Gears of War Creator: 'I Would Love to Make a Cool Kinect Game'Gears of War 3 won't be supporting Kinect when it ships on Xbox 360 this fall, but that doesn't mean that Epic and Gears designer Cliff Bleszinski aren't thinking about the motion control camera. It was quite evident from Microsoft's E3 press conference that the company is trying to lure more core gamers to Kinect by adding in interesting Kinect controls or features while still retaining traditional controls. That's something that appeals very much to Bleszinski.
Speaking to IndustryGamers at E3, Bleszinski commented, "They want the hybrid experience, which I think is pretty compelling. One of the sexiest things at the press conference was the Ghost Recon thing where the guy went bam and the gun exploded. That was hot. Good for them. And I said last year at this very party... I think hybrids would be great. And now we’re seeing hybrids. So maybe eventually we’ll see more hardcore games that are Kinect only, but you have 6 million Gears, however many million Halos, and however many Call of Dutys. 26 years [of traditional controls] aren’t going to go [away] anytime soon, right?"
Regarding Gears 3, he reiterated that they have no plans to add in Kinect support which would be "tacked on," but he didn't rule out Kinect for a future Gears title or another IP from Epic that he might work on.
"If, in the event there were to be another Gears game, that’s something we might explore. But we want to do it right. If I had unlimited amounts of time and a team I could sit down and make a cool Kinect game, and I would love to, but it’s a matter of time and opportunity costs right now," he explained.
Considering Epic's great relationship with Microsoft and Kinect's continued popularity, we think it's only a matter of time before Epic eventually creates a core title with Kinect support.
