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A new report suggests that Xbox subsidiary The Coalition may have canned the production of two unannounced titles in order to begin work on the sixth mainline entry into the dystopian shooter series,Gears of War.
Speaking on the Game Mess Mornings show, Giant Bomb writer and frequent spoiler Jeff Grubb suggests that the studio had been working on multiple projects, including the aforementioned two new titles, additional support for Halo Infinite, while also helping Epic Games with its Unreal 5 tech demoThe Matrix Awakens. Grubb suggests that the team may have been pulled from all of the above projects to start working onGears 6— a continuation of the popular and hugely successful Xbox series.
(Rumor) Jeff Grubb says The Coalition has canceled its smaller non-Gears project along with another project due to the laid-offs at Microsoft. The studio has fully moved on to Gears 6 over the last year or so.https://t.co/uXq7sxWY7rpic.twitter.com/bY4pE9e913
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“This was all reflected in the layoffs that happened at Microsoft, which did hit The Coalition a little bit. The studio is now going to move on fully toGears 6. I say now, it has likely moved on toGears 6in full over the course of the last year, but definitely, that will be their next game.”
The most recent mainline entry in theGearsseries,Gears 5, launched on PC and Xbox One in 2019, and follows the story of former rebel outlier Kait Diaz, as she attempts to stem the flow of the Horde hivemind and uncover the roots of her own connection to the subterranean species. The sequel was praised for its impactful and visceral action, as well as offering another intriguing and dramatic chapter to the ongoingGears of Warnarrative.
While there has been no official word from The Coalition, it is common belief that the studio was expected to continue theGearsfranchise at some point on Gen-9 hardware. Even if Grubb’s sources are correct, it is unlikely that we’ll be seeingGears 6rev its chainsaw bayonet anytime in the immediate future.
