Gears of Warfare: E-Day is the primary entry within the franchise since 2020 and it’s a prequel telling the origins of Marcus and Dom—the primary characters seen within the first three Gears video games. For people wanting a decision to the massive cliffhanger ending of Gears 5, it feels like Xbox will get round to it…at some point.
Right now, throughout Xbox’s large showcase occasion—which is a part of the bigger not-E3 Summer time Recreation Fest bonanza—The Coalition introduced the following Gears of Warfare recreation. Nevertheless, it’s not Gears 6 however moderately a prequel for the franchise. Some fearful that this shift means Xbox has deserted the storyline and characters seen in Gears of Warfare 4 and 5. Nevertheless, the builders say that’s not the case.
In an Xbox Wire weblog submit that went up proper after the brand new trailer for Gears of Warfare: E-Day went dwell, Gears of Warfare model director Nicole Fawcette mentioned they hadn’t forgotten about Gears 5, however the studio couldn’t move up an opportunity to make this prequel.
“We’re tremendous proud about Gears 4 and Gears 5 and the tales that have been instructed,” mentioned Fawcette. “We’re not retreating from that storyline in any method. However in [this] second, we had a chance to put in writing our subsequent step, and this one simply felt too good to overlook.”
Xbox additionally says that “this isn’t the top of different ongoing tales within the Gears sequence” and the workforce is not at all abandoning that thread.
Within the weblog submit, Xbox notes that E-Day shouldn’t be a spin-off however a “fully new entry to the mainline sequence” that’s simply earlier within the franchise’s timeline. It additionally teased that the sport is not only targeted on telling the origin of how Marcus and Dom turned bros, however may even add “element and context” to this period of the sequence that may “resonate by means of tales that may” be instructed sooner or later.
“Every little thing that occurs in E-Day will form the way forward for Gears of Warfare for the higher,” Xbox says within the weblog submit.
Gears of Warfare: E-Day doesn’t have a launch date and no introduced or confirmed platforms.
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