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Microsoft buys the rights to hit 'Gears of War' series

article published on 27 January, 2014

Microsoft has announced the acquisition of the rights to the blockbuster franchise 'Gears of War' series, guaranteeing it remains an Xbox exclusive. The company purchased the rights from Epic Games, known best for GoW and other game development software. Former director of production Rod Fergusson will join Microsoft to help with future editions of the franchise. "This franchise, and ... [ read the full article ]

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scorpNZ
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_ 		27. January 2014 @ 21:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
exclusives imo are ridiculous an example would be gran turismo (is that even still going) that's how long it's been can't say i miss it there's always alternatives
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Justoneguy
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_ 		27. January 2014 @ 21:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How wonderful. Maybe they can do for the Gears of War series what they did for the Halo Series.
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nintenut
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_ 		28. January 2014 @ 18:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Justoneguy:
 How wonderful. Maybe they can do for the Gears of War series what they did for the Halo Series.
Destroy it utterly?
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scorpNZ
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_ 		28. January 2014 @ 19:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No silly! yearly rumors of a big budget movie directed by peter jackson
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_ 		29. January 2014 @ 07:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I wish the Gears, Halo and Crysis series would all go away. Hopefully I won't have to add Titan fall to the list!!!
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_ 		30. January 2014 @ 02:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I loved Gears through the 3rd one, but last I heard Epic had been bought out and most the original team had left from poor management, so it's most likely a repeat of the Rare buyout they did we all saw how much of an egg that turned out to be
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Justoneguy
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_ 		30. January 2014 @ 04:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by nintenut:
Originally posted by Justoneguy:
 How wonderful. Maybe they can do for the Gears of War series what they did for the Halo Series.
Destroy it utterly?
Yep, that was what I was getting at.
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