Speaking at this year’s GDC, Epic’s Mark Rein has confirmed that the developer owns the Gears of War IP, and can do with it what it pleases.
”We own Gears of War. We can do what we want with it,” Rein told VG247.
“We have a great relationship with Microsoft, and they helped turn the game into a huge success for us, and we are pretty happy with the way things are going.”
“I mean we have a game with EA, and while we haven’t announced it yet, and soon we will be able to talk more about it.”
As shown by the recent Activision/Infinity Ward crisis, it’s always a good idea to know who owns the IP to triple A franchises like Gears of War.