An unnamed source speaking to Kotaku has confirmed that Epic Games is working on a Gears of War title for Kinect, as has been previously rumored. And according to that source, this hands-free Gears joint is set to be an on-rails shooting title, which would dash the need for any sort of player-controlled character movement.

Just for a bit of clarification, we’re not talking about Gears of War 3 here. In a slick statement after IGN first reported the Gears of War Kinect rumor, Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski confirmed that the third title in the series wouldn’t feature Kinect support, but he didn’t specifically rule out the possibility that another Gears game would be making use of the controller.
 

An unnamed source speaking to Kotaku has confirmed that Epic Games is working on a Gears of War title for Kinect, as has been previously rumored. And according to that source, this hands-free Gears joint is set to be an on-rails shooting title, which would dash the need for any sort of player-controlled character movement.

Just for a bit of clarification, we’re not talking about Gears of War 3 here. In a slick statement after IGN first reported the Gears of War Kinect rumor, Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski confirmed that the third title in the series wouldn’t feature Kinect support, but he didn’t specifically rule out the possibility that another Gears game would be making use of the controller.
 

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Enough Rail-shooters I say

So this will be a guided GoW experience?

I've never been a fan of on-rail shooters.

I withhold judgement until we see what they're doing with it, if anything.

I'm happy with GoW3 instead, thank you.

Wow, I didnt see that coming.

To get a general idea on how this is going to look like, refer to the Harry Potter kinect mode Quick Look

Glad I'm not a GeoW fan.

with kinect it kinda has to be on rails, how else would you move foward without a thumb stick?

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with kinect it kinda has to be on rails, how else would you move foward without a thumb stick?

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Aren't they just completely going against the point of Kinect here? 

will this also have horse meet rider, rider meet horse moment?

Eh, does that require a Kinect? Eh...

Honestly the news of ANYTHING using Kinect is kinda good. Right after the thing came out it was "Okay so play Dance Central with this. That's all. Ever."

I approve of this. 

I hope it's a mini-game collection called "Gears Party"

Rail shooters can be fun, and yeah I'll say it, great games.  Dead Space Extraction, for example, is a great game.
 
People like all kinds of games.  If people that don't like third-person cover based shooters can instead dig Gears through an on-rails Kinect title, how is that a bad thing?
 
So much negativity...

And thusly, Kinect has become a piece of garbage.

Kinect NEEDS this, enough of the bullshit fitness/dance games already.

No, naw-aw, no!

This sounds like a very bad idea.

Sweeet new Kinect games. More please!

Their attempt to get "hardcore" gamers to buy kinects. It's not working.

Meh

that sounds craptacular. 

Rail shooters can be done right.
 
Kinect can be done right.
 
It's all up to the way they do the motion controls, and if they make it a dull Time Crisis'y hide behind cover rail shooter instead of something that's actually fun, Virtua Cop, HOTD, Extraction.

Um, hooray?

  So much negativity... "

It makes me a bit sad because I only just recently bought an Xbox, and it seems all of MS's massive publishing power is being focused on Kinect (which I have zero interest in)... while Sony is spearheading the release of all sorts of great exclusives. If I could stand using the PS3 controller my purchase would have gone in Sony's direction.

So much for freedom of movement with Kinect. Basic movement starts with the legs and yet they'd rather make an on rails shooter throwing away 50% body movement. I wonder how the player shoots in the game, does he point at the screen and yell out BANG!?

What the fuck does " this hands-free Gears joint" mean? Wouldn't you have to... point at stuff, or somethin'? 

I doubt it will play well, but at least they are attempting to do something with the tech. 

Gears on Kinect?
 
  

and on rails shooter for the kinect doesnt really interest me.

EH! Create some more 1st party Microsoft. The Gears world just ain't that compelling!

Hmmm...nope.

Do not care. If onrails shooters are what M$ thinks will win the hardcore market, they are sorely mistaken.

" What the fuck does " this hands-free Gears joint" mean? Wouldn't you have to... point at stuff, or somethin'?  "

This is the most disappointing news I have heard for months, mainly because I will invariably have to find a way of playing this game despite already knowing it's going to be complete garbage. 
 
Remember when the Kinect got released and all the Xbox fans got upset because it was so tacky - and everyone replied so fucking patronisingly: "This isn't foryou, it's not going to replace Halo. It's for a whole different audience." Well WHAT THE FUCK, you people? Who is Gears Of War for, if not me? What the fuck.

" So much for freedom of movement with Kinect. Basic movement starts with the legs and yet they'd rather make an on rails shooter throwing away 50% body movement. I wonder how the player shoots in the game, does he point at the screen and yell out BANG!? "

I still don't understand why anyone would make a rail shooter. Such wasted opportunities.

Maybe this'll be the first game worth getting for the device.

I am not digging it.

F*ck rail shooters

Rail shooter? What does MS think Kinect is? PS Move?

I hope there is a homo-erotic mini game between Dom and Marcus where you and a co-op partner have to make inappropriate gestures in front of the Kinect. 

I want a lancer controller peripheral.