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Epic Games is working on a PC-exclusive game of some kind, as Cliff Bleszinski and Mike Capps confirmed during a PAX East panel. Capps later doubled down on the confirmation to Joystiq, stating that work has already begun on the mysterious game and that the plans are to keep it exclusive to PCs.
It's a wide-open world for Epic right now. The developer confirmed Fortnite in December 2011 with a trailer, but that's really all we know about now in this post-Gears of War era. You can bet heavily on seeing more of the Gears-verse in future games, but the release of the trilogy-capping story in 2011's Gears of War 3 now opens up the playing field for Epic to look in other directions.
What could this PC-exclusive title be? A shooter, of the first- OR third-person variety, seems unlikely, since those genres are already so well-suited to console play. Could it be a real-time strategy game? An MMO of some kind? ...a Facebook game? Hopefully not that last one. Share your thoughts below.
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sergehag
my guess would be they are trying to get into the free-to-play market like Crytek is doing with Warface
luiskami
Adam, thank you for clarifying your opinion. I do get your point: it is not profitable to just market any game for that matter to the PC. Especially when it is hard to keep pirated practices at bay. You show that you care for your audience.
Epic is not the only developer making exclusives for the PC. And a lot of other developers are porting games or starting games on PC because the technology gap is far greater. Developers wants to make better games while publishers wants to make more money.
I have my PS3 and I still play games on it. But after I built my PC (and gotten used to play with keyboard) I just cant go back to console. I just wish G4 was more enthusiastic for the making and coverage of games, regardless of the platform. Emphasizing on the supposedly death of PC gaming should be sad for the gaming community abroad.
Make no mistake, PC gaming is making a strong come back.
AdamRosenberg
Okay, it looks like I should probably chime in and clarify the point I was making in the post, since some of you seemed to take offense. Yes, of course the FPS genre was born on PC. And yes, of COURSE the PC platform is more flexible and, in most cases nowadays, more powerful than what a gaming console can offer. In today's market though, a publisher that releases an FPS *solely* on PC is shooting itself in the foot. That's just not where the gaming mainstream is, and that's not where the majority of dollars are being spent.
I'm not saying we don't see PC-exclusive FPS title anymore (Hard Reset!) and I'm definitely not suggesting that they have no place in the world. I just think a company like Epic, which doesn't face any of the cost issues that an indie studio might in bringing its work to a wider assortment of platforms, is only disadvantaging itself by restricting a console-friendly release like an FPS (or third-person shooter) to the PC platform. I don't mean to suggest that it won't or couldn't happen, I just don't see why Epic would opt to do so. It doesn't make sense from a business perspective.
Make no mistake: at the end of the day, it's money and income potential driving decisions such as these. Epic does great work and consistently proves time and again that it cares about and listens to its fans, but it's ultimately still in the business of making and selling video games for money. And there's less money to be had in bringing an FPS/TPS to PC and nothing else.
bobthebaptist
I'll also add they just blamed the poor sales of Bulletstorm on PC because of "pirating". How about the fact that it was a mediocre game Epic ? and now they want to make an exclusive ? Wow, I'm not supporting these guys one bit, they need to learn how to threat their customers with respect and do proper ports.
This game is definitely going to be either a flash, Facebook or F2P game because hey, if it isn't "piracy".
Andras
On the one hand, I think that saying FPS's aren't more suited to consoles just because they were born on PC's is an invalid argument. On the other hand, FPS's ARE better on PC's. For some reason, I don't feel the same way about third-person, though.
Luck702
Glad to see them get back to their roots. Grew up on Unreal.
FossilHead4
This makes no sense
Ayster_the_merk
come oooooon unreal 3!
RPG-fan
"What could this PC-exclusive title be? A shooter, of the first- OR third-person variety, seems unlikely, since those genres are already so well-suited to console play."
LOL. Either this guy is trolling or don't know much about the history of PC gaming or maybe a bit of both. I really wish G4 would hire guys that knows PC gaming when it comes to PC related articles and reviewing PC games than just hiring the many fringe PC gamers they already have. How many staff that just mostly plays on the Xbox do you need?
