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Is Epic Making A Kinect-Enabled Gears Of War?
Microsoft's new Kinect device has already made a splash, selling one million units in less than two weeks, but many hardcore gamers remain unimpressed. According to a new rumor, Epic Games and their popular 360-exclusive Gears of War franchise could be a key part of Microsoft's strategy to win over that new crowd.
IGN is reporting from a "reliable source" that Microsoft will be introducing a number of new Kinect games at the Spike Video Game Awards in December, including a Gears of War title that will use the motion-sensing device. The source is unclear about whether this is an all-new Gears of War game, an older title in the series remade for Kinect, or possibly even just new Kinect features being grafted onto the upcoming Gears of War 3.
Update: A couple of tweets from Cliff Bleszinski clears up at least one detail about this rumor. According to the Epic designer, Gears of War 3's recent delay was not because of Kinect and the upcoming game will not utilize the new technology. So if this rumored Kinect GoW game is real, it's not Gears 3.
The Spike Video Game Awards are going down on December 11, so stay tuned for clarification one way or another then. In the mean time, would a new Gears of War game make you more interested in checking out Kinect?
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