It’s been 5 years since Gears 5, the latest mainline Gears of Battle recreation, and loads of followers had been straight-up questioning if there was ever even going to be one other Gears of Battle recreation. The Coalition, the Xbox Recreation Studios developer that makes Gears of Battle video games, lastly revealed a brand new recreation within the collection referred to as Gears of Battle: E-Day.
The moody cinematic trailer, which even features a transient clip of Gary Jules’ “Mad World” cowl that appeared in an outdated, iconic trailer for the primary Gears of Battle, depicts two Gears troopers combating Locust enemies. It seems to be like this recreation’s story will probably be a prequel to the primary Gears of Battle recreation, 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 recreation is going on.
The primary three Gears of Battle video games, all made by Epic Video games, have 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 by 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 a lot of these gameplay, however they’re nonetheless maybe the most well-liked examples of each. After the discharge of the preliminary trilogy, although, just a few 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 Recreation Studios.
Most followers (together with this creator) agree that the very first Gears recreation post-acquisition, Gears of Battle 4, was a rocky transition and didn’t “really feel” fairly like a Gears recreation, tone-wise. Gears 5 managed to recapture loads of the magic of the originals whereas additionally introducing some new stuff (like open world sections, that are bizarre for a Gears recreation however not un-fun). It’s very attention-grabbing to see the Coalition returning to E-Day and clearly attempting 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 a direct dive into Gears of Battle: E-Day. As an alternative, the studio made Gears Techniques (2020), a turn-based technique recreation set within the Gears universe; and The Coalition was additionally tapped to assist in the event of Halo Infinite. If there have been ever going to be an announcement of a Gears of Battle recreation 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.
