GOW maybe ported to the PC

[H2OSilentCid]

With Gears of War selling well, apparently 1 copy every 3 seconds in its first 56 days, it is understood that everyone will be talking about this game. Now we have stories of new evidence supporting a PC version while MS has announced the first free X360 content for the title.

Users downloading the Guru 3D nVidia Forceware drivers have found mention of Gears of War, suggesting it is evidence of the imminent arrival of a PC version of Epic's blockbuster. The suggestion is that a Halo 2 and Gears of War Vista lineup, would help Microsoft's new OS overcome early criticism from the gaming community. Bill Gates however, did not go so far as to mention a PC version during his CES keynote speech. He did mention however, the new Gears of War content which will soon be available to XBox 360 gamers for free.

The download, available January 10, will offer two new multiplayer maps and a video introduction hosted by Epic's CliffyB. The two new maps will be:

Raven Down
Delta Force must enter the map from multiple access points and seek survivors from a Raven helicopter crash. The action takes place on the streets of a bombed city with car wrecks and destroyed buildings providing ample cover.

Old Bones

Described as a survival horror map, Old Bones takes place in a grand old museum which has been targeted by the Locust Horde in order to eradicate records of man's presence on Sera. Delta Force will need to stop the Horde from succeeding in its mission.

[H2O Snake]

That would be awesome. I would rather just buy Vista ultimate then buy a Xbox 360. Because Halo 2 and eventually Halo 3 are going to Vista and will connect to live and will connect to 360s. So if Gears ports you will have better graphics and absolutly no reason to buy a 360 lolol.

I still wonder how their going to balence the controller vs mouse and keyboard. Maybe really lower the mouse sensitivity lol?

[Night]

im wondering about that too, cuz otherwise, PCs will always dominate, sadly, lol.
but itll be interesting to see how they balance it.

[HiredArm]

This isn't anything new. They just haven't announced the release date yet. It was "announced" in the original media memo to the press. I wouldn't expect it anytime soon as that would cannibalize X360 sales and possibly promote PS3 sales. Think about how long it took Halo: CE to be released and Halo 2 has been out for over 2 years and still isn't on PC. Microsoft didn't get huge by doing dumb things and as long as GoW is selling at its current rate there is no rush for a PC version. At the very earliest I would say it would be released on PC AFTER Halo 3 is out. It would be highly unlikely that they would release it anytime before that.

[kdawg15]

im not a big pc gamer, but i might have to check it out if it comes out

[Artem]

Well, Gears being in the drivers might not mean anything, as Epic has said on their forums (http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/showpost.php?p=24747566) that this is there because the game was developed on a PC, but it could be released on PC in the future, depending on the situation.

A PC version of Gears would be sweet though.

[H2OSilentCid]

Maybe they said that because they don't want any more information leaked.

[Look Its a Panda]

This is a rumour that has been floating around for some time, and I assume Gears will find it's way to Vista in due time, maybe some time before Gears of War 2 emerges on the 360.

We've seen it happen with both Halo and Halo 2, so why not GeoW?