The Coalition Is Working On Several Unannounced Projects, Says Aaron Greenberg

Gears 6
Gears Tactics 2
Gears of War 2 Remastered
Gears of War 3 Remastered
Gears of War: The Pendulum War
Gears of War: Emergence Day

That should do it for now...

Why don’t they just have the studio work on Gears 6 total focus and make the best gears ever.
We don’t want a stretched studio like 343 were during Halo Infinite which didn’t exactly turn out great even after one years delay and 6 years in total.

All on gears 6 make it biggest and most bad it can ever be and with in a good time time schedule.

It’s like I hear about other Microsoft studios working on 3 projects at once. No wonder 2022 looks slim pickings on the big AAA front.

I really do wonder about Microsoft’s ability to manage their studios and turn out a top end AAA product in all areas.

Until I see end products of FH5 quality AAA pedigree I will have my reservations this generation.

I'd prefer one really polished product.

Gears 6 and Gears 7. Obvs.

I remember the first gears…it had more or a horror tone. Even the ad campaign stayed with you. I’d love to see them go back to that. But they’re chasing the big cinematic action movie Sony playbook with gears these days.

@Dezzy70 ms studios have a management problem and will likely always have one - they still announce things far too early. Still don’t keep a good enough check on studios resulting in long delays. Still cancel games. And now they’re stretching themselves even thinner taking on more studios that I can’t see their management issues getting better over this gen.

Luckily they seem to realise this themselves and buy other publishers who are more capable of getting games out on time. So I don’t think we’ll ever go years without being fed like last gen again.

@Dezzy70 Why is it on every article you constantly berate Halo Infinite. We all get it, you didn't like the game. But for a lot of us we thought the gunplay was fantastic and superb. Move on.

@Dezzy70 I disagree. They should make a new IP. I bet they're bored making gears all the time. Maybe they make a better IP.

@pip_muzz love me some infinite gunplay. Still my favourite shooter experience and I'll be working towards my full Samurai kit this week.

Back to the actual topic it was already known that they are working on a smaller project to get comfortable with the new UE engine before G6 would be released i thought? No clue what it could be but hopefully it's a fun experience.

Also isn't letting other teams under a studio work on different projects what everyone wants from Xbox? We all said how great it will be that the AB studios won't all have to work on CoD but now every team at Coalition has to only work on Gears???

@Medic_Alert Sony has me worried a bit. I know god of war is coming in 2022, spider-man 2 in 2023 (maybe) but looking at dev cycles for their owned studios (even second party like haven, deviation and firewalk), it doesn't seem they have something else coming soon. Well tlou2 factions but that's it.

Maybe that Guerrilla fps is ready?

I don't think saying a number means that much. How many are AAA? How many are VR titles?

@pip_muzz yeah I’m right there with that. Loved halo infinite. The open world really worked well with it. And the grapple hook a game changer. Just wish there was more to discover in that world

I hope they make a new IP. Microsoft desperately needs to get out of the Halo, Forza, Gears bubble. Sure Starfield will help with that but Xbox needs a new IP that is flagship quality.

I'd take a gears tactics 2, or a "proper" gears follow up to the story. Either good

They will never learn.

Please stop talking about all the unannounced games we won't be playing until 2027 lol. Next there'll be a CGI trailer for whatever this is, no release date given, then like 2-3 years of silence.

i don't respond to rumors xD just kidding 😁😆

@Dezzy70 Well Horizon forbidden west is hardly that great...just saying ...after all the hype the PlayStation exclusives get I have been vastly underwhelmed by the majority of them...including the latest horizon...I imagine if it was a multiplatform game it wouldn't get overhyped so much .. .it currently feels like an 8 out of 10 games at most

Halos campaign felt alot more polished to me personally than what I've seen of Horizon forbidden west so far

Well whatever they have in mind I'm at least interested. Gears 5 was great!

