Gears Creator Cliffy B Discusses What He'd Like To See In Gears Of War: E-Day

Why would I want to play as Gollum …… now if he said he a youn teenager who picked up a gun then yea but I’m good on the aspect of hiding and doing stealth unless it’s a mission or two plus people would complain they have kids getting killed

and he says that he'll "definitely be picking up E-Day" when it launches

Can someone tell Cliffy that we now have GamePass Ultimate 😁?
I jest, no doubt the game will be amazing and folks are chuffed The Coalition is taking Gears back to its roots, but I have to admit, I'm disappointed on how they left Gears 5 hanging. Give us a conclusion to the story, please..

Please don't add a child section to your game. No need to reinvent wheels, just add a fun vehicle level.

@Sol4ris Gears 6 has been confirmed to be worked on and will release. My guess is with the show coming out they want to start from the beginning and i am sure the show will overlap with the games story some. Then hopefully someone else is working on the Marcus Fenix collection and then Coalition finish’s gear 6. Thats a good roadmap for new players coming in and others watching the show and of course us loyal fans that seen it all.

I absolutely do not want to play as a child in a Gears game.

@Sol4ris They're fighting internally on how to make one choice from 5 the right one. /s I don't see why studios put themselves in a bind like that.

I'm kind of new to Xbox, and I'm really excited to play on E Day. I just started playing Gears 3, so hopefully by the time the game is released, I will have caught up. Lol.

@HonestHick

Thanks, that's really great to know. I understand some people were not satisfied with Gears 4 and 5, but I enjoyed both games very much. And we are owed an ending for the story, dammit 😁.

@Zeta

And in the end a young Marcus and Dom win out 😉.
Joking aside, that's why I'm so curious to see how will it work. Glad it's still coming.

@Sol4ris yeah i agree, we need a Gears 6. Happy they said it is in the works and look forward to it story wise. Overall i think Gears of War is in good hands. We have some killer titles to look forward to. 😀

He should be hired as a special guest developer.

Oh awesome, didn't realise Cliffy Byro were into games development

He must have skipped the insomniac Spider-man games.

Where is the confirmation of Gears 6, @HonestHick? I've seen rumours, but not anything confirmed by The Coalition, Xbox or Microsoft. Indeed, the rumours were that Gears 6 was what was going to be shown at the showcase, and clearly all those 'insiders and leakers' were completely wrong-footed by E-Day being shown instead. There was not a single leak that E-Day was even in development.

I'd like to believe that the Marcus Fenix Collection exits, but rumours of its existence have been circulating for must be at least a year or two now, and I'm starting to lose hope because unless Xbox has another showcase planned for August/September (which is the usual period to release a Gears of War game), then it could well be that all the rumours were false. Indeed, it it could well be that E-Day is in fact the what these 'insiders' believed to be the MF Collection all along. Bearing in mind that the game returns with Marcus and Dom as the main protagonists, the mistake (if that is what it is) would be somewhat understandable.

As for Gears 6, I really, really want that to be the next game, as I feel moving on from that particular story to then start another one is a mistake, and if they are not currently making it, and E-Day proves to be a huge hit, then it's possible they won't get round to it ever (or at least not in my lifetime, bearing in mind I'm 60 now!).

The usual sequence is reveal the game one year and release it the following. If that holds true, then E-Day is coming out next year, though usually the reveal features gameplay, which clearly E-Day didn't, so maybe we can expect it to release in 2026 (alongside the new console?). That means either 6 has to release this year (fat chance, I think) or next in order to come out before E-Day. I think the chances are slender at best that that happens. Also E-Day is likely to receive 3 years of additional content, which means if 6 does not come out before E-Day, then we are most likely looking at anywhere between 3 to 6 years before it does come out at the earliest, and 3 is only assuming that they are currently working on it.

The whole scenario has me somewhat disappointed, truth be told, and that's before we even start to think about Gears Tactics 2...

@Fiendish-Beaver

and if they are not currently making it, and E-Day proves to be a huge hit, then it's possible they won't get round to it ever (or at least not in my lifetime, bearing in mind I'm 60 now!)

Hold on just a minute. We all know Xbox Studios taking their sweet time when making a game, but are you saying they'll need 30 + years to make Gears 6??😉

@Fiendish-Beaver you ain’t leaving me for another 25 years. 😀

Well dang i hope i didn’t misspeak on that. I seen it on a few channels i follow and it said it as if coalition has said Gears 6 is still in the works and it’s coming. Hmm.. i may need to follow up on that. Yeah the MF collection is now 3 years old and i think you maybe right that E Day is what they thought it to be alongside work of Gears 6. Yeah there is certainly some questions on whats coming when cause i agree with you it’s a little muddy at the moment. I know you and i will love E day and i am excited for it but maybe 6 should have came out and wrapped up that story line. Good points as always my Gears Brother.

Am I to take it you think I might live to be 90+, @Sol4ris? 😂 Truthfully, 8 years ago, my Doctor told me I'd be lucky to see 60, so these games are quite urgent for me... 🤣

The only quote that I can find on Gears 6 is from Nicole Fawcette, the Gears of War brand director (who knew there was such a thing!?!), @HonestHick, and what she said was "We haven't forgotten about Gears 6, but the studio couldn’t pass up a chance to make this prequel."

Now haven't forgotten is not the same as we are also currently making, and though it equally isn't saying we are not currently making, the pessimist in me tends to read her comment as Gears 6 is something planned for the future, rather than a current project, though I would absolutely love it if I were wrong.

I just wish that someone would come out and give a straight answer instead of taking a leaf out of Phil Spencer's playbook and giving a non-answer that could be interpreted in many different ways...

@Fiendish-Beaver yeah i understand what you mean there. Thats not the same as i heard it. Thinking my sources were wrong and being a little to optimistic about what was really said. Rumors get annoying sometimes cause while many of them are right and come true, some are just way wrong and even do damage to something that turns out not even being true. You know your Gears and when you speak i listen. 😊

Anyone who thinks it’s gonna live up to the originals is delusional ; it could be better than 4 & 5 at best , but what i personally want from a gears of war game in 2024 , is just not “up to date” or with the times.

@Fiendish-Beaver

Yes sir. You have to check out the amazing specs on Xbox 13 or whatever Microsoft will name it👍😁

My favourite game series of all time and one of the games that is making me want a new Series X. Gonna sell my PS5 to come back to Xbox, should never have left. Both platforms do things right and wrong but only Xbox has my favourite game series....

Having said that will Gears E Day be a current gen title or next gen? As MS announced they are deep in next gen development. When will the next Xbox launch? 2026?

I will endeavour to do my best, @Sol4ris... 😂

I strongly suspect that E-Day will launch in 2026 alongside the next generation Xbox, @S1ayeR74 and @BrilliantBill. It will likely be close to the release of the Gears of War movie, which I would not be shocked to see also cover the events of E-Day, as starting the film from anywhere else makes little sense.

What I do wonder though, is how closely the film and E-Day will tie into the many books...

@Fiendish-Beaver Sounds reasonable. I should have just kept my Series X.
My Series X was a present and I sold it as I stupidly didn't like MS direction or the forced ads on the home screen and for some Christmas money and for a PS5.
I think my best bet is to keep the PS5, just buy a Xbox myself, buy physical games on PS5 and then ask for money for my birthdays and Christmas's and then trade in the PS5 for next gen, kinda round about way to get a next gen console as a present as they will probably cost near £500 I expect. And then just sell the Xbox.

@BrilliantBill yeah great points. I am happy to see it return to what fans have been asking for. But i was shocked to not see it be gears 6. As long as it’s great i am excited.