinvent the IP.
Same goes for Sony, if the next Uncharted isn't something entirely new(for exampe OpenWorld) I probably can't help but be disappointed.
Gears lost momentum over the years. They should invest in some fresh new IPs.
The 360 had Halo, Gears and Forza, I don't want the XboxOne to rely on Halo, Gears an Forza again...
Gimme new stuff or at least reinvent the IP.
Same goes for Sony, if the next Uncharted isn't something entirely new(for exampe OpenWorld) I probably can't help but be disappointed.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Microsoft not buying BioWare when they had the chance is one of their biggest missed opportunities in my opinion.
I know a lot of people are down on them right now but they would have been a massive get.
Dragonborn
Member
But that's all MS ever does. I wouldn't mind the monotonous Halo/Gears/Forza cycle if on top of that they actually had a variety of different exclusives like Sony.
Furthermore, I wouldn't even compare Uncharted to Gears. ND are in their own league and comparing them to an unproven studio is a disservice.
I don't understand the first part of your post. MS isn't the only company?
If I could play Gears 1 at 1080p/60fps with dedicated servers on Xbox One, I would buy one ASAP. Make it happen MS.
The One and Done
Member
Couldn't disagree more. The world of Gears is awesome and I'm excited to see where they go with it from here. Happy to see Microsoft gaining franchises.
Most likely Rod is smart enough to not go for anything AFTER 3. Can you say Pendulum Wars game? Locust-protagonist in series for the first time?
SEGAvangelist
Member
And I bet Mass Effect 2 and 3 would have been even better.
Steverulez
Member
If Microsoft wanted Bioware they'd have probably had to buy Pandemic, Mercenaries, Dragon Age and everything else in that group. The price was far too high when they would have only wanted one team/IP
If I remember correctly, they didn't want to aquire Bioware because it was a package deal with both Bioware and Pandemic.
Edit: Beaten
It's simple. Open a spreadsheet of game sales in the US. Sort by units sold. Try to buy out the titles at the top of the list, if that fails buy timed exclusivity or if that fails buy exclusive DLC.
Who needs new IP when they have a formula that worked for them all last gen?
kittoo
Cretinously credulous
I loved the original Gears trilogy. Hated Judgement though. Still excited about Gears to some extent. Lets see what Black Tusk can bring to table. I am not going to buy Xbox one that easily as I have no interest in current games and MS first party isnt something great, but if Halo 5 and this are really good, I just might!
Doubt it. Cliffy isn't moving to Canada. It's more likely that MS gives him a studio than him moving.
dugdug
Banned
You ask that as if it's an unreasonable statement.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Just remember, it's not being made by Epic anymore...
MS would have been stupid to let this go really. The last thing they need is to have less exclusive franchises.
Not sure I like that another team is working on gears now though... Then again I felt gears was stale near the end of Gears of war 3 and had no interest whatsoever in judgement, so if black tusk can cure that and/or make Gears of war better, good for them.
Not sure I like that another team is working on gears now though... Then again I felt gears was stale near the end of Gears of war 3 and had no interest whatsoever in judgement, so if black tusk can cure that and/or make Gears of war better, good for them.
killer rin
Member
That was actually pretty smart. Well, you now have your second most important IP Microsoft.
Jessie.Bristol
Member
The article linked in that post was from November 29th 2012.
Live Free or Die
Banned
That is a good rhing.
LiquidSolid
Member
You're right, my bad. The first appearances attributed the copyright to Quantic Dream but I never bothered to check later ones, which attributed it to Sony.
I think cliff would love Vancouver.
NightBlade
Banned
Dunno how much juice Gears has left it in. Gears 3 wasn't that good imo and Judgement.......Don't even get me started.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Also, Cliffy is doing his own work on a PC only arena shooter right now. Why would he drop everything to go do shit with MS again?
LowerLevel
Member
Opinions and all but it is still a list of new games that we KNOW of. Phil Spencer has the "greenlight" to purchase whatever...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=706747
(post 7 for synopsis)
I've said before that I still think we will something on Class 4 this E3 as well. On topic, Gears in the fold makes the creation process to not include as many lawyers, if any.
WhiskeyKnight
Member
Black Tusk's Fucking Donkey Kong.
Haha yeah. A Mod should change the thread title:
"It's fucking Gears of War."
MightyHedgehog
Member
Do you just like to pay attention to only some of their output or what? There's more than just Halo/Gears/Forza just like there's more to Sony than just KZ/UC/GT. No one is arguing that MS puts out more new IP than Sony, but let's not act as if MS doesn't put out anything but the titles I listed.
I would since they're in the same genre. ND made it clear that the original Gears was their main gameplay inspiration for the original UC. I never talked about the development studio behind them, so I'm not sure where this shit you're coming up with is keying off of.
MS targets fps market. Kinda hard to argue against that point.