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 create their own Escape mode maps to publish and play. This is now being removed, and any associated achievements will be granted to all players who boot the game up. So, if you never used the map builder and are after a couple easy cheevos, it might be worth loading Gears 5 up!
If you did complete those achievements prior to the closure, a few neat rewards are coming your way. The 'I Made it All By Myself' achievement will earn you an exclusive banner, and the 'Homegrown Hive' achievement grants 10k Gears Coins in-game.
To be honest, this is somewhat disappointing to see. Sure, we didn't use the builder much and it was a bonus mode, but Gears 5 losing features this early into its life feels a little... premature to us. Hopefully it'll all be worth it once Gears 6, or whatever else The Coalition is working on, comes to light.
Did you use this feature? Disappointed to see it go? Let us know!
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It's not a feature that I have ever used, and I have played Gears 5 an ridiculous amount without ever have ventured beyond the campaign and horde (I've never touched the competitive PVP aspect though). I still play it most weeks, with just myself and a mate, as a duo, having managed to do all 37 horde maps on at least Insane.
Really hoping for a Gear 6 reveal this June in whatever event replaces E3, (and, if it follows the same pattern as Gears 5) with the release taking place next year.
One can only hope...
I applaud that they are not making any achievements unobtainable with this update. Well done The Coalition other devs take note.
Makes me further think there's a Gears collection coming this year. This kind of setup reminds me of 2018 when 343 ditched Halo 5 in favour of fixing up MCC.
Would love a gears collection like everyone else. It’s what got me in Xbox when I was a teenager. So many nights playing the originals. I think all the games have fps boost now so I’ll be replaying them sooner then later.
I honestly had no clue it was even a thing. I do agree with others though I don't see why it had to be removed all together. Publishing the level online sure but why not just only allow it for local play?
"unlocking its achievements for all players"
If every game had done this, I'd have a lot more completed games and platinum trophies by now.
Surprised there's not been an article written about As Dusk Falls from Xbox Games Studio Publishing and Interior/Night. It's apparently a part of the Tribeca Game Program this June, and we're seeing a 60 minute demo of the game.
Not gonna lie, really excited for this game!
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