Five years after Gears 5, the Coalition has announced the next installment in the Gears of War franchise during the Xbox Showcase at Summer Game Fest 2024 — and it’s a prequel story
It’s been five years since Gears 5, the most recent mainline Gears of War game, and a lot of fans had been straight-up wondering if there was ever even going to be another Gears of War game. The Coalition, the Xbox Game Studios developer that makes Gears of War games, finally revealed a new game in the series called Gears of War: E-Day.
The moody cinematic trailer, which even includes a brief clip of Gary Jules’ “Mad World” cover that appeared in an old, iconic trailer for the first Gears of War, depicts two Gears soldiers fighting Locust enemies. It looks like this game’s story will be a prequel to the first Gears of War game, as one of the two Gears is wearing Marcus Fenix’s headwrap and looks like he’s a young version of the famous character who starred in the original trilogy of Gears of War games (and still appears as an older advisory character in the latter-day Gears games).
