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Gears of War 2 For PC: No – Piracy is BadGears of War 2 For PC: No – Piracy is Bad
The last few weeks we’ve often brought up, on the gaming podcast, our reasons behind why Gears of War 2 wouldn’t be a PC title and only an Xbox 360. Our theory was more of a marketing tactic, assuming there would be no PC version because Microsoft wants to focus the attention of their big titles to the Xbox 360 as it’s a real gaming platform and they want more attention on it. We might have been wrong.
In a recent interview, IGN asked Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski some pointed questions about the PC release. Like us, everyone has been questioning the move to NOT release Gears of War 2 on the PC especially considering the first game made a PC debut and Epic has always been a big PC developer. Turns out, Epic is utilizing the Xbox 360 as a nice big can of DRM.
“Here’s the problem right now; the person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know bit torrent to know all the elements so they can pirate software.” (ign)
Following this answer he confirmed with a definitive no that we won’t see GoW2 on the PC. Of course, they also underscore the fact that the PC can have a wild array of hardware chipsets for video cards and catering to the masses with compatibility is pretty much a nightmare. A system with great DRM and a closed hardware platform is hard to pass up.
Episode 511: Grim Sky at RiotEpisode 511: Grim Sky at Riot
The guys discuss the recent report by Kotaku released this week on the shady institutionalized sexism at Riot Games, the people behind League of Legends. There’s also hints of racism as well, especially since everyone in charge is, well, a white male. Otherwise, T.J. gushes about his experiences at EVO, the fighting game convention/competition, and is looking forward to QuakeCon.
The news this week includes:
- Siege’s next season Operation Grim Sky unveiled
- The World Ends With You for Switch gets release date
- IGN pulls review and fires writer for plagiarism
- Grand Theft Auto 5 still going strong after five years
And Jonah confesses he still hasn’t played GTA5 because, well, GTA4 soured him on the series.
Episode 414: We’ve Done BetterEpisode 414: We’ve Done Better
This week’s podcast isn’t the best, but at least we tried, right? There’s a lot of chatter, and Scott gets really angry at people criticizing Star Wars.
This week’s news items includes:
- Iranian state television mistakes Medal of Honor footage for reality
- Street Fighter 5 Arcade Mode being considered
- Experimental 5D data storage could store 360TB of games for 13.8 billion years
- Ubisoft boasts about The Division beta’s huge numbers
- HTC’s Vive VR Tech will launch in April priced at $799
This week’ Question of the Week: “When, if ever, will you be getting VR?”