Epic “still debating” over Gears 3 beta content

In an interview with Techland, Epic president Mike Capps said that they are  “still debating” over what’s going to be included in the upcoming beta for Gears of War 3.

“We know that the Gears 3 beta access codes will be highly sought-after, so our most passionate fans will get the inside track. The beta starts in the spring and, honestly, we’re still debating what exactly is going to go into the beta so fans will want to be there from the very beginning to see how it evolves and grows,”

It was previously announced that the beta would be included with the 360 version of People Can Fly’s Bulletstorm. Capps also revealed in the interview that this was inspired by the inclusion of the Halo 3 multiplayer beta in Crackdown.

“I think Crackdown was a really good example. That game was used to drive a really strong Halo 3 beta, but it was also the other way around, too,”

“The Halo players were introduced to Crackdown, which was a new IP that they weren’t familiar with. Crackdown was an awesome game; I might never have picked up that game if not for the Halo beta. But I’m really glad I did. So, we kind of want to introduce Bulletstorm to our Gears fans in the same way.”

Beta key or now, Bulletstorm is shaping out to be one hell of a game and we would pick it up regardless without hesitating for a second. Bulletstorm will hit stores on February 22 in North America and on February 25 in Europe for the PC,360 and PS3. The Gears of War 3 beta is scheduled to arrive sometime in spring while the final release has been pushed back to fall 2001.