@RevGaming Sony nowadays seems to time upcoming news near the release date of a PS Studios game. For example:

• Ratchet & Clank State of Play 1 day before Returnal
• Horizon Forbidden West State of Play 15 days before Ratchet & Clank
• Horizon Forbidden West precise release date announced 5 days after Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut
• Playstation Showcase 15 days before Death Stranding Director's Cut
• GT7 State of Play 5 days after Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection

The only upcoming PS Studios game with a known precise release date is GT7 next week (March 4th) which given the pattern suggests a Playstation event will happen sometime over the next 2 weeks that'll either reveal the release date of God of War Ragnarok or announce a bunch of currently unannounced PS Studios games.

It's a shame Microsoft seems to only care about E3 when it comes to sharing info on upcoming games. The Direct/State of Play structure works so well.

I wouldn't mind if they created a new franchise or even worked on something in Activision's catalog.

@StylesT
Having played both games there are pros and cons for both.
Halo Infinite has very tight and probably the best FPS mechanics and of course the grappling hook is great.
But the size and scope, graphically, environments, weather effects, water effects, variety etc etc are really last generation and fell short for me. It was like there you go that is all we have managed so far world wise and campaign wise.

HFW, for a third person action adventure good mechanics could be improved.
Good game play and some good battles and controls overall.
Size and scope, environmental effects, details, graphics overall and environmental variety, probably second to none, it is an ambitious beautiful open world with a few little bugs, but another patch today sorts most out.
There you go enjoyed playing Halo Infinite campaign wise and so far HFW campaign wise and looks gets the first place for me.

@StylesT Horizon is amazing. Looks better than Demon Souls and I still don't know how. Game of the year caliber. I think it's a low 9 but last gen I only gave 9s to 9 games (no 10s) so imo it has impressed me a lot.

Hating popular things because they're popular or hating because is not as popular are not healthy ways to enjoy things Both prevent you from enjoying things. I don't like Fallout 4 and Batman Arkham City that much, but I guess people enjoyed and I can't deny they're great for the majority of people.

And a 8 is a great score. How many games have you rated 10 out of 10? Or 9s?
I don't think being an exclusive matters as they are multiple exclusives from all platforms that have bad scores.

343 wished they could be on Guerrilla's level. Guerrilla made Horizon in 5 years, Halo Infinite took 7 years. Halo doesn't look as good as ps4 games and it doesn't have as enough content as its previous entry. He wants more games like Starfield. Well we haven't seen it but I'm guessing it's the first blockbuster mainstream single player game xbox will have.

@RevGaming
Ok make a new IP but out the whole team on it and make AAA big end game and get in with it.

@pip_muzz
The gunplay was amazing and second to none.
The game overall was just basic other wise.
Like here’s the campaign this is what we managed there you go.
Remember Halo was the god of Xbox in my prime days, now it’s a game, outside of us enthusiasts that is hardly mentioned and doesn’t sell consoles.

@Dezzy70 They can manage two games per gen. I think it's fine dude. Insomniac and Naughty Dog have 3 titles and all of them are AAA. Guerrilla and Santa Monica have 2. Pretty sure Sucker Punch has 2 as well. These studios are big enough to handle more than one game.

@LocalPenguin Well you're basically saying multiplayer games are superior to single player games which is another topic.

Personally, last gen multiplayer weren't as good as the ps3/360 multiplayer games. They're more popular now, but the quality has dropped imo. This includes TP like EA, Activision and Ubisoft. Put Bethesda with f76 and square with avengers in there too. D. all stars and predator hunting grounds too.

@RevGaming
I agree but finish one first to the highest AAA standard with your studio focused on it and then move onto the second.

I know it depends if you like that sort of game, but some great news, looks like Elden Ring has nailed it overall.

@Grumblevolcano

I agree, but they should at least announce games that are 1-almost 2 years away. I don't think that's a reach. We need to know in this rumored March playstation showcase games that are coming in 2023. It can't be just spidey 2.

I agree. Xbox needs to drop e3 and start giving us directs.

@Dezzy70 I mean that's what they're currently doing. Gears 6 first while working slightly on the other one.

