Tag: The Coalition
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...
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...
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...
News The Coalition Shows Off Stunning New Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo
"The Cavern" Cinematic Test Demo
Gears developer The Coalition is back again today with another Unreal Engine 5 tech demo for us to drool over, this time focusing on a cinematic scene called "The Cavern", and as usual it looks absolutely stunning in action. You can check out the tech demo above (it starts at 0:47 in the video) which "shows how...
News Gears Of War Movie Announcement Coming 'Very Soon' Says Batman Producer
Lancers at the ready
Hints at a Gears of War movie have floated around for over a decade at this point, and we've still got nothing to show for it! However, that might be about to change. In a new interview with The Digital Fix, The Batman producer Dylan Clark, who's also working on the Gears movie, hinted that news is coming. While Clark said he...
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...
News Gears Developer The Coalition Worked On The Matrix Awakens UE5 Demo
No wonder it's so good
You might have already heard this news by now, but we wanted to highlight it anyway — Gears developer The Coalition worked on the new Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 "experience", which has been wowing us the past few days. The team behind the Gears series focused on memory and performance optimisations for the Xbox Series X...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
News The Coalition Dev Kate Rayner Comes Out As Transgender, Met With Industry Support
"I am so happy to introduce you to all of me"
Over the weekend Kate Rayner (who works at The Coalition as the studio's technical director) made the incredibly brave decision to reveal she is transgender to her work colleagues and industry friends via Twitter. In response, many Microsoft employees have rallied behind her with support and love,...
News Gears Developer The Coalition To Feature In Livestream This Thursday
Focusing on Unreal Engine tech
Gears developer The Coalition will take part on an Inside Unreal livestream this Thursday, July 16th, and "will cover the latest from The Coalition such as Gears Tactics on PC, and Gears 5 on Xbox Series X." The Unreal Engine livestream, which will be tech-focused, will revisit Gears 5 Facial Animation systems,...
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...
News Gears Developer Donates 200 Xbox One X Consoles For Hospitalised Kids
Superb gesture
The Gamers Outreach charity, which "provides recreation to children in hospitals through the power of video games and the gaming community," has announced that Gears of War developer The Coalition has donated 200 Xbox One X consoles that will be provided to hospitalised kids. In a blog post, the charity stated that the consoles would...
