In an IGN interview with Cliff Bleszinski, it was revealed by Cliff that Gears of War 2 would not be coming to the PC. The point of interest came up in a question about Gears 2’s “Linked Achievements” and the Achievement portability with an account from Games for Windows Live. Cliff said that if you use the same gamertag as you had with the original Windows version on your 360, you would get the retroactive content. When prompted about a PC version of Gears 2, Cliff spilled the beans:
Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around.
Community member Too Much Coffee Man and I echo the same sentiment in this matter. It’s really unfortunate that the series will not be hitting the PC because of its visual quality and originality. But, the lack of a PC version means that we will get all of the goodies on the Xbox 360 that we should have had last time around. Since my Macintosh can’t run anything past Tetris clones and World of Warcraft, I’m not too injured by this statement and therefore will eagerly consume all of the exclusive Xbox 360 content greedily.
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6:58 AM on 08.30.2008
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...as DLC, and you're going to have to pay for it.
Remember when there was no to be a PC version of Assassin's Creed? Gears of War? Mass Effect? GTA4?
I'm surprised people still believe such crap.
Completely agree. Considering I've passed over Gears, ME & Bioshock since I'd lost interest by the time they came out on PC, I'd have to say you hit the nail right on the head. I don't believe anything they have to say anymore.
I second -PL-'s comment.
the multiplayer is a lame ass death match the weapons are boring as helll
and now gears of war 2 is ripping of the basic invasion mode Pc games have had for years.
who cares?
console junk like this and halo don't cut it on PC hell after i got it on xbox at laucnh i passed on the PC version because it sucked.
don't want.
It is probably better suited for the xbox crowd anyway.
They've stated that the next unreal engine will be entirely console focused, so I'm pretty sure that's on purpose.
Good riddance to spoiled rubbish, though.
lolwut?!
They will eventually release a pc port... after all, everyone says "no way" because of exclusives, remember Bioshock for the PS3?
No, PC players are just bigger douchebags than console gamers. ;)
It never was exclusive to anything.
Oh suck ass analog stick control.
Mark Rein never said there wouldn't be a PC version (of gears 1). He just said it wasn't in the works (when he was asked). Cliff B. is explicitly stating that they're not going to release it on PC at a later date, a la Gears 1.
05/2005
Mark Rein: "Could we, in the future, adapt Gears for Windows just as Microsoft did with Halo? Sure we could and, as you can see from J Allard's comments, Microsoft is clearly cool with that idea. But we're a long way off from thinking about that. Right now our only goal is to make Gears one of the "must have" titles for Xbox360 and judging by reaction to our relatively early showing at E3 we're well on our way toward achieving that."
Mass Effect was never denied on PC that i can remember. I thought PC gamer revealed it was coming to PC a whole year before it even was released on 360.
Rockstar also never denied a PC version of GTA4. They've always had one.
I don't remember MS ever saying halo/halo 2 would never come to PC either; it would seem counter-productive. Since MS owns the halo franchise. Like EPIC owns the Gears franchise.
Assassin's Creed I couldn't say I really didn't follow that game very closely.
That's all besides the point though, since they're all from different companies.
Point being, having no comment or saying it's not in the works (currently) is not the same thing as explicitly saying they've decided not to do a PC version in the future.
Now given that anything's possible it's not entirely out of the realm of such. But given his statement I would put it heavily leaning on the side of improbability.
Did console gaming kill your family or something?
Well enjoy wasting your money on your PC and living in your little fantasy life. Oh and your repetitive genres, we'll be over here enjoying variety on our consoles.
And good, fuck PC gaming, NO GEARS 2 FOR YOU.
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Well enjoy wasting your money on your PC and living in your little fantasy life.Anything's possible it's not entirely out of the realm of such. But given his statement I would put it heavily leaning on the side of improbability.
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