Oct 26, 2007 Inside an office in sunny Raleigh, North Carolina, Epic vice president Mark Rein settles back into a comfy seat. "It all started way back in the stone age," he begins. "You know, Tim Sweeney started the company in his parents' basement in Maryland." Today Epic is out of the basement and has the two monster-sized games Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War (PC) in development. Outside of Mark's office, staff members play on the Epic basketball court, others help themselves to a ...
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19 Oct 2007

PC Gamers Rev Their Chainsaws: Gears of War for Windows Goes Gold

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PC - Gears of War - PC Gamers Rev Their Chainsaws: Gears of War for Windows Goes Gold

Microsoft Game Studios announced today that the eagerly-awaited "Gears of War" for Windows has gone gold and will hit retailers throughout North America on November 6th.

In addition to retaining all of the content from its Xbox 360 counterpart and all previously released downloadable content (seven multiplayer maps and the Annex game mode), "Gears of War" for Windows will feature exciting original content, all-new Achievements to unlock, and ultra-high resolution visuals. Five new campaign chapters expand upon the riveting story (including an epic battle with the fearsome Brumak), and the action-packed multiplayer offering is bolstered with three exclusive multiplayer maps, a "King of the Hill" game type, and Games for Windows Â¿ LIVE support to deliver online matchmaking for Gold members. A new game editor will allow users to develop an unlimited number of user-created levels with complete access to the Unreal Editor.
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16 Oct 2007

Gears of War (PC) Achievements Revealed by x360a

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PC - Gears of War - Gears of War (PC) Achievements Revealed by x360a

The game features 50 achievements totaling 1000 points. Most of the achievements are the same as the 360 counter-part, with the clever addition of the "Not So Serious" achievement that calls for 10,000 kills in Player matches, rather than Ranked matches. The "Seriously..." achievement for killing 10,000 in Ranked matches is still present, forcing players to now have 20,000 kills total, unless the achievements stack together if you get them in Ranked matches first.

There is also one secret achievement, which is most likely for killing the new boss character (the Brumak), presumably on Hardcore (or higher) difficulty like the other boss achievements.
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7 Oct 2007

November will be a great month for PC gaming - Release dates

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PC - Gears of War - November will be a great month for PC gaming - Release dates

The PC gaming industry works in cycles, and it will reach the beginning of a new cycle in November:

* Hellgate: London: October 31st/November 2nd
* Gears of War: November 7th/9th
* Crysis: November 16th/19th

In addition, Nvidia and AMD will release new hardware to coincide with those game releases.
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5 Oct 2007

Gears of War on PC dated

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Oct 5, 2007 Here's a date to mark in your diaries if your mouse hand's twitching in anticipation for Gears of War on PC - it's out in the US on November 6 and the UK on November 9, according to the latest release date info from ...
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5 Oct 2007

Gamers Get Ready for Gears PC

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PC - Gears of War - Gamers Get Ready for Gears PC

Warning to all PC gamers: the Locust Horde is coming. Slated for release this holiday season, and the GoW site goes over the details.
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5 Oct 2007

Gears of War: Brumack fight footage

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4 Oct 2007

Gears of War PC Release Date Set; Details and Exclusive Screenshots

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PC - Gears of War - Gears of War PC Release Date Set; Details and Exclusive Screenshots

"The timing is right for this... we didn't want [to wait] 3-4 years," said Epic producer Rod Fergusson at a recent press event. Flanked by Gears of War director Cliff Bleszinski and Gears PC lead level designer Jim Brown, Fergusson explained that bringing the game to the PC was a natural move--especially considering it had actually been running on the PC during the project's early showings at E3.

Bleszinski echoed that sentiment, adding that the port had been under development since just after the original Xbox 360 version shipped.
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4 Oct 2007

Gears of War movie is "enormous"

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Oct 4, 2007 The Hollywood scriptwriter given the responsibility of penning the silver screen adaptation of Epic's Gears of War has said that movie will be an "enormous film." Speaking to GamePro.com, Stuart Beattie, whose writing credits include Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, explained that it's likely the Gears movie will be shot entirely on green screen like 300. "There's no way to build that world any other way, really," he said. "That's a huge world. It's a ...
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28 Aug 2007

GDC China: Epic's Meegan Talks Gears Of War Outsourcing

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PC - Gears of War - GDC China: Epic's Meegan Talks Gears Of War Outsourcing

GDC China kicked off in Shanghai with a keynote from Epic China CEO Paul Meegan discussing 'The Possibilities and Perils of Production Outsourcing, And How It's Changing the Way Games Are Made', and Gamasutra was there to report his conclusions.

Meegan, who formerly ran Ubisoft Shanghai, recently set up the relatively low-profile Epic China, previously revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2006, and his speech at the inaugural GDC China conference, co-run by [Gamasutra owner] CMP and IDG, covered the bases, from why to outsource to some of the pitfalls of doing so.

Epic China has been set up to provide outsourcing help both to Gears Of War creator Epic and to associated companies using Unreal Engine 3, and already has a large China-based staff working on asset creation for games - thus Meegan's keenly awaited speech.
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