Gears of War 3 coming? EA discloses Epic game for 2011
Feb 9, 2010 6:12 a.m.
"Keep your eyes open for 'megaton face melting news." - Epic Games' "Cliffy B." Bleszinski.
Note: The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of Local Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com.
CARY, N.C. - Is Gears of War 3 on the way to store shelves in 2011? Could be. Perhaps another Unreal Tournament? Perhaps.
Electronic Arts disclosed Monday in a quarterly earnings call that the entertainment giant has contracted with Cary-based Epic Games for a "new shooter" that will be released in the fourth quarter of next year.
While the title wasn't announced, the EA announcement could be the "metagton face melting news" that Epic's creative genius Cliffy B. Bleszinski referenced in a recent tweet on Twitter.
Gears of War and its sequel about mankind fighting a tenacious locus horde has sold multi-million copies worldwide, won multiple awards and spawned a growing entertainment empire of toys, accessories, books, graphic novels - even a movie. And Unreal shooters are legendary.
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