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15 Nov 2008
Games for Windows - Live Gets Reformatted, Rebooted N4G
PC News from N4G | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - Games for Windows - Live Gets Reformatted, Rebooted "I saw so much promise in Microsoft's ambitious-but-doomed Live Anywhere initiative when it was first unveiled at E3 2006, though since then, Microsoft has dealt with backlash against charging for services that PC players were accustomed to getting for free and limited publisher adoption, as well as the rapidly growing popularity of Valve's community-anointed Steam service. Microsoft acknowledged that things weren't going swimmingly back in July, when it announced that it would be making all of its Live services on the PC free, and it continues to retool its PC gaming efforts by giving its Games for Windows - Live client a bit of an overhaul." - Giantbomb.com Editor, Ryan
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13 Nov 2008
Microsoft Updates GFW - Live Client N4G
PC News from N4G | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - Microsoft Updates GFW - Live Client With all the attention being paid to the vaunted New Xbox Experience interface that will launch later this month for the Xbox 360, Microsoft quietly updated the Games for Windows - Live client today. The update doesn't introduce any new functionality--that is planned later on with the release of a desktop client as well as the Games for Windows - Live Marketplace. However, the update does give the GFW - Live client a whole new look that's better suited for PCs...
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7 Nov 2008
Gears of War Locust Drone N4G
PC News from N4G | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - Gears of War Locust Drone Sales, LLC announced today that it has finalized work on its 1:1 scale Gears of War Locust Drone design maquette. The piece was sculpted by Chris Perna, art director, Epic Games, and painted by highly respected special effects and creature creator Jordu Schell. The bust stands 19 inches high, weighs approximately 15 pounds, and will be available to ship...
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24 Oct 2008
Legendary Pictures Negotiating Epic Games Purchase N4G
PC News from N4G | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - Legendary Pictures Negotiating Epic Games Purchase Legendary Pictures, the film production company that is currently co-financing the Gears of War film adaption, is currently in talks to buy Gears developer Epic Games, according to Variety.

The report has apparently been corroborated by multiple sources, though neither company involved has issued any official statements.
Variety notes that if the deal closes, Legendary will become the first film financier to invest directly in a game developer.
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2 Oct 2008
No Gears 2 for PC: Mark Rein Cites 360 Focus Not Piracy Concern as Reason N4G
PC News from N4G | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - No Gears 2 for PC: Mark Rein Cites 360 Focus Not Piracy Concern as Reason Ripten reaches out to Epic VP, Mark Rein, seeking his take on why the popular Gears of War sequel will not be making its way onto the PC.
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24 Sep 2008
Epic Games Announces Winners of Phase 1 in the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest N4G
PC News from N4G | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - Epic Games Announces Winners of Phase 1 in the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest (AUSTIN, Texas – September 16, 2008)

Epic Games, Inc. today announced at the Austin Game Developers Conference the winners of the first phase in the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest, a competition that rewards aspiring game developers for making exceptional game modifications (mods) for Unreal Tournament 3. Awards for the first phase of the competition include cash prizes in addition to Velocity Micro PCs loaded with Intel® Software Development Products.
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8 Aug 2008
Lower review scores for Gears PC is "bulls***," says Capps N4G
PC News from N4G | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - Lower review scores for Gears PC is "bulls***," says Capps Speaking at E3, Epic boss Mike Capps expressed dismay at the fact the PC version of Gears of War scored lower than the 360 game, saying the desktop outing was "much better" and the fact it achieved lower marks was "bulls***."
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17 Jun 2008
Die Hard 4 director does Gears of War
PC News | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - Die Hard 4 director does Gears of War

Len Wiseman, the chap behind vampire flick Underworld and Die Hard 4, is preparing to direct a movie based on Gears of War. The director will be teaming up with writer Chris Morgan to develop the story and rewrite a new screenplay, according to Variety. A previous script by Stuart Beattie, the original writer of the first Pirates of the Caribbean, will be discarded. Fortunately, Epic will have some involvement. ...

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26 May 2008
New Gears of War edition on the way? N4G
PC News from N4G | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - New Gears of War edition on the way? Gamed.nl Writes: "GameStop has on its website the game Gears of War with maps for a release on June 24. The title suggests that the game gets a new edition with the maps of the downloadable content included. Rumours are also moving that content from the PC version will be included. The new edition will cost $ 39.99."

Check it out.
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19 Apr 2008
GeoW Comic Book Announced, No GeoW 2 Demo N4G
PC News from N4G | Gears of War
PC - Gears of War - GeoW Comic Book Announced, No GeoW 2 Demo The success surrounding the popular Xbox 360/PC shooter Gears of War has led to the creation of a comic book based on the game's universe. It's officially been confirmed that DC Comics partnered with Epic Games to publish a Gears of War comic book series, which is "slated to debut from DC's WildStorm publishing imprint in October." More details will be uncovered soon.

As for the second installment in the shooter series -- a.k.a. Gears of War 2 -- Epic revealed that they won't be releasing a demo before the full game hits stores.

"[There are] no plans for a demo," associate producer Tanya Jessen told Shacknews. "The reason being that it's been such a fast turnaround. A two year production cycle, for a game of this caliber, is really short."

In relation to game-inspired comics, the well-known publisher DC Comics also recently revealed that its going to making a comic book series based on the upcoming game Prototype.
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