The Coalition News Articles
Wednesday22nd Feb 2023
News Xbox 360 Era Gears Of War Director Teases Return To Franchise
Mr. Ortega worked on Gears 2, 3 & more!
The Coalition has seemingly been working away on its next Gears of War game for a few years at this point, with Gears 5 launching back in 2019. While we've not seen any kind of real 'Gears 6' announcement just yet, a key developer from the Xbox 360 days of the franchise has seemingly returned to work on it...
Thursday2nd Feb 2023
News New Info Suggests Xbox Developer The Coalition Has 'Cancelled' Two Games Recently
Don't worry, Gears 6 is still in the works
Earlier today, we shared a report from well-known journalist Jeff Grubb about the upcoming Gears 6, and now he's also been speaking as part of Thursday's Game Mess Mornings show at
Rumour Gears 6 Development Has 'Begun In Full' Within The Last Year
Update: Other Coalition projects reportedly scrapped
Update: Jeff Grubb has since revealed more about what he knows regarding The Coalition's upcoming plans. In a discussion during Thursday's Game Mess Mornings show at Giant Bomb, Grubb stated that all projects aside from Gears 6 have been scrapped. There were apparently two others in the works...
Wednesday25th Jan 2023
News Xbox Marketing Director Calls Gears Of War Leak 'Fake News'
The leaked logos related to Gears 6 and a Gears Collection
Recently, we reported on some Gears of War rumours that had been floating around on the web; mainly an apparent 'Gears of War Collection' in the works at Microsoft. Since then, a picture of two logos has been doing the rounds from a leak relating to both 'Gears 6' and this supposed...
Saturday7th Jan 2023
News Gears Of War Returns In 2023 With A New Card Game
The Locust Horde is back in a physical card game
It's been a while since Gears of War fans had something to be excited about, so what are the plans for 2023? Well, it appears there's a new card game "coming soon". The catch is that it's not actually a video game, but instead a physical card game made by tabletop specialist, Steamforged Games. This...
Monday7th Nov 2022
News Gears Of War Is Coming To The Big Screen With Pair Of Netflix Projects
Or whatever screen you're streaming on!
Wow, this is a big one! Netflix has announced plans to translate Gears of War to the big screen, with both a live action movie and an "adult animated series" in the works. We've heard rumblings of a Gears of War movie for years and years at this point; we're just as surprised as anyone to see it finally...
Friday2nd Sep 2022
News Gears Of War Dev Is Sharing Its UE5 Expertise With State Of Decay 3
Xbox studio synergy
Somehow, it's been over two years since Undead Labs revealed State of Decay 3, and at the time of announcement, we saw no real gameplay on the title. Since then though, we have caught wind that the team is using Unreal Engine 5 to power its third SoD iteration, and a new interview confirms that fact. Xbox's Matt Booty recently...
Thursday21st Jul 2022
News Gears Of War 6 Campaign Development Is Underway, Suggests Job Post
Chainsaws at the ready
It's looking like development on the next Gears of War game is ramping up, at least according to a new job listing over at Microsoft's Careers portal. The post, which is advertising for a Lead Mission Designer, talks about the future of the series and how the applicant will be working closely with the 'Campaign Director' on...
Wednesday27th Apr 2022
News The Coalition Removes Gears 5 Feature As It Focuses On 'Future Projects'
What's next?
Gears 5 launched about two and a half years ago, and developer The Coalition is now winding down support on the title. Last year, the game's seasonal content drops dried up, and now one of the game's features is being removed to free up development resources. Gears 5 featured a map builder (yeah, we forgot too), allowing users to...
Wednesday23rd Feb 2022
News The Coalition Is Working On Several Unannounced Projects, Says Aaron Greenberg
Gears 6 and...?
It's looking like Gears developer The Coalition is keeping quite busy! In addition to its work on that series, the Vancouver-based team seems to be working on all sorts of other projects. Xbox exec Aaron Greenberg recently spoke with Xbox fans at an event in South America, where he discussed what The Coalition is up to. It seems...
