Gears of War 2 confirmed by developer

By Mike Bantick
Sunday, 11 March 2007 12:05

Opinion and Analysis

The announcement many have been waiting for, the sequel to one of video gamings biggest selling, most awarded and critically acclaimed games for 2006 has been established.

During the Wednesday night Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony in San Francisco, Cliff "Cliffy B" Bleszinski, Games designer for Epic games collected four awards for the gritty Gears of War, including Game of the Year.

The next morning Cliffy B was able to make a 9AM media presentation where he was able to confirm that the over 3 Million selling Xbox 360 exclusive would have a follow up by Epic games.

There are no details at this time, gamespot have run with the story, which includes coverage of the Cliffy B description of the original concepts behind Gears of War.

These include the fact that originally the game was to be more of territorial control style of shoot-em-up with vehicles and more complex squad control system including morale. 

The game was also formerly to be in first person perspective, but once the graphics engine was installed Cliffy B and crew realised; "it would be a crime not to see" the game's hero.  This lead to the Resident Evil style over the shoulder camera position in the game.

Microsoft have already hinted at a trilogy of "Gears" games, and given the success of the title, undoubtedly a trilogy will be the minimum.