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Talking Point Five Years Later, What Do You Think Of Gears 5 In 2024?

The Ultimate Edition released on September 6, 2019

We've already talked about Starfield's one-year anniversary today, but Gears 5 is celebrating one as well! It was back on September 6, 2019 that players were first introduced to Gears 5 as part of the game's Ultimate Edition, although the full release wouldn't occur until a few days later. It had...

• Fri 6th Sep 2024
• Xbox
• Gears 5
• Talking Point
• Features
• Xbox One

News The Coalition Continues To Hype Up Gears Of War: E-Day With New Message In Gears 5

"Emergence begins"

Emergence Day is upon us, folks! Xbox dev The Coalition is going back to the roots of Gears with Gears of War: E-Day, and as the hype for it continues, the team has starting acknowledging the upcoming sequel within Gears 5. Yep, when players now load up Gears 5, they're greeted with a nice little message about Gears: E-Day -...

• Tue 25th Jun 2024
• Xbox
• Gears of War: E-Day
• The Coalition
• Gears 5
• Microsoft

News Gears Of War: E-Day Dev Is 'Not Retreating' From The Modern Gears Saga

"We’re super proud about Gears 4 and Gears 5"

Well, the announcement for Gears of War: E-Day is officially out in the wild, and if you can't tell yet - we're quite excited to see Gears go back to its roots. Developer The Coalition says that the opportunity to tell "such an iconic origin story was simply too great to ignore", and to be honest, we...

• Sun 9th Jun 2024
• Xbox
• Gears of War: E-Day
• The Coalition
• Xbox Series X
• Xbox Series S

News Gears Of War Voice Actor Reckons We're Due A 'Gears 6' Announcement In June

Rising like a JD Fenix

Gears of War developer The Coalition has been rather quiet since Gears 5 dropped almost five years ago, but we're starting to see pointers that things may get busier this year. The latest hint is a fresh tweet from the voice actor behind Gears character JD Fenix - the actor thinks June could be the month for a big '

• Thu 25th Apr 2024
• Xbox
• Gears 6
• The Coalition
• Microsoft
• Xbox Series X

News Gears Of War Creator Voices Interest In Returning To The Series (Again)

"Phil Spencer has my phone number"

The Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has reiterated on multiple occasions how he would be open to returning to the franchise, and the same conversation has now come up again, during an appearance on the 'Xbox Expansion Pass' podcast. After briefly reflecting on that time the Xbox boss Phil Spencer called him...

• Thu 25th Jan 2024
• Xbox
• Gears of War
• Xbox Series X
• Xbox Series S

News Former Gears Of War Narrative Director Joins PlayStation's Santa Monica Studio

"ALL RIGHT, let's do this..."

We've got some interesting industry news to share today, as it's been revealed that the former "Franchise Narrative Director" on the Gears series, Bonnie Jean Mah, has joined Sony's Santa Monica Studio - again as a Narrative Director. Bonnie revealed the news on Twitter last night, stating how "beyond thrilled" she was...

• Wed 22nd Nov 2023
• Xbox
• Gears Of War
• Sony
• PlayStation

News Gears Of War Needs A 'God Of War-Like Reboot', Says Original Lead Designer

Cliffy B weighs in on the state of Gears

Cliff Bleszinski has always been synonymous with the Gears of War franchise - the original trilogy's lead designer was the primary public figure for those games during the Xbox 360 days. Since then, 'Cliffy B' has been off doing his own things, but he's always happy to talk Gears, and in a new interview with...

• Tue 31st Oct 2023
• Xbox
• Gears of War
• Cliffy B
• Microsoft
• God of War

Talking Point Would You Like A 'Fully Open World' Gears 6?

Recent rumours hint at the possibility

Xbox developer The Coalition sprinkled more 'open' campaign levels throughout Gears 5 - the team's last release barring the excellent Hivebusters expansion for the same title. The 2019 Xbox exclusive wasn't open world as such, but it contained some vast level design that strayed fairly far from the linear...

• Wed 30th Aug 2023
• Xbox
• Gears of War 6
• Features
• Xbox Series X
• Xbox Series S

Talking Point After Almost Four Years, We're Starting To Miss Gears

We're eager to see where the series goes next

As Xbox has begun scooping up other development studios to start making some really unique-looking new titles, some of the platform's biggest franchises are taking up less of the limelight these days. There's nothing wrong with that — Halo, Forza and Gears certainly feel like they've had their time to...

• Wed 19th Jul 2023
• Xbox
• Gears of War
• Gears 6
• Xbox Series X
• Xbox Series S

News Gears Of War Voice Actor 'Hasn't Heard Anything' About Gears 6

"I’m like, where we at?"

We don't seem much closer to learning about Gears 6, folks! While Gears 5 has been out for almost four years at this stage, Xbox hasn't officially revealed the next game in the series, and signs are starting to point towards a fairly long wait for The Coalition's next installment. The latest hint that leans this way comes...

• Tue 25th Apr 2023
• Xbox
• Gears Of War
• Gears Of War 6
• Xbox Series X
• Xbox Series S