Like Santa Monica and Guerrila did with Gow 2 and Hfw first and now they'll focus on their new IPs.

@LocalPenguin Well it sounded like Halo was better than Horizon because you can keep playing until the next one, which means in mp>sp in a way. You also said GT7, an always online game.

I actually like games that finish than constantly grinding for new content. I like year 7 for siege, but I know I will have to play nonstop to buy each one and yeah, I'm playing more for just one price, but in the end I wasted my time playing one game instead of having a more richer experience of variety.

@LocalPenguin
I’m holding off until I see console performance reviews PS5 vs XBOX series x and will pick the one with the best frame rate and graphical performance.
It should be Xbox series x like dying light 2 is, but you never know.

@RevGaming I'm hating horizon because it's popular...lmao what a ridiculous comment....first off I don't hate it......I payed for the game...you really think I want to hate it.....

I wanted to like it more than you can imagine...but after playing many of the hyped ps exclusive I missed not owning a PS3 or ps4...I have come to find most of the exclusives are nowhere near the level ps fanboys make them out to be....so in my back of my mind I had my doubts about horizon aswell..I never played the first despite buying it when I got a ps5

I think horizon is fine but after all the hype etc I am just underwhelmed by its extremely basic platforming and combat

@StylesT What's a complex platforming and combat game for you? How does HFW does not reach that or does things worst?

Let me at least understand where you're coming from because I personally don't get it.

This should have been my first reply.

@RevGaming Not exactly sure...I guess because of the huge hype etc this game received I was expecting something to make it stand out....but everything feels like I've done this before and in most cases done better ...so why exactly is this game held on a higher pedestal.....with the first one I suppose the graphics etc it might of wowed people...but they aren't stand out with forbidden west

I guess I just wanted to be wowed and it just felt like any other game...nothing to get excited about

Wish I would of rented it instead of buying it

@StylesT My bad at coming at you like that btw.

Well, I think HFW has the best graphics of any game atm.

Well you should honestly sell your PS5 if you're not that impressed. I don't think God of War, Spider-Man 2 will wow you. You're just wasting money at this point.

The previous Sony games had huge Hype, but for you, it always ended up being average.
And if we go by games that did something original that stand out, I guess Fortnite with its building combat is the best game ever. Maybe you're getting bored of video games.

@RevGaming God of war probably won't....maybe it's all the years of reading Ps fanboys proclaim there exclusives are on some other level that has led me to be underhelmed....because they actually aren't

Even Spiderman which I was looking forward to the most made me feel dissapointed...didn't feel anywhere near as good as the Arkham games...that being said il still buy the 2nd on release lol

Tbh the only exclusive so far that I felt was really good was Death Stranding......I haven't played God of war or the last of us part 2 yet...or any of the uncharted..I plan on trying 4 as I imagine the others will feel very dated

@StylesT Well, to be fair, I don't think Sony games are top 1,2,3,4,5 of the best games of last gen, but I think 5 of them being in a top 20 list isn't surprising. There are many top 20 lists from neutral sites that have them there so I don't get the it's just fanboys argument. Seems like you didn't like some of your favorite games not being there instead of Sony games, and I get it, because sometimes a game I think it's better doesn't get more praise.

I haven't played Death Stranding but it looks to be the worst AAA exclusive Sony has released. It just looks so boring. Seems like it's an very empty world walking sim with Kojima's long cutscenes where he demonstrates he prefers making movies over games. That combat also looks way more brain dead than Horizon's (which it isn't) imo.

edit: I have God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Spider-Man, Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, Ghost and Tlou2 in my top 20 best games from last gen. Not one after the other, but scattered through it. I beat over 50 games (a few multiplayer) games last gen for reference (not done tho). Oh and those 50 have pretty darn high scores. I don't think I'm a fanboy because of that and you shouldn't assume that. My top 2 games of this gen are HFW and Demon Souls, but ratchet is pretty low, miles didn't wow me although it's great and Returnal impressed me (top 4 game currently). Pretty sure Elden Ring and God of War end up in my top 1-3. Starfield might be too, but I never liked Bethesda games that much.

