Episode 6 sends us way back to 2006. br Back then Microsoft didn’t have a great deal of competition in the console market, the PS3 was yet to come out in Europe and Nintendo’s Wii was a few months off release. This was a great time for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft was working hard with a number of developers to get some new franchises off to a great start of this new generation of consoles. br br One of these developers was Epic Games, well known for their creation of the Unreal Engine, now a must for many developers. Outside of Unreal though their big budget franchises were scarce. br br That was until Gears Of War.