New Line has announced it has won the feature film rights to the game Gears Of War. Although Epic Games, owners of the “Gears of War” brand, are yet to announce an official announcement of the sequel to the popular video game, we can see the release of the game and the movie happening around the same time. Epic has created an extensive backstory for the game in hopes that a movie production company would pick it up, and may eventually even lead to novels.

Screenwriter for the Gears of War movie is supposedly Stuart Beattie, who also wrote “Collateral”. Gears lead designer Cliff Bleszinski will be producing the film and keeping an eye on the production for Epic. New Line is hoping to release a Gears of War movie by the summer of 2009.

With the announcement of a Gears movie now confirmed, let us know who would you like to see cast to star in the film? — Andrew Dobrow

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According to Peter Moore, head of the Interactive Entertainment Business division of Microsoft (pictured above), the production team of the Xbox 360 is already working on the follow-up for the popular gaming console. Moore says that Microsoft is looking into what processors will be available around 2011-2012, a sign that this will be around the time of the next 360 release.

Could we be looking at the Xbox 750? With terrabyte technology? The thought is exhilarating, yet very unknown as of now. This would put the life of Xbox 360 at about 6-7 years, much longer then the Xbox’s 4 years of fame. Though, with Gears of War and Halo brand building up suspense for upcoming releases, while still working on the fame of former releases, the Xbox 360 might continue to sell well for the next few upcoming years. Will Moore now get a tattoo advertising this too? — Andrew Dobrow

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