Gears makes its PC debut November 6th

by Dustin Burg { Oct 4th 2007 at 6:30PM }

Announced this past July during the craziness that was E3 2007, Shacknews is reporting that Gears of War on the PC will be hitting retail shelves this November 6th with exclusive content not seen in the Xbox 360 version. Gears PC will come jam packed with brand new content including five additional chapters, three new multiplayer maps, a new King of the Hill gametype, a game editor and the infamous Brumak boss fight. As you can see, there's lots of fun and interesting goodies in the new PC version, all of which won't see the light of day on the 360. It's sad really and we refuse to quit complaining about it. Where's the Gears 360 love Epic, where's our love?

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: epic, epic-games, gears-of-war, gow

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

enjoi @ Oct 4th 2007 6:37PM

epic: "What's love?"

YourSlay3r @ Oct 4th 2007 6:44PM

This is one game, no PC gamer can pass up.

HALO 3 ROCKZ @ Oct 4th 2007 6:46PM

@1 lol, I might pick this up but im not all happy with epic right now about ut3 and gears of waw content, so i just might wait or something

Edidid @ Oct 4th 2007 7:31PM

Will the 360 version be getting exclusive content?

I can't say I am surprised that they are giving the PC all the upgrades. Epic has been on a pretty hefty downhill slide for a while.

MYPS3KilledMy360 @ Oct 4th 2007 7:42PM

and this is 360 news why?

nirv @ Oct 4th 2007 7:51PM

Exactly. Sure, it's Gears Of War, but how many times did you report on Two Worlds for the PC? I don't care about GoW on the PC. Hi.

OBM @ Oct 4th 2007 8:36PM

It's like CliffyB said, if there wasn't extra content on the PC version, why would anyone buy it? What I want to know is, will it be running on the 'Games for Windows' platform and are there acheivements. I'll probably buy this just for the sake of the brumak fight. Would be fun also to have cross-platform MP but I doubt that will happen.

Eddy @ Oct 4th 2007 9:22PM

yea there are achievements. In the leaked video of July you saw someone get an achievement when he reloaded. And most likely games for windows since it needs to run on that. I was an avid Gears gamer(halo 3 ruined it XD) but PC gamers need love too. And bonus content cuz it wont sell otherwise. congrats PC gamers, hope you enjoy wut was the talk of the gaming world a year ago!

Zack @ Oct 4th 2007 10:33PM

Seriously though, are there actually people reading this going, "Yes!"

Nick @ Oct 4th 2007 11:36PM

I don't understand the point of spending all this money to make all this extra content that your established base can't play? By putting it on PC you are probably going to overlap 75% of purchasers with repeat buyers. I bet you could easily sell this content for $20 on XBL instead of forcing those in your installed base to play on their tiny computer monitor...

fretster @ Oct 4th 2007 11:43PM

I don't understand why they're putting all this extra effort into a PC game when the majority of the users are just going to pirate the thing. Your average Joe doesn't own a computer that's capable of running GoW at a respectable setting, however those who DO have a machine that can do it are trained in the ways of the Torrent.

Pos @ Oct 5th 2007 1:49AM

Does anyone know if the 360 controller is going to be supported in the PC version?
Dont want to play gears with mouse and keybord it does not feel right.

Billy Carter Likes Beer @ Oct 5th 2007 1:53AM

Jesus, they'll do anything to sell a couple extra copies of vista.

Has anyone else had this problem?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhuQuD8L6Bk

Zeus the God @ Oct 5th 2007 2:46AM

Hefty downhill slide? Are you kidding? They were very well off with just Unreal and Unreal Tournament. They didn't need to make GoW at all, and the profits made weren't vital to their company.

The reason the PC users are getting all the different content is to mix it up for them- as they may have already played it.

Jesus, I hate how you guys bitch about it so.

Zeus the God @ Oct 5th 2007 2:50AM

@ 10:

Nick, just because you have a tiny computer monitor doesn't mean the rest of us don't. Hell, mines big enough I use my 360 on it so I can play in high definition (22" Gateway HD). I play Gears on my Xbox through this, and on the PC it could only be better, especially with keyboard and mouse. Not to mention all the modding and map making capabilities.

On to my last post, Epic is also rewarding the faithful PC gamers that have been with them, and stuck with them even after they made an awesome exclusive for a console instead of the PC.

