29 October 2008
Josh

Gears of War 3 and The Movie talk with Cliff Bleszinski

A new interview with Cliff Bleszinski, the creator of Gears of War 2 (known by many as “Cliffy B.) has him discussing some very interesting things, primarily the likelihood of a Gears of War 3 releasing for the current-gen Xbox 360 platform, and a discussion about the upcoming Gears of War movie that is currently in development.

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Here are a few choice quotes from the interview:

REGARDING GEARS OF WAR 3:

Question from Chris Stead: Does the Xbox 360 have enough left in it for a Gears of War 3, or will you be hoping that the next-generation of consoles rocks up in time for its release?
Answer by Cliff Bleszinski: Well we’ve never said anything about any sort of sequels, so it is all guess work and hearsay now about what anybody will come up with. But in terms of what the Xbox 360 is capable of… anytime you are doing console development you cannot count on anybody popping in a new video card or adding new memory or anything like that – we are working with that box. But I have a feeling that if we were to do a future product, which might be a possibility, our programmers will have a way to work their mojo and make something that really feels like a leap.

REGARDING THE GEARS OF WAR MOVIE:

Question from Chris Stead: The Gears of War movie will certainly help that exposure: you’re involved we believe. How are you going to buck the videogame-to-movie trend and not suck?

Answer by Cliff Bleszinski: I’m involved as the executive producer. It’s all about getting the right people attached. We take the material very seriously. People tend to have a short memory in general, I find, and people forget just how many bad superhero movies there were before Hollywood started consistently nailing the formula. They sunk Batman for a long time thanks to Schumacher and everything.

Read the rest, including more on the Gears of War movie, in gameplayer’s interview.

Gears of War 2 will be released exclusively for the Xbox 360 on November 7th, 2008.

Update July 2009: In a more recent interview Gears series creator Cliff Bleszinski said: “If you look at Gears of War 2 we actually tried to get away from it a little bit by doing things like letting the colours breathe and come through a little bit more. Stylistically though, I’d love to play in a different field in the near future in regards to what your typical expectation of a Gears of War game actually is.” Sounds like Gears of War 3 will have a different graphical style.

13 May 2009 15:17
BLee

When does gears of war 3 come out?

14 May 2009 10:25
JQ

Dunno. JQ

17 May 2009 23:25
MN

yayy

9 June 2009 17:17
z.

If gears 3 is prodused will it show how the locust invasion happened and how the whole war got started?

11 June 2009 23:34
hammer

will you make gears 3 more like gears 1 shotgun in gears 2 sucks and when you get shot it slows you down its just all wrong i loved gears 1 but gears 2 didnt have anything all that great wasnt happy lets hope you all pull your fingers out and make gears 3 the way it should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

16 June 2009 03:29
christopher brown

will it better than ever, will there be bigger and better weapons

17 June 2009 04:57
mcjakeqcool

And most importnantly, WILL THERE BE A MOVIE?! mcjakeqcool

22 June 2009 11:05
Josh

Gears of War 3 must have new vehicles, better and bigger weapons, and the gameplay must be long!!! It must be better than gears of war 1 and 2 combine.

23 June 2009 10:16
JQ

@Josh
I kinda agree. But for me, the most important thing is that there is a Gears of War movie/film/doodedadadiddydumdiddydoodiddydumdoda. JQ