A new Gears of War game will be released later this year, seven years after Gears 5, but it won't be Gears 6. Instead of ending the series' second trilogy, Vancouver-based developer The Coalition chose to create a prequel called Gears of War: E-Day, which centers on the very first day the Locust Horde emerged from the planet's underground to overwhelm the surface of Sera. According to the studio, this will be their most ambitious game yet.
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that this year's Xbox Game Showcase, due to air on Sunday, June 7 at 10 AM Pacific Time, will be followed by a Gears of War E-Day Direct featuring new details, gameplay, and insights about the next installment in the third-person shooter franchise.
Australian actor Liam McIntyre, who played JD Fenix in Gears of War 4 and Gears 5, responded enthusiastically to the news on his X account, prompting some of his followers to inquire about the state of Gears 6. McIntyre then revealed that it had been hinted at, but The Coalition later changed their minds and selected the E-Day project instead; he still hopes the game will be developed after E-Day.
We did Gears 4 and 5, and there was a suggestion that maybe there would be a Gears 6. But the team wanted to try something new, as I understand it. And honestly, it looks great. Can't wait to play.
I hope they go back to it, but I love those guys and just want them to make a game they feel nails the Gears experience everyone loves. That'd be awesome. And hey, if that leads back to the trilogy, happy days.
A follower also shared the hope that the character of JD Fenix would turn up alive in a potential Gears 6 (towards the end of Gears 5, players can choose whether to save JD or Del), and McIntyre provided his own plot solution to the conundrum:
I have a solve for that regardless of what you choose. Hoping that Del is canon, Marcus loses his mind and goes rogue, and you learn JD has kind of been revived and controlled by the Swarm, his dad has to fight him. But somehow you save him. Not sure how yet.
McIntyre, best known for his role as Spartacus in the Starz television series Spartacus: Vengeance, will also be featured later this year in Insomniac's Marvel's Wolverine as the protagonist, James "Logan" Howlett (Wolverine).
As for Gears 6, given that it took seven years to make E-Day, a new installment in the trilogy would likely launch well beyond 2030. Best not think about it too much at this point.
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