@RevGaming I thought Ratchet was a fine game..but again another that I thought was massively overhyped ..was a fun one play through though.....returnal was one I forgot about that I thought was good aswell

@StylesT So does it seem like me or anyone else having 5 PS4 exclusives in their top 20 list is ridiculous?

I didn't feel Ratchet was overhyped. I think people were talking about it because it looked next gen. I don't know man. When I see Fromsoftware, Sony, Present Capcom and Rockstar I know what is about to hit will be good and I think people hype them because of the track record of these companies. Nintendo too although they don't make games for me anymore.

I honestly expect Sony (Capcom too) to be stronger this gen (it's already showing) than previous gen. They were broke starting the PS4 gen and look what they managed to do (in popular opinion POV).

There was talk of them making something 'separate' from Gears of War as they experiment with and help develop Unreal Engine 5.

I also think that 'remaking' or at least porting and tweaking Gears 1-3 to UE5 and using both Nanite and Hardware Accelerated Lumin as well to really get to grips with UE5. Its 'easier' with a 'known' quantity (like GoW1-3) than starting a 'new' project from scratch.

As much as I'd love them to be working on Gears 6, I'd be 'happier' knowing that the Studio are making the game(s) they feel most 'passionate' and excited to make rather than feel pushed to make a new 'Gears' game because that's what is 'expected'. I'd happily wait for a 'great' Gears 6. Its like waiting for Naughty Dog to 'return' to their Uncharted series and getting 'Last of Us' for example in the meantime or waiting for Bethesda's Elder Scrolls 6 but getting 'Starfield' next instead...

I think people read into this too much. I don’t think they are “spreading themselves thin” so much as using their main, big team to focus on their next big project (probably Gears 6) and have maybe some smaller teams working on smaller projects, or are simply in pre-production with their writing and creative teams on future projects. I don’t think this is a “we are working on multiple projects that are at the same stage and splitting our teams between them” kinda thing.

I love the Coalition, Can't wait to see what they announce..

@xMightyMatt14x I think you're right. There might be a 2nd team working on a smaller scale ue5 game but I don't think it's more. Every studio is always working out potential new ideas for new games which have to go through several concept phases. Hence the unannounced projects

I was a bit nervous about Gears of War 4 but thought it turned out great and really enjoyed Gears 5 as well. It's my favorite Xbox series so the sooner Gears 6 is on the way, the better.

Let the developers do what they do best. Working on a continued project can be detrimental to the creative process especially in a big team. I’d love a gears masters collection, gears 6, and I’ll try most games on game pass.

I'm looking forward to seeing what Gears 6 holds and anything new IP related would be great too. I do hope by this they don't mean that they're working on Gears Pop 2 haha.

Honestly I want to see a studio announce that they're not working on anything at all, and are just taking it easy for a few months. Maybe coming in a day or two a week to get caught up on paperwork or something.

It seems studios want the creativity of artists while also working them like pit mules.

I have faith that whatever this team produces will be a good strong title. Of all Xbox partners, I trust the coalition more than any other to at least push tech boundaries - and I think the Series X needs a few more titles that do this to help show its true strengths.

Gears 6 is a no brainer of course, but I sincerely hope they have a little more freedom with their other titles to develop new IP. not only do we want more new IP on Xbox, but creatives become restless if they get 'pigeon holed' and that creativity gets stifled. They need an opportunity to stretch their wings a bit and get creative or the studio will slowly leach talent who are attracted by the creativity of developing something new... and there's a lot of opportunity out there for good dev right now.

Lots of people still going for Gears? Loved the first two but got the Gears fatique (did buy 3). Make some new IP's (PD is not new but welcome since so long ago & it's not a Remake/Remaster). I'm a big fan of Uncharted but I was glad they made some other titles. I'm ready for another spin-off. Also want a new Tomb Raider. And a big wish is some awesome dev who could make a well balanced Superman game, before I die
The Coalition is top quality