Considering the strong roots Epic Games has to PC gaming, one of the first questions that the media asked when Gears of Wars was announced was if the game is coming to PC in addition to Xbox 360.
At E3, Cliff Bleszinski clearly stated that the game is an Xbox exclusive but later, in an interview with Eurogamer, J. Allard revealed that Gears of Wars wasn’t an Xbox 360 exclusive, saying that the game is coming to both Xbox 360 and PC.
Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games, came to the rescue with an official comment on the subject. Here’s what Mark Rein said regarding Gears of Wars platform:
Gears of War is an Xbox360 exclusive. We're developing it specifically to take advantage of the power and features of the console. All of the work on Gears between now and when we ship is toward creating the ultimate Xbox360 game.
Could we, in the future, adapt Gears for Windows just as Microsoft did with Halо? Sure we could and, as you can see from J Allard's comments, Microsoft is clearly cool with that idea. But we're a long way off from thinking about that. Right now our only goal is to make Gears one of the "must have" titles for Xbox360 and judging by reaction to our relatively early showing at E3 we're well on our way toward achieving that. One major web site, 1UP.com, already voted us their Best Xbox360 Game in their Best of E3 roundup!