Sunday7th Nov 2021
News Can You Believe It? The Gears Of War Series Is Now 15 Years Old
Happy Birthday, Marcus Fenix
It might still feel like yesterday since the original Gears of War game was released on the Xbox 360, but it's actually been 15 years now. Yes, that's right - on 7th November 2006, Cliff Bleszinski and the team at Epic rolled out Marcus Fenix's very first title. The game went on to become one of the best-selling Xbox...
Tuesday27th Jul 2021
Video The Coalition Shares A Look At Unreal Engine 5 On Xbox Series X
A glimpse at the "Alpha Point" demo
It's here! After teasing a few screenshots the other week, Gears 5 developer The Coalition has finally unveiled the "Alpha Point" Unreal Engine 5 demo today, which aims to showcase the potential of UE5 on Xbox Series X (and Series S). The full 60-minute "making of" video can be found over on the Unreal Engine...
Friday16th Jul 2021
News The Coalition Shares Another Impressive Screenshot Of Unreal Engine 5 On Xbox Series X
Feast your eyes
Earlier this week The Coalition teased its upcoming tech demonstration of Unreal Engine 5 running on Xbox Series X. It was pretty beautiful, but now another screenshot reveals even more of the graphics engine's power. As shared by The Coalition on Twitter, this second image is another look at Alpha Point, the name for the studio's...
Tuesday13th Jul 2021
News The Coalition Reveals Screenshot Of Unreal Engine 5 Running On Xbox Series X
From an upcoming tech demo
The Coalition is set to show off an Unreal Engine 5 demo next week as part of GDC, but ahead of that event, the team has shared the first image of it - captured on an Xbox Series X. Ahead of debuting Alpha Point, the name of The Coalition's Unreal Engine 5 demo, an updated listing on the Unreal Engine site gives us a...
Saturday3rd Jul 2021
News Gears 5 Studio The Coalition To Showcase Unreal Engine 5 Demo Later This Month
Demonstrated on Xbox Series X
We know The Coalition is hard at work on the next Gears entry, but we haven't had an official reveal as of yet. An upcoming GDC presentation on July 20 at 1:20pm PT / 4:20pm ET / 8:20 UTC / 9:20pm BST will see the developer showing off an Unreal Engine 5 demo, and while it may not be Gears related, it will give us an...
Friday14th May 2021
News Gears 5 Will Now Be Forcing Cross-Play Between Xbox & PC Players
As part of the new Operation 7 update
The Coalition has announced that as part of Gears 5's Operation 7 update dropping next week on May 18, players on Xbox consoles and PC will now be forced to play together to help with matchmaking times. The studio says that it sees "40% of our players disabling the crossplay option", and the result has...
Tuesday11th May 2021
News Sorry, Gears Developer The Coalition Isn't Working On A Star Wars Game
"We are not working on any such title"
We've heard a few things about Gears developer The Coalition over the past week, and the latest announcement is that the studio is officially shifting its resources to next-gen development with Unreal Engine 5. Following that announcement yesterday, a member of the team took to Reddit to confir
Tuesday4th May 2021
Rumour Gears Dev The Coalition Working On Brand-New IP, Possibly Star Wars Related?
"Gears studio, The Coalition, is busy"
It wouldn't be a news day without a juicy rumour to go with it, and there seems to be some news circulating that The Coalition could be handing a new IP, alongside a new Gears instalment. The latest rumour comes from the speculation expert, Jeff Grubb, who mentioned he'd "heard rumours" that The Coalition is...
Tuesday20th Apr 2021
Rumour Don't Expect Gears 6 At E3, Xbox Has 'Too Much Else Going On'
Sounds like there's plenty more to keep us happy
Some good news - Xbox allegedly has a lot to show us at this year's E3. The bad news? One of those titles won't be the next Gears entry according to one industry insider. In Jeff Grubb's latest Game Mess Show, he was asked by one viewer the probability of Gears 6 being showcased during Xbox's E3...
