I suppose a great way to sell magazines would be to make wild claims on your cover about sequels to blockbuster games. It seems that’s whatGameProdid, when they decided to put “Gears of War 2” right underneath the words “special report” on the cover of their next magazine.
Images of the cover appeared on the Internet a few days ago, causing wild speculation and unnecessary excitement about an impending announcement. In apost on the official Epic Games forums, President Mark Rein calls the long-running videogame magazine out.
“It is complete nonsense,” he writes. “We have not announced a sequel toGears of WartoGameProor anyone else for that matter.”
His response is followed by a bunch of people complaining about Epic’s lack ofGears of WarPC support. Apparently, that game needs a patch, but I wouldn’t know — I playedGears of Waron the Xbox 360 when it came out — what, twelve years ago?
So we all know that the game is due for a sequel, and there have been enough rumors pointing to us seeing a sequel sometime this year. But you’re certainly not going to hear about it in the next issue ofGamePro. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s special Destructoid report onUnreal Tournament 9andMadden NFL 2010.
