May 26^th, 2005 (1:56pm) - Epic Games has extremely strong ties to the PC video game industry, so when they announced Gears of War for the upcoming Xbox 360, it came has no surprise that they were asked if it would also come to the PC.

During E3, it was clearly stated by Cliff Bleszinski that Gears of War is an Xbox 360 exclusive. But during an interview with Eurogamer, J. Allard mentioned that Gears of War would in fact not be Xbox 360 exclusive, and that it would also make an appearance on the PC.

Well, the Vice President of Epic Games, Mark Rein, decided that it was time to step in and confirm on way or another. The official comment on the subject reads as follows:

Gears of War is an Xbox360 exclusive. We’re developing it specifically to take advantage of the power and features of the console. All of the work on Gears between now and when we ship is toward creating the ultimate Xbox360 game.

Could we, in the future, adapt Gears for Windows just as Microsoft did with Halо? Sure we could and, as you can see from J Allard’s comments, Microsoft is clearly cool with that idea. But we’re a long way off from thinking about that. Right now our only goal is to make Gears one of the "must have" titles for Xbox360 and judging by reaction to our relatively early showing at E3 we’re well on our way toward achieving that. One major web site, 1UP.com, already voted us their Best Xbox360 Game in their Best of E3 roundup!

So there you have it! Gears of War will be exclusive to the Xbox 360, but a PC version could happen at a later date.