It’s been 5 years since Gears 5, the newest mainline Gears of Battle sport, and a number of followers had been straight-up questioning if there was ever even going to be one other Gears of Battle sport. The Coalition, the Xbox Sport Studios developer that makes Gears of Battle video games, lastly revealed a brand new sport within the sequence known as Gears of Battle: E-Day.
The moody cinematic trailer, which even features a temporary clip of Gary Jules’ “Mad World” cowl that appeared in an old, iconic trailer for the first Gears of War, depicts two Gears troopers combating Locust enemies. It appears to be like like this sport’s story might be a prequel to the primary Gears of Battle sport, as one of many two Gears is carrying Marcus Fenix’s headwrap and appears like he’s a younger model of the well-known character who starred within the authentic trilogy of Gears of Battle video games (and nonetheless seems as an older advisory character within the latter-day Gears video games). The opposite Gears soldier seems to be a younger model of Dom, Marcus’ BFF from the unique video games. The sport’s “E-Day” title, which refers back to the authentic day that the Locust confirmed up, additional cements the prequel concept and tells us precisely when this sport is going on.
The primary three Gears of Battle video games, all made by Epic Video games, had been an unique staple of the Xbox lineup within the late 2000s and 2010s. The video games popularized the duvet shooter style in addition to “horde mode,” a survival mode through which gamers face countless waves of enemies and attempt to keep alive so long as they’ll. Gears video games weren’t the primary to do both of most of these gameplay, however they’re nonetheless maybe the preferred examples of each. After the discharge of the preliminary trilogy, although, a couple of issues modified. The video games’ lead designer Cliff Bleszinski left Epic Video games in 2012, and in 2014, the Gears of Battle license was acquired by Xbox Sport Studios.
Most followers (together with this writer) agree that the very first Gears sport post-acquisition, Gears of Battle 4, was a rocky transition and didn’t “really feel” fairly like a Gears sport, tone-wise. Gears 5 managed to recapture a number of the magic of the originals whereas additionally introducing some new stuff (like open world sections, that are bizarre for a Gears sport however not un-fun). It’s very fascinating to see the Coalition returning to E-Day and clearly making an attempt to evoke the texture and the look of the unique Gears of Battle trilogy.
As for a way the Coalition has spent its time since growing Gears 5, it undoubtedly wasn’t simply an instantaneous dive into Gears of Battle: E-Day. As a substitute, the studio made Gears Ways (2020), a turn-based technique sport set within the Gears universe; and The Coalition was additionally tapped to help in the development of Halo Infinite. If there have been ever going to be an announcement of a Gears of Battle sport in 2024, followers would have anticipated it to be Gears 6, a straight-up sequel to Gears 5, so this announcement comes as a shock throughout.