Gears of War will go to PC eventually, in the same way Halo 2 is. It might be a few years after the Xbox 360 release, but it will happen.
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But the official line from Microsoft at this stage is this: "We have nothing further to announce about Gears of War, or any other platforms it might come to, at this time."
This comment is taken from the company's Gamerscoreblog.com site and forms part of a response posted yesterday to general GoW on PC rumour and speculation whipped up by an image of a Games for Windows shop display hitting the 'net. The image, scanned from PC Gamer magazine, showed Gears of War game boxes in the display.
"Let's put the rumours to rest, please", the response begins. "Many folks out there on the Internet may have seen this story. Or this one. Or even this one."
It continues, "Here's the truth:
Yes, Microsoft provided the image that is published in the Games for Windows cover story in the Holiday issue of PC Gamer magazine.
Yes, this image contains what looks to be box shots of Gears of War with the Games for Windows branding bar on the box art.
NO, this is not a confirmation, leak, tease, or sly viral attempt to announce, confirm, or admit that Gears of War will be published for Windows."
It goes on to say that the images was "created using draft templates for the Games for Windows box art and a variety of Microsoft Game Studios cover images" and that Gears of War was "accidentally included by the artist as one of the MGS titles used as examples to show what our retail setup would look like".
"This DOES NOT indicate a confirmation that Gears of Wars will be a Games for Windows title -- it was a concept image created by a concept artist, nothing more. In fact, if you look closely you'll also see that Age of Empires III and Rise of Legends are also branded Games for Windows, and this is not actually the case (Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs is a Games for Windows branded game, but not the original Age III)."
