Anyone who wants to enjoy the carnage of Gears of War online on PC will HAVE to sign up to Games for Windows - Live. Microsoft has revealed that the game will only be playable online through the PC version of the Xbox online service. Although it's free to sign up to Games for Windows - Live, it's news that's sure to rankle PC gamers used to freedom and choice when it comes to online gaming. Microsoft let it slip during E3 that Games for Windows - Live will be available for Windows XP ...
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17 Jul 2007

Gears of War online locked to Windows - Live

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PC - Gears of War - Gears of War online locked to Windows - Live

Anyone who wants to enjoy the carnage of Gears of War online on PC will HAVE to sign up to Games for Windows - Live.

Microsoft has told CVG that the game will only be playable online through the PC's version of the Xbox online service.

Although it's free to sign up to Games for Windows - Live, it's news that's sure to rankle PC gamers used to freedom and choice when it comes to online gaming.
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16 Jul 2007

Epic Confirms Gears of War, UT 3 For Mac

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PC - Gears of War - Epic Confirms Gears of War, UT 3 For Mac

In a "Game Head" video posted on Gametrailers.com, Epic Games' VP Mark Rein announced that a Mac version of Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 are heading to the platform. Rein enthusiastically announces in the video, "And don't forget, we're also doing Macintosh. Yes, Gears is coming to the Mac and so is UT".
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12 Jul 2007

Exclusive Gears PC Content 'Unlikley' to Arrive on 360s

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PC - Gears of War - Exclusive Gears PC Content 'Unlikley' to Arrive on 360s

AMN ran into Epic's Mark Rein and lead game designer Cliff Bleszinski during today's E3 2007 events.

When questioned on the possibility of the exclusive Gears of War PC content appearing on the Xbox 360, we found that the while technically possible, the chances are looking rather dim. While Mark Rein dodged the issue more or less, we found Cliffy B to be a bit more cooperative. "If we didn't have any exclusives on the PC, why would anybody have the PC version?" When asked if the extra content was a timed exclusive, Cliffy replied with "to-be-determined...
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12 Jul 2007

E3 07: Gears of War - hands-on

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It's been about 8 months since Gears of War's orgiastic celebration of blood, guts, and in-your-face visceral gameplay upped the ante for shooters when it debuted on the Xbox 360. This week, game designer Cliff Bleszinski finally acknowledged what gamers have been expecting for quite some time, that Gears of War would be blasting its way to the PC. This holiday season, both XP and Vista users can look forward to five new chapters added to the story mode, a new multiplayer mode, and 3 new maps. ...
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11 Jul 2007

Gears Of War: Confirmed for Windows XP/Vista

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PC - Gears of War - Gears Of War: Confirmed for Windows XP/Vista

Microsoft has confirmed today that Gears Of War is Coming to Windows XP/Vista and it will contain extra content than the xb0×360r version of the game which has been available for a while now .
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9 Jul 2007

Gears of War on PC announcement at E3?

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Reports are suggesting that a PC version of Epic's Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War will finally be announced at E3 next week, following the appearance of an E3 montage gameplay trailer that's leaked onto the internet purportedly showing the game on PC. Of course, Gears of War on PC has always been a matter of "when" rather than "if." Epic's boss Mark Rein has said previously that a PC version is "inevitable." It's now expected that Microsoft will announce Gears of War under its Games for ...
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7 Jul 2007

First video of Gears of War for PC, here and gone in 10 minutes

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PC - Gears of War - First video of Gears of War for PC, here and gone in 10 minutes

Footage of Epic's Gears of War for PC had hit the web in an instant and vanished as quickly as it had appeared.

Submitter's note: the news about the video was almost approved when GameVideos.com has removed it.
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21 Mar 2007

Interview with Cliffy B

PC News | Gears of War

Cliff "Gears of War" Bleszinski has been blasted into the videogame stardom spotlight after the huge success of his flagship 360 shooter and now has his sights set on the future (surely working on Gears 2). We recently managed to snatch a few moments with gaming's best-groomed designer at the Game Developers Conference, where he nabbed three awards including best game for Gears and took to the podium to tell a gushing audience just how he thought up the UE3 chainsaw madness. In our chat Mr. B ...
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15 Mar 2007

Cliffy B: "I have a 40 ft. hard-on for original...

PC News | Gears of War

"I have a 40 ft. hard-on for original IP and that's what Gears of War is," Epic's Cliff Bleszinski told us last week, when we quizzed him on the chances of seeing more original properties from the Unreal and Gears studio. "The fact that [Gears of War] was such a success proves to me that this business is driven by its own internal IPs and not licensed properties," he said. Following the 3 million-plus sales of its flagship 360 shooter, Epic is now finishing up the third installment of Unreal ...
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