RUMOR: Will Gears of War emerge on PCs?

This unconfirmed rumor from IGN is a bit dated, but it would be too much to pass on this nonetheless, especially if you’re not the type to read PC Gamer (because you’re too busy reading OXM, perhaps). IGN says that “on page 28 of the (PC Gamer) Holiday 2006 issue, a display stand photographed on the Microsoft campus shows Gears of War among several upcoming PC games.”

Okay, that was a clear statement, Andrushka. It DOES make sense, when you think of it. Windows Vista, DX10 mated to a G80, Gears is certainly one hot or at least well-known title to have in a lineup. On the other hand, this goes against the entire grain of making Gears a 360-exclusive – unless anyone out there wants to play up the entire “MS has two fat fingers in the pie” (360 AND Games for Windows) angle again.

Of course, IGN’s calls to Microsoft went nowhere; MS “could not confirm” that Gears will Emerge onto PCs at any time in the foreseeable future. Memo from us to IGN: tried ringing up anyone in Epic Games yet?

Given that a PC Gears should, for the sake of Pete, be worth its weight in Xbox 360 quality, this may make the latest in video cards and multicore processors on a gaming rig mandatory, if not necessary. Of course, there is no confirmation or even official word from Microsoft or Epic about a PC Gears yet, so we’ll probably hold on swapping out the vidcard for a G80 for now.

This unconfirmed rumor from IGN is a bit dated, but it would be too much to pass on this nonetheless, especially if you’re not the type to read PC Gamer (because you’re too busy reading OXM, perhaps). IGN says that “on page 28 of the (PC Gamer) Holiday 2006 issue, a display stand photographed on the Microsoft campus shows Gears of War among several upcoming PC games.”

Okay, that was a clear statement, Andrushka. It DOES make sense, when you think of it. Windows Vista, DX10 mated to a G80, Gears is certainly one hot or at least well-known title to have in a lineup. On the other hand, this goes against the entire grain of making Gears a 360-exclusive – unless anyone out there wants to play up the entire “MS has two fat fingers in the pie” (360 AND Games for Windows) angle again.

Of course, IGN’s calls to Microsoft went nowhere; MS “could not confirm” that Gears will Emerge onto PCs at any time in the foreseeable future. Memo from us to IGN: tried ringing up anyone in Epic Games yet?

Given that a PC Gears should, for the sake of Pete, be worth its weight in Xbox 360 quality, this may make the latest in video cards and multicore processors on a gaming rig mandatory, if not necessary. Of course, there is no confirmation or even official word from Microsoft or Epic about a PC Gears yet, so we’ll probably hold on swapping out the vidcard for a G80 for now.