Epic dismisses talk of Gears sequel

Epic Games has denied claims that a sequel to multi-million selling Xbox 360 title Gears of War was quietly announced at last week's Game Developers Conference.

According to Internet reports, Epic designer Cliff Bleszinski confirmed that Epic does "intend to do a sequel" during his GDC speech.

But in a post on the game's official forum, vice president Mark Rein has since stated: "Cliff didn't confirm anything of the sort."

However, while there may not yet be any official confirmation, it seems inevitable that Epic will seek to follow up on the success of Gears with a sequel.

Rein has previously helped to boost speculation that a trilogy is planned by querying, "Gears is a trilogy? If we can keep making quality games that fans obviously want then why would we have to stop at three?"

Gears of War isn't just popular with consumers - it picked up three trophies at the GDC Awards last week, including Best Game.