As he launched into a 30-minute demonstration of “Gears of War 2” yesterday at Microsoft’s showcase event in San Francisco, game designer Cliff Bleszinski volunteered an update on the length of the series.
He said it is not announced as a trilogy.
He explained that the decision to make a second game occurred only once Microsoft started receiving large retail orders for the first game and said a decision to make a third one would be made closer to the release of “Gears 2″ this holiday season.
And then there could be a fourth, fifth, or sixth game after, he added.
This marked the second time in two days that a top figure on the “Gears” series said that the series shouldn’t be thought of as a trilogy, so clearly it’s a point the creators want to stress. Why? I’m not quite sure.
Maybe they know that I’m skeptical about trilogies.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:43 am
I have to say, its a good thing that Gears won’t neccessarily stop at two. I mean, look at what happened to Halo - they had to save stuff from Halo 2 for Halo 3, and then it just felt like it got condensed.
As long as they have ideas for Gears of War, then I hope they keep pumping them out. Just as long as it doesn’t become Microsofts new cash-cow, until it becomes a shadow of its former self…
May 15th, 2008 at 10:49 am
This is going to be beautiful as long as Microsoft doesn’t get greedy with it (agrees with person above, im also one of the top hundred best fans of GoW
) But I have to agree that it would be awesome as long as it keeps to the story and doesnt become filler for more money 
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