Tom Henderson - "Gears of War budget is insane. I've heard upwards of 400 Million dollars"

[smroadkill15]

Zippy6 said:

smroadkill15 said:

Budgets this size are common now for AAA games. Not surprising at all.

Not really. It does happen but it's not common. Especially not for linear titles.

It's not uncommon for AAA games to range in the 100-500M+ range. What budget defines a AAA game? 50M+? Can't really say, but all the big ones seem to cross over 100M easy these days. 

Gears E-Day is not strictly  linear. It has side objectives like rescuing people in buildings as they demonstrated in the direct. It's the longest Gears game according to the devs. Not to mention 4v4 pvp and 12 person horde mode. 

Last edited by smroadkill15 - on 13 June 2026