Will Gears of War 3 come to the PlayStation 3?

The Gears of War franchise, since the launch of the first game in 2006, has become a pivotal part of Microsoft’s strategy, dare I say as much as Halo at this point. With only two games so far, the series has gone on to sell over 10 million units worldwide on the Xbox 360, and has picked up countless awards throughout the years. It’s spawned comic books and is going to be made into a movie and it has given the Xbox 360 a new hero to go along with Master Chief. It’s the game that knocked Halo 2 off the top of the most-played Live charts and put up a good fight against Halo 3, too. Both games have showcased the power of the 360 with Gears 2 being arguably one of the bes- looking games so far this gen. After all of this, could the next Gears be headed to the PS3?!

If you haven’t noticed, the New York Comic Con played host to many companies showing off their games to comic and gaming enthusiasts over this past weekend. On hand at this year’s Comic Con was Gears of War 2 writer, Joshua Ortega. As well as accidentally confirming single player downloadable content for Gears of War 2, he also goes on to say that the series is planned for a 10-year life cycle. Now we wouldn’t think anything of that at all, but gamingfront.net goes one further and tosses up the idea of Gears of War 3 coming to the PS3. They base their assumption on the 10-year life cycle planned for the series, which coincides with the PS3’s planned 10-year cycle. We disagree; just because the game has a 10-year life cycle doesn’t mean it’s going to jump ship and come on the PS3. Many games have long life cycles, look at Metal Gear. Joshua Ortega probably means Epic will keep the series alive for 10 years, be it on the 360 or its successor.

Microsoft will do everything in its power to keep the franchise exclusive to them. Epic have created a killer app that could rival the Halo universe in years to come, with the potential to impact sales in much the same way as that franchise has. MS published the first two games in the series, and considering the close relationship between Epic and MS we expect them to publish later games, too. Based on the dodgy information and the high esteem MS holds for this game there is only one rating that can come out of this.

TGR Rating: Rumor Killed