Saturday13th Mar 2021
News Phil Spencer Already Thinking About Possible Xbox And Bethesda Collabs
And how Xbox can utilise id Tech
The "Microsoft joins Bethesda" roundtable earlier this week gave Xbox fans a chance to learn more about the company behind hit series like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Of course, there are a number of other studios under the Bethesda banner team Xbox is also looking forward to working with. Head of Xbox, Phil...
Friday5th Mar 2021
News The Coalition Is Hiring For Multiple Roles That Will ‘Forge The Future’ Of Gears
Wonder what the next project could be?
The Coalition, the team behind the most recent Gears game since the Xbox One era, is hiring multiple roles for what seems to be the next step in the franchise. One of the studio’s cinematic producers shared the job listings on Twitter, which leads to a variety of roles, including engineers and community...
Tuesday2nd Mar 2021
News Gears 5 Operation 6 Is Now Live With A Wave Of New Content
With more content promised in the future
The Coalition has dropped Operation 6 for Gears 5, offering a new wave of multiplayer content and challenges for players to tackle over the coming months. As outlined last week, the new content drop brings with it a new map called Speyer, a new King of the Hill variant known as Control, and many character...
Wednesday24th Feb 2021
News Gears 5 Operation 6 Adds New Characters And More
Content drops are also being adjusted
After ruling out a remaster and more, The Coalition has now officially confirmed its recent posts on social media were "all" tied to Gears 5 Operation 6. In terms of new content, there are three new characters being added. We've got Colonel Victor Hoffman returning (as suspected by many fans), Queen Reyna and...
Tuesday23rd Feb 2021
News Gears Dev The Coalition Appears To Have Helped Out With Halo Infinite
More external support for 343?
It's no secret Xbox's first-party studios help each other out from time to time and it seems the Gears of War developer The Coalition might have been quietly assisting 343 Industries with Halo Infinite. According to some findings on LinkedIn profiles of individuals who previously worked at The Coalition, the...
News The Gears Of War Twitter Account Seems To Be Teasing Something
Update: It's definitely Gears 5 related
Update: There's been a lot of hope and speculation that this tease might be connected to a possible Gears 2 remaster, but while The Coalition says it "loves the enthusiasm", the company is "all Gears 5 up over here." Original story: It's been a while since we got any major Gears of War news. With this in...
Thursday17th Dec 2020
DLC Review Gears 5: Hivebusters Brings Summer Blockbuster Action To The Christmas Period
An early Christmas present from The Coalition
Gears 5's campaign was an absolute treat and turned out to be one of the best in the series, and now its newly released Hivebusters campaign gives us more single-player action to dive into - free with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate! Hivebusters is essentially a prequel to the game's Escape mode, introducing...
Wednesday16th Dec 2020
News Gears 5 Now Lets You Pick And Choose What You Want To Install
Save some precious drive space
Gears 5 now allows you to choose what you wish to install and delete, freeing up some valuable hard drive space. Following a trend adopted by other games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Halo: The Master Chief Collection, upon loading up the game, players are now presented with the ability to install or...
Tuesday8th Dec 2020
News Gears 5: Hivebusters Expansion Arrives Next Week, Included In Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Hivebustin' makes you feel good
Following on from Gears 5's biggest multiplayer update with Operation 5: Hollow Storm, the single player expansion Hivebusters is arriving on December 15. Gears 5: Hivebusters will be free to download for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, to stream through Cloud Gaming or available to purchase separately a $19
Monday22nd Jun 2020
News Mike Crump Is The New Studio Head At Gears Dev The Coalition
Spotted on Linkedin
Gears developer The Coalition has a new studio head in the form of Mike Crump. The former director of operations seemingly confirmed this via his LinkedIn page back in May, which was recently spotted by Twitter user Klobrille. The new studio head takes over from former boss Rod Fergusson, who left The Coalition in February to...
Monday4th May 2020
News Gears Tactics Developer Explains Why The Game Isn't On Xbox One Yet
Coming later this year
We know a lot of the Pure Xbox community has been eagerly anticipating Gears Tactics for some time - the turn-based strategy title from developers Splash Damage and The Coalition. But the game has only been released on PC for now, and Splash Damage has provided an explanation as to why. Speaking via its website, the company...
