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One of the Xbox 360’s defining shooters could be set to make a return on the Xbox One, if reports are to be believed. A remastered version of 2006 cover-based shooter Gears of War was first spotted by Polygon, which noted that a number of Xbox One players were playing …
Read More »Gears of War cinematics boss leaves Epic for Black Tusk
Black Tusk is already known to be working on a new Gears of War, and now it’s recruiting some of the series’ original talent. Cinematics director Greg Mitchell will be joining the Microsoft-owned studio to help develop the next entry in the series. While his new role hasn’t been detailed, …
Read More »Gears of War cinematics director joins Black Tusk
Greg M. Mitchell follows popular franchise to new Microsoft studio
Read More »Gears of War’s Cliffy B ‘officially coming out of retirement’
Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski is officially coming "out of retirement" and returning to game development. The former Epic game designer has been teasing his next project for some time, with suggestions the new title could be an arena shooter. Details on his new venture will be revealed within …
Read More »Toulouse returns to Microsoft as Gears of War community chief
Former Xbox Live policy and enforcement director Stephen Toulouse has rejoined Microsoft. His new role is as the director of community engagement for Gears of War, pointing to a stepping up of activity for the Xbox IP in the near future. Toulouse quit Microsoft in February 2012, and has since …
Read More »Bleszinski says he’s finished with disc-based games
Gears of War creator adds that magazine cover exclusives and E3 reveals have lost the power they once had
Read More »Cliffy B: Gears of War ‘couldn’t be in better hands’
Former Epic developer and Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski has celebrated yesterday’s sale of the Gears of War IP to Microsoft. He also believes Rod Fergusson, another former Epic man who has also made the jump to Microsoft, is the right man for the brand’s new lease of life. …
Read More »Cliff Bleszinski not involved with new Gears of War
Series designer "resolved to making something entirely new"
Read More »Black Tusk Studios hiring for new Gears of War
Senior online engineer and lead writer needed for Microsoft's newly-acquired franchise
Read More »Microsoft acquires Gears of War IP from Epic
Gears of War is and forever will be a Microsoft-only IP. That’s because the Xbox platform holder has acquired the rights to existing and future games in the series from Epic. The Gears of War game will be a Microsoft Studios product developed by Black Tusk Studios. Furthermore, former Epic …
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