NYCC 09: Gears has 'ten-year plan', prequel possible

by Dustin Burg Feb 9th 200

This weekend, during a NYCC held panel on Gears of War, Gears 2 lead writer Joshua Ortega let slip information on plans to extend the Gears franchise ten years, which may result in an Emergence Day prequel.

"You will not be disappointed in the next ten years," revealed Ortega when answering a panel question that asked about a future Gears project being a prequel. "It's a ten-year plan. Gears is long-term. The lancer is the new lightsaber." You know, just replace the glow of the saber with a chainsaw and a few bullets, and you have one accurate analogy.

While Ortega didn't flat out confirm a Marcus Fenix prequel, his talk of a ten year life cycle makes it all too possible that Gears' storyline would (eventually) have to go into prequel territory. And is it just us, or lately, has talking up ten year life cycles been all the rage?

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Wow they are really going to milk the series all they can lol good games though just hope that continues

play as his father then?

What's with the ten year plan? Does it become the standard for everything video game related?

I'd love a prequel set during the Pendulum Wars...and that's probably what they're going to make.

Doesn't sound too bad!

(Actually it sounds pretty good)

P.P.S hmm I wonder if they will change the gameplay modes to 1st person in the prequel or keep it the same, so they can release every other year and absolutely whore the franchise out like COD.

Ten year plan?

Microsoft copies Sony confirmed!

Gears 3 as an Xbox 720 launch title confirmed?

both game talk about the pendulum wars so yeah there will be a game about that eventually..

that would mean around 5 or more games. Isn't that too much?