Tag: Gears
Talking Point Is There A Popular Xbox Franchise You've Struggled To Get Into?
Maybe Halo? Gears? Forza?
It's time for a confession - I've never really been a fan of the Gears series. Yes, Gears 5 looked incredible when I first played it on the Xbox Series X in 2020, and Gears Tactics was pretty fun too, but in general it's just never grabbed me as much as I'd hoped. I tried starting again with Gears 1 recently (which might...
News The Coalition Appears To Be On A Hiring Spree For The Next 'Gears'
Looks like a busy year ahead
We've barely heard anything from The Coalition over the past few years, but clearly there's a lot of hard work going on over there right now! This month, multiple new hires have been spotted across various roles at the studio. As you can see in the Twitter post below, there are at least eight new hires that have updated...
News Xbox's Rumoured Gears Of War Collection Is Still Happening, Claims Journalist
"I'm not backing down"
Cast your mind back to this time last year, and you may remember that rumours began to surface about a potential Gears of War remastered collection coming to Xbox. This rumour was courtesy of journalist Nick "Shpeshal Nick" Baker over at Xbox Era, who believed the collection could have been arriving in 2022. Obviously that...
News Gears Of War Returns In 2023 With A New Card Game
The Locust Horde is back in a physical card game
It's been a while since Gears of War fans had something to be excited about, so what are the plans for 2023? Well, it appears there's a new card game "coming soon". The catch is that it's not actually a video game, but instead a physical card game made by tabletop specialist, Steamforged Games. This...
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...
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
News Gears Pop! Shutting Down After Less Than Two Years
The servers will close next April
Developer Mediatonic has confirmed that the servers for mobile & Windows 10 game Gears Pop! are shutting down next year, marking less than two years in existence for the doomed Gears-Funko crossover (thanks TA). As confirmed on the official app, the servers are set to close on April 26, 2021, with the game...
Pick One Which Is Your Favourite Gears Of War Game?
Remember, you can only pick one!
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, to celebrate the ninth anniversary of Gears of War 3 (Sep 20, 2011), we're looking back at the series' rich history on Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. There have been seven games released for these platforms over the past 16 years (eight if you include the Ultimate...
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...
Video Check Out The Launch Trailer For Gears Tactics
Coming April 28th
Gears Tactics is coming to Steam, Xbox Game Pass for PC and Windows 10 on April 28th, and Microsoft has now unveiled its epic two-minute launch trailer, which you can see above. You can now also pre-install the game ahead of release, ensuring you're all ready to go later this month. The video gives us a brief look at both the...
News Cliff Bleszinski Says He Hasn't Been Approached To Consult On The Gears Franchise
"It is what it is"
Back in February, former Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski indicated that he'd like to consult on the Gears franchise, informing Microsoft that his "offer still stands" via a Twitter post, and highlighting that a bunch of his and former Gears designer Lee Perry's ideas had previously been left sitting on the cutting room...
