Epic's E3-unveiled opus, Gears of War, has been the root of much speculation this week, as the ever-zealous hacks of our fair concoct numerous suggestions that the will be released on the as well as the 360. Indeed, there is some truth to the rumours, as may reach the PC eventually - but only in the same fashion that made it to the PC in the end. Epic's Mark Rein explains:

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 did with Halo? 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!

No promises, and certainly not for ages, seems to be the message from then. Whether they'll change their tune style once the 'exclusive' version is out the door and contracts have been fulfilled remains to be seen. We'll keep you posted.

By Luke Guttridge