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A week or so ago, Gears fans with a keen eye spotted Xbox boss Phil Spencer revisiting the old Xbox 360 games for the first time in over a decade - prompting fresh discussion about a potential 'Marcus Fenix Collection', as has long been rumoured. While the boss has neither confirmed nor denied such a collection existing, we do now know the reason behind Phil loading up those old Gears games.
Talking to former IGN staffer Destin Legarie, Phil briefly touched on why he'd been playing Gears 1 through 3 recently. Basically, someone who Phil works with missed out on playing the old GoW games back in the day - so the two of them have been revisiting the original trilogy as of late.
"Quick story, a friend of mine who I work with, she's younger than I am - she never played the Gears games. So, we're going through and playing Gears — started on 1, we're now on 3 — they're all co-op so we're playing together,"
Phil's little story was part of a discussion about why fans will continue to see Xbox as a viable option when more and more of its games go multiplatform. The Xbox boss used the example of seamless game saves — pulled all the way from 2011 in the case of Gears of War 3 — as one reason behind continuing to engage with Xbox as an ecosystem well into the future. The full interview is definitely worth a watch, if you haven't already.
Anyway, yeah - for any Xbox fans who hoped this achievement activity would lead to news about a Marcus Fenix Collection, it's probably best to smother those hopes for now. Still, we had a hunch that there was a reason behind Phil going back in time to play some classic Gears of War; now we have our answer.
Do you still think this collection will happen one day? Talk to us about it down below.
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Late night gears sessions with a younger woman!!
Phil you dog!!🐕😂👹
see I didn't see how him replaying the games meant a trilogy remaster was incoming in the first place, surely he'd wait to play that instead?
Like sure its one thing to replay a series before a new entry but replaying a series so you can... replay the series seems weird
While this could just be deflection, (OMG! Gears remasters NOW confirmed) it's pretty much what we posited on the original story. Just playing through a great series with a friend.
That was one of the craziest rumors we have seen in awhile. It's bad enough that his words are dissected so much to find hidden meanings that arent there, I can't believe it went all the way to what he plays in his free time.
I have been doing the exact same thing the last couple of weeks.
Just playing through the trilogy , now judgement and I will definitely start with 4 and 5 after this.
Strange no one asked me about an upcoming original trilogy remaster..
This is the funniest thing I've heard in ages.
When I said that Spencer playing old Gears games very likely had nothing to do with anything relating to a new game or re-release, @Kezelpaso replied:
Look, I don't like to toot my own trumpet, but toot toot.
@Sol76 I know right? Absolutely wild how you playing old Gears games also had nothing to do with anything
Well that killed my mood lol!
To be fair the rumours never spawned from his play activity.
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