Rein ‘would never rule out’ annual Gears of War

Epic Games vice president Mark Rein has said that he would never rule out the possibility of Gears of War going annual, and said that he ‘really envies’ Activision‘s yearly Call of Duty success.

“I think if we felt we could and do justice to it, who wouldn’t want to have a yearly [Gears of War]?” he told Eurogamer at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

“I really envy what [Activision] have with Call of Duty. Every year they put out something really great and they sell crazy stupid amounts. Anybody who says they wouldn’t want to emulate that shouldn’t be in business.”

According to Rein, the only obstacle preventing Epic Games from achieving a new Gears of War game every year is a lack of resources.

“We’re not that big a studio, so if we were going to do that it would be because we thought we could deliver something that was of real additive value. They have two teams so they can go back and forth.

“I would never rule it out. I would love to do it. If we could come up with an experience that a year later was worthy of the Gears name, why wouldn’t we want to do that?

“We’re about as far as we want to be away from Gears. The further you get away, people start forgetting you. We’ve been pretty fortunate – people play our games for a long time.”

Gears of War 3, the ‘epic conclusion’ to the main trilogy, launches exclusively for Xbox 360 on September 20.