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Gears of War for XP & Vista

[Jul 11, 2007, 10:25 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Gears of War PC was announced by Microsoft at their E3 media briefing last night, rolling out CliffyB to present the news to the press. PC gamers get the welcome news that the game will include PC-specific content in the form of five new single-player missions (which will support co-op) as well as a level editor. Perhaps more welcome is the news that the game will run under Windows XP as well as Windows Vista, confirming that Windows Live will not be Vista only. Epic also announced support for Windows Live in Unreal 3, and that Sega, Eidos, and THQ have all signed on to support the nascent multiplayer service. The (already leaked) trailer showing off the PC edition of the game can be found on ActionTrip. This press release covers this and the rest of Microsoft's announcements kicking off the show. Here's a bit:

“Gears of War” will emerge on Windows XP-based and Windows Vista-based PCs this holiday with five new campaign chapters, a new multiplayer mode and a new game editor that will unleash the creativity of “Gears of War” players — only available for Windows. “Gears of War” will also take advantage of DirectX® 10 graphics technology, which is only available on Windows Vista. Also today, Epic Games unveiled the addition of Games for Windows – LIVE integration to the award winning Unreal® Engine 3. This landmark announcement will make it easier than ever for game developers using Epic’s next-generation technology to take advantage of Microsoft’s online gaming network.

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Re: GFW Live Still a POS?

Jul 11, 2007, 17:03

wolve

This announcement also contradicts what Epic has said before about their opinions on GFW Live (see link below). ------ Actually it doesn't because this game is a Microsoft published title. Did you really expect Microsoft not to include its own multiplayer system in its own game? Now if UT3 requires Live you will be right, but I can't imagine that happening especially since UT3 is not Windows and 360 exclusive. Of course I'm not shocked that Gears on PC will use GFW Live. But Gears being a MS published title doesn't disprove my point. Epic has gone on record before saying they wouldn't support GFW Live in it's current state. And last I checked, Epic is the developer Gears, not MS. So Epic has either contradicted themselves or significant changes are coming soon for GFW Live (I hope the latter). In terms of UT 3, I bet it will use GFW Live on PC (and of course XB Live on X360 and likely Home on PS3). This comment was edited on Jul 11, 17:04.

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