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Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta
The Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta is your chance to get hands on with Gears of War: E-Day and provide essential feedback to help ensure the best Day One experience possible when the game launches on October 6. Be among…
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Xbox Games Showcase Followed by the Gears of War: E-Day Direct Airs June 7
You held the line, now get ready to lock in. Join us on June 7 at 10am PT at the Xbox Games Showcase for the Worldwide Reveal of Gears of War: E-Day, then stick around for the Gears of War: E-Day Direct immediately foll…
Patch notes - Gears 5
Steam Deck Update
Updates to provide access to Steam Deck
Announcement - Gears 5
This Week in Gears - August 10 - 16
Hello everyone! Another This Week in Gears awaits us, our first since Operation 8! Versus Event: Vampiric FFA For this week, we'll be activating Vampiric FFA! This event is all about 14-player Free for All with one muta…
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This Week in Gears: Operation 8!
Hello everyone! Operation 8 Drop 1 arrives tomorrow! If you want more details on this drop, you can find our Reveal News post here! Now, let's see what lies ahead! Versus Event: New Map Rumble To kick off Operation 8 –…
Security56 changesFixMaps - Gears 5
Operation 8: Drop 1 - Reveal
Hello everyone! The time has come to talk about Operation 8! This post will cover everything you can expect to see when the operation goes live on Tuesday, August 3rd. Trailer Before you dive into the full post, check o…
Event49 changesFixMaps - Gears 5
This Week in Gears - Jul 20 - 26
Hello everyone! A new week, and with it comes another This Week in Gears! Versus Event: Freeze Dodgeball Our final event for Operation 7, lasting two weeks, Freeze Dodgeball is a variant of the classic Dodgeball game mo…
Event23 changesGameplayBalance - Gears 5
This Week in Gears - July 13 - 19
Hello everyone! Another This Week in Gears awaits! Versus Event: Torque Bow Tag Nothing fancy here… Torque Bow Tag returns for a special Versus event playlist! There are no mutators, no bots and this game mode is all do…
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This Week in Gears - July 6 - 12
Hello everyone! It's time, once more for another This Week in Gears fresh off the back of Operation 7 – Drop 2! Versus Event: Mercy 1 v 1 A throwback to Gears 3, this Versus Event is all about you versus another player.…
Event23 changesFixMaps - Gears 5
Operation 7 Drop 2 - Reveal!
Hello everyone! The time has come to talk about Operation 7 – Drop 2! This post will cover everything you can expect to see when the operation goes live on Tuesday, June 29. Trailer Before you dive into the full post, c…
Security40 changesFixEvent - Gears 5
This Week in Gears – June 15 – 21
Hello everyone! It's time, once more for another This Week in Gears! Versus Event: Vampiric FFA Our run of mutator-based events resumes with a two-week special event which runs up all the way until the end of Operation…
Event24 changesFixBalance - Gears 5
This Week in Gears: 8th June - 15th
Hello everyone! It's time for another This Week in Gears! Versus Event: Control SSG A new event in this Operation, this is all focused-on Control, with the following loadout in play. Shotgun, Snub, Grenades (SSG). We ve…
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This Week in Gears: May 24th - 31st
Hello everyone! With Operation 7 well under way we're back with another This Week in Gears. Versus Event: Golden Gun with mutators! Golden Gun is a team-based event where you are given one gun, your Golden Gun, you can…
Event26 changesUI/audioMaps - Gears 5
This Week in Gears: Operation 7!
Hello everyone! Operation 7 lands tomorrow! If you haven't already, check out our deep dive on Operation 7. Now, let us see what we will be playing. Versus Event: OSOK – Exploding Headshots Not just any OSOK event, with…
Event122 changes28 numericFix - Gears 5
Operation 7: Drop 1 - Reveal
Hello everyone! The time has come to talk about Operation 7! This post will cover everything you can expect to see when the operation goes live on Tuesday, May 18. Trailer Before you dive into the full post, check out t…
Event103 changes28 numericFix - Gears 5
The Coalition Moving to Next-Gen Development, Unreal Engine 5
At The Coalition, we pride ourselves on delivering the best possible Gears of War games and the best possible game performance using cutting-edge tools like Unreal Engine. We wanted to update our fans on both of those t…
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