Gears of War Kinect rumors resurface

Back in November, it was rumored that Epic Games is developing a new Kinect-enabled entry in the Gears of War franchise. In January, Epic trademarked the name Gears of War: Exile in the US. Today, sources “claiming to be familiar” with Gears Kinect told Kotaku that the project is very real, and is an on-rails shooter for the platform.

An image of the game, reproduced above, was sent in to the site. It looks to reuse assets from Gears of War 2.

The site’s sent mail to Epic, who’ve yet to issue a formal response. Game director Cliff Bleszinski did post this (quite amusing) bit on Twitter, though: “I’d comment on that Kotaku Kinect rumor that just hit, but I can’t find the article in their new confounding layout. Oh well!”

We’ll keep you updated.