Following the internet frenzy, an official Epic Games spokesperson clarified the situation. The prototype build—officially dated —was never meant for a commercial PlayStation release. Instead, Epic Games used Gears of War 3 and Unreal Tournament as internal software benchmarks to test the capabilities and cross-platform architecture of Unreal Engine 3 on Sony's notoriously complex Cell Broadband Engine processor. The Hacker Release Gears of War 3 Prototype running on the Sony PS3
In May 2021, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the build's creation, digital archivist PixelButts released the data on the Internet Archive Gears Of War 3 Ps3 Pkg
