Speaking at the Tokyo Game Show, Epic Games president Michael Capps said that the next Gears of War title might end up releasing on the next generation of consoles. The company has been creating Unreal Engine 4 for several years in order to prepare for the upcoming generation of consoles. He clarified later to Eurogamer that if the next Gears of War comes in "four or five years" it will be on the Xbox 360.
"If we ship a game in the next few years, it'll be Unreal Engine 3," said Capps. "If we ship a game on next [generation] consoles, it will likely be Unreal Engine 4."
Additionally, Capps announced that Epic is founding an office in Tokyo. The branch will concentrate on local sales and support and may work on development sometime down the road.
"We're opening a new Tokyo office soon for engine support and technology and then we'll see what else we can do with it," said Capps, according to Gamasutra. "In our Tokyo office, I think the first step will be sales for the engine. We know that it's important to have someone who speaks excellent Japanese to be involved in the process. Also support technicians who speak both English and Japanese."
"I think Japan has the strongest game development in the world, so I have secret plans to hopefully hire some game developers too," he added.
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September 28, 2009
I really hope they release it on this generation, more than 4 or 5 years for the next Gears is too long to wait.