Premo
Adam Rosenberg I take offense to your comment "What could this PC-exclusive title be? A shooter, of the first- OR third-person variety, seems unlikely, since those genres are already so well-suited to console play.". Obviously you are not very educated in the history of video games, because if you were you would be aware of the FACT that first person shooters were BORN on PC's, that's where first person shooters came from!! So to make a statement like they are not well suited to play on PC, is how do you say? STUPID as hell! To think you actually have a job in this industry and are unaware of this fact is quite surprising and disappointing to say the least. It is like saying sports games are not well suited to play on consoles, what world are you living in opposite world? Furthermore the only true way to play an FPS is on PC PERIOD! Trying to sight a reticule on an opponent with that mini-analog stick from the consoles is the epitome of unintuitive. And while millions of FPS's get sold on consoles every year, it is mostly because console players simply have no choice in the matter. Because if you were to put a keyboard and mouse on a PS3 or 360, and pit them against people with controllers, who do you think would get most of the kills? In fact the only reason FPS's are now made with priority toward consoles is because #1 most gamers do not have high end PC's to play them on, and #2 for game company's to make enough money, they have to make them for consoles, because that's where the majority of the money is, NOT because they are more suited for consoles.
IWSTUTNISB
I can just imagine a how awesome a new UT game would be. Of course they wont make that though. Whatever it is it will most likely have aiming down sights(i have to put this here because of the amazingly effective profanity filter), hit scan weapons, slow player movement speed, kill streaks, death streaks, ranks, weapon unlocks, and all kinds of other goodies to make it more accessible to a broader audience.
Then there is the fact that this is Epic and once they do release a PC exclusive it will flop because like always they fail to advertise its release. When nobody buys it they will blame pirates and say how awful it is to develop games for the PC.
Afterwards they will release a new Gears of War game which will be pirated by thousands and thousands of kids with jtagged 360s.
Atavax
seems like the two hottest genres for the PC currently is MOBA and then mmo shooter hybrids, so I'd guess its one of those.
VashStampeedo
I'm optimistic about this announcement.
I'm always happy about the PC receiving an new IP, and hopefully this will be the case here. It means that developers are willing enter into that pioneering attitude for the PC, in the same respect that console games have appreciated for years. But regardless of whether this announcement is hinting at new series or a continuation of an existing one, with a notable company like Epic backing the production, it only increases the odds that it'll be a promising game.
Syzgu
Shooters with a controller... that's a laugh
bobthebaptist
If you make a game for PC, it better not be flash based or F2P. That would be adding salt to injury, since they've already stated PC gaming was dead 2 years ago and gave up on it. We'll see..
luiskami
FPS well suited for consoles?? is that why it cannot handle 64 players in BF3?? or why it does not look good for that matter?? This guy really doesn't know what hes talking about. PC will always be better suited for any game genre. In fact, PC is built to suite anything.
Andrach, cutting edge tech starts on a PC. Consoles are far inferior to PCs that is not even funny. And when the next gen consoles finally arrive PC will still be far superior.
Read this, from Shack News:
Digital Foundry editor Richard Leadbetter notes that the Radeon HD 6670 is "an unremarkable entry-level enthusiast product" that "struggles to run Battlefield 3 at 20 frames-per-second on high settings at 1080p." While closed console environments do generally produce more efficient results, Leadbetter told Eurogamer that "it would be a curious choice for a platform holder looking to sustain another lengthy console lifecycle."
The supposed GPU for the next generation Xbox would be quite dated by late 2013, and will probably seem ancient seven years into the next Xbox's lifecycle.
Andarach
Well my hope would be the next installment in Unreal Tournament and hopefully on UE4 since PC's can definitely handle cutting edge tech right now. Also taking the "Samaritan" demo and fleshing it out into a full game would be cool.
TolerableJarl
I'd assume that it'll be Fortnite. it only makes sense if they intend to allow mods and all that jazz. PC's are far more flexible as it is anyways, so I prefer it this way.
Aaron82
I never thought I'd hear the phrases "Epic Games", "is making" and "PC-Exclusive" in the same sentence in my life ever again.
User123123
if it won't be really good shooter like painkiller or quake 1 then screw u epic
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