As if enhancing Gears 5 for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S with 120FPS multiplayer wasn't enough, The Coalition has revealed that it has a lot more planned for the game over the next couple of months (via IGN).
At the launch of Gears 5 for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 10th, you'll be able to take advantage of a New Game+, bringing two new difficulty modes (Ironman and Inconceivable), character skins, weapon skins, mutators, new Achievements and more to its campaign.
Popular ex-WWE star Batista will also be joining the campaign after originally being added to Gears 5 multiplayer back in 2019, now included as an optional skin for Marcus Fenix with all-new voiceover.
In terms of Versus, Operation 5 will allow players to choose which class they want to apply to which character (which was actually revealed some time ago), and The Coalition says it has aspirations to make its future Operations have stronger themes to tie any content or maps together.
And finally, Gears 5 is confirmed to be getting story DLC in December, titled "Hivebusters" (as rumoured earlier this year). It'll have an estimated playtime of 3-4 hours, will be available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC, and will be optimised for next-gen, with more details set to be shared in early December.
Phew! Which of these additions are you most excited for? Let us know in the comments.
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Likely going to start a Gears 1-5 run tonight, so this will be a nice cap for the end. With all the new adjustments coming to PC on November 10th as well, it'll go well with my new top end PC I build on the 5th.
Can’t keep up with everything to play on launch day, let alone November. Crazy month.
Can't wait for the story DLC..
This is great news. Gears 5 looked great on the Xbox one X. Can't wait to play it on the series X.
Can’t wait to finish the story for Gears 5. I hope they change the game icon too
Have only completed the first 3 on X360. Restarted them anew since purchasing my XB1X...on 3 now so still have a long journey ahead of me, but looking forward to Judgment, 4, and 5. This is great news!!
@WesEds I would prefer that as well concerning the game icon but regardless it's still Gears of War
No story DLC next-gen paywall? Big L. 🦄
Nice! It’s about time Gears got some story DLC again.
So the update/expansion is Series S/X only?
Most excited for the new Story DLC. I have already beaten the campaign and the majority of Achievements associated with it so will be great to have some 'new' story to experience on my Series X...
Will be interesting to see if the story DLC is free with game pass. Will definitely have ago if it is.
Excellent, excellent and more excellent. Superb stuff. Nice one Coalition!
@Bloodborne75 judgement is... forgettable. to say the least. 4 and 5 are fun though. The best are still the original 3 but I do think the gameplay of 4 and 5 is excellent.
@xMightyMatt14x I've read conflicting reports regarding GOW: Judgment, as well. I'll still be playing through it and see how it holds up however. Wish me luck
@Bloodborne75 have fun man! Great way to spend the time waiting for series x.
@xMightyMatt14x Aye, thank ye
Black ops, on ps4/5, will have onslaught. A new zombie mode, exclusive for a year.
Great news. I’ve been going through the gears games again slowly, so it’ll be nice to jump on to gears 5 with this update. Nice to see Batista getting some love from the developers aswell.
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