Case Boyle @ Oct 5th 2007 3:19AM

Alright, since I'm an avid PC gamer and console gamer, this is good news to me, regardless of if the game had already come out on the 360.

First, Epic has already established itself as a PC game maker long before this, they haven't been on any sort of 'downhill slide'. Unreal Tournament 3 is coming out in November, and most PC gamers are damn happy about it. I kind of found it inevitable that Gears would also come out for PC, since it wouldn't be hard to port it anyway.

Also, @13: No offense, but that had to be the most retarded reply to an article ever. The Game is supported in XP as well as Vista. Although Vista will probably have some fancy DirectX 10 features, you should probably remember that the 360 uses DirectX 9, so if it's from the 360, it'll most likely work on XP. Only DirectX 10 is Vista-only. Now Halo 2 PC, that was a Vista marketing ploy. Not that it can't run on XP, just takes some workaround.

I'm glad to see Gears coming to PC users, especially considering that some people who were interested in Gears didn't have a 360, but did have a PC. The extras just give them a little thank you for waiting so long.

MDJ2010 @ Oct 5th 2007 6:17AM

First off: I could never be mad at Epic, they gave me Gears of War in the first place. Secondly why do so many comments on here relate to being 'rewarded' in regards to game follow ups? As an avid console gamer who doesnt have the money to be constantly making PC upgrades i am sooo happy that they are working on stuff for a PC version ahead of GOW2, regardless of whether we end up getting the extra content on the 360 or not. As far as Im concerned its only gonna lead to a stronger second game. I guess the only people that are complaining are those that don't love the game in the first place as much as I do, cos I'm still loving every time I put the disc in the drive and go online to take some heads. Halo 3? Nah, gimme a lancer and I'll take Master Chiefs damn head off!!!

Please Halo 3 fans, no anger needed in response - I kow it's awesome, but Gears has taken over as top dog in my opinion.

ShinobiFist @ Oct 5th 2007 6:24AM

GEARS OF WAR running at 60fps with the right setup and a longer single player experience...... I'm sold. Good looking out EPIC, for taking care of your loyal consumer base. PROPS! Give us GOW 2 by next year on the 360 and we call it even, lol.

Digitalspirit @ Oct 5th 2007 6:30AM

Gears of What?

Halo 3 FTW!

Seriously though, as a high end PC owner the only game I'm interested in is Crysis. Gears can take a long walk off a short pier.

mattclarkie @ Oct 5th 2007 7:15AM

Where do people get the idea, including Epic that no-one will buy a game on PC unless it has extra content. Nearly every 360 game has atleast a PC version, if not other consoles. People without a 360 but who have a PC and who want the game will buy it regardless of extra content. I know atleast a dozen people who don't have a 360, but will buy this for PC.

It is a lame excuse for screwing over fans who made a franchise.

mattclarkie @ Oct 5th 2007 7:22AM

I am not complaining about the extra matchmaking, and map builder. I am complaining about a new Act with a huge boss. This just says to me, hey 360 owners, we rushed your build for a deadline, but we don't want to piss of PC gamers with a short game so we are adding a new Act and Boss.

Plus I loved gears, but like Halo 3 the Campaign was just a bit short.

Jon W @ Oct 5th 2007 8:53AM

Well, I don't have a high end PC, nor can I afford one, so I guess that counts me out.

T3H WICKERMAN (FDF) @ Oct 5th 2007 9:26AM

Its a mad world...

Boff @ Oct 5th 2007 10:02AM

@20: Absofuckinglutely. Where the hell did they get the idea that no-one would buy THE BEST 360 game of last year on the PC unless it had extra content. I can still remember all the hype that was the build up to Emergence Day, why wouldn't PC gamers want the 360 version? (Gears Lite?)

That's bullshit if I ever heard it!

Does feel a bit like Epic are saying "Look you've had Gears, now fuck off and be glad."

Don't get me wrong, I love the game. Just feels like it was us (360 owners) that helped to put Gears where it is today, yet PC owners get all the extra bits we were crying out for.

I'm sooo getting this game, I just ordered me my new computer parts https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=6007911&WishListTitle=Current+Bought+Order
that's what I ordered but not all from newegg since they charge S&H so I ordered all but the ram and gfx card from zipzoomfly and total cost was $1109.39. Now I'll just have to gut out my current crap rig and put it in the new puter.

I'm now ready to play UT3,GOW and any other games that're coming out this year