Rein puts dev cost for Gears of War at $10m

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Gameguru Mania News - Oct,05 2006 -

Rein puts dev cost for Gears of War at $10m - briefly
(hx) 05:21 PM CEST - Oct,05 2006 - Post a comment / read (4)
Epic Games VP Mark Rein has slammed suggestions that huge budgets are required to create next-gen games, revealing that forthcoming Xbox 360 title Gears of War has cost "around $10 million" to produce:

GOW, he continued, "wasn't cheap but didn't cost the crazy figures you hear other companies quoting of $20, $30 million". Rein made similar comments in an interview with GI.biz last year, where he accused "big companies like EA" of "going around trying to scare people". When asked by an audience member how much GOW had cost to produce, Rein replied, "So far, around $10 million, maybe a little less. However, as Rein clarified, Epic has not had to budget for the cost of a game engine - since GOW runs on the proprietary Unreal Engine 3. He said the company was also able to save money by outsourcing to new subsidiary Epic Games China.

He then proceeded to brag about the upcoming Unreal Tournament 2007:

According to Rein, Unreal Engine 3 has "now reached the first level of performance". It will power Epic's first PS3 title, Unreal Tournament 2007, which he described as "an even more intense game" than Gears of War.

last 10 comments:

Sabot	(06:26 PM CEST - Oct,05 2006 )
Crazy budgets go on licenses and spent hyping a product on a console to death! NEVER game quality!! Unless on the very,very rare occasion that they have a leading track record. The ones (producers/devs) that don't spout crap and remain obscure tend to be the titles that offer more value imo. Once the ego is 'formed' they sit on their laurels.....

Safer	(08:41 PM CEST - Oct,05 2006 )
10 mill for 12 hours of gameplay with static save points? Eh...

djRom	(08:48 PM CEST - Oct,05 2006 )
ROFL, someone over paid, but it won't be me! haha

xxxx	(06:10 AM CEST - Oct,06 2006 )
yeah, all money went to graphics artists...lol

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