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Gears 5 is “Looking Great,” Says Xbox Boss

The Coalition’s Gears 5 was announced at E3 2018 and though it’s slated to arrive later this year, there haven’t been heaps of details about it lately. Development is still going strong though. Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently visited the studio in Vancouver and managed to sneak a picture (if you can believe that) of the game’s status.

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THC CELL2515d ago

I hope it dose gears was a great coop game
But he said this about crackdown 3..

RosweeSon2515d ago

To be fair they’d hardly go yeah that gears of war 5 is looking like a right pile of shiiiiii haha

mark_parch2515d ago

pretty sure he said the same about crackdown 3

Eonjay2515d ago

Gears 4 looked 'great' so I can not imagine Gears 5 not looking at least as good if not better.
Its called iteration.

Omnislashver362514d ago (Edited 2514d ago )

Gear's gameplay is on point. I don't see it getting worse, but they're going back to the "Kill the horror" type theme and less of the robots this time around.

However, I think most of us are pretty sick of gears by now. We've gotten like 6 mainline titles in 2 generations? (counting the prequel). And they've got spinoffs.

I want to return to this type of gameplay but I'm just so sick of hearing about this game. I didn't even play 3 and I was already bored of it- and many say it's their favorite one.

I'm kind of hoping Sony pumps up The Order 1887 and makes it a big competitor for Gears. I MIGHT just return to this type of gameplay if they do.

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WANNAGETHIGH2515d ago (Edited 2515d ago )

Gears 5 is a sure bet, we already know the game will deliver. This the only reason why I want to buy an Xbox. We cannot classify this in the same bracket as crackdown.

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cfc832515d ago

Is it a single player co-op ?

oasdada2515d ago

thats about all ive heard from him this whole generation.. how does the future look phil? "looking great!"

King_Noctis2515d ago

But this one is being developed by The Coalition, which doesn’t exactly have bad record of developing game.

-Foxtrot2515d ago

It’s coming along nicely

Fluttershy772515d ago

Oh come on, be fair. He never said Crackdown 3 looked great... he just claimed that the game made a small tear appear on his eye

rainslacker2515d ago

He said it was coming along nicely a while back.

I have more faith gears will be ok though. What they've shown had looked ok so far

Potnoodle9992515d ago

Haha so true. Can’t really trust them much anymore🤔😂

spicelicka2515d ago

He's going to say that about every game obviously, but Gears of war is an amazing franchise, no doubt it's going to be good.

Livingthedream2515d ago

With the exception of whatever Gears Judgement Day was, they have all been top of the line games. Not concerned with the quality of the upcoming Gears, the Coalition has done a phenomenal job since they took over.

nibblo2515d ago

From memory he said crackdown 3 needed some polish and didn't feel how he wanted it to feel so he gave them more time.

No Way2515d ago

Oh, how funny it is... THC CELL the first one to comment. Throwing shade, lol.
Y'all don't ever get tired of the bullshit? You been doing it for years, man.

I mean, if this is what your fun is.. by all means, ball out. But, wow.

DarXyde2515d ago

I'm sure its fine, but Spencer is not going to say it looks terrible either.

RangerWalk2672514d ago

I believe there is a major difference between a AAA title and a game like crackdown 3.

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TGGJustin2515d ago

Oh I expected him to say that it was looking horrible. Of course he is going to say it's looking great. He said the same thing about Crackdown 3 and we all saw how that turned out.

mch2011uk2515d ago

That's the first I though of when I saw this lol

jaymacx2515d ago

Yeah, but I don't worry too much about the quality of Gears, Halo, or Forza. Xbox usually delivers on those titles. Now if it's anything else I need to see it to believe it.

Potnoodle9992515d ago

Lol I’m seeing this same comment everywhere now😂 so true though

alb18992515d ago

Yep, it is true but it is also true that what we saw about gears last e3 was looking good already so in gears case it is safe to think that will leave up the hipe

nibblo2515d ago

He said that Crackdown needed more work and polish and it didn't feel how he wanted so he sent the team back to do more work on it.

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Doge2515d ago

Anyone in video games: h
Gamingbolt: Here’s an article!

PhoenixUp2515d ago

You know various sites are covering this topic right? Don’t you know how journalism works?

Doge2515d ago

That’s not my point. Phil or any industry person could tweet about a dump they took and you’ll see Gamingbolt writing about it.

PhoenixUp2515d ago

Because every site will still make articles about it....

What’s your problem with GB doing what everyone else does?

frostypants2514d ago

Gamingbolt is objectively crap though.

Masterchief_thegoat2515d ago

He said the same about crackdowngrade 3. Hopefully gear 5 story is amazing. And not meh like gear 4

Nu2515d ago

Gears 4 multiplayer is where it's at. Gears 5 is looking like it will be great. The story has a few directions it could take. I see it as a sort of fresh start for the story to take, like a soft reboot of sorts

Masterchief_thegoat2515d ago

I like the online. But the story needs to be amazing and not forgettable like gear4

-Foxtrot2515d ago

I want them to bring Anya back

None of that generic typical “oh she died off screen” bullshit

TK-662515d ago

So you want them to retcon the story and just muddle up the narrative in the process? That is the worst possible thing you could do. The Queen redesign between 2 and 3 confused people so an even more drastic decision like reviving a dead character for no reason would be even worse.

-Foxtrot2515d ago

How can it ruin the narrative when it's had one game so far where they said she died and like hardly ever touched on it

Marcus could THINK she's dead and they could tie it to a future, new plot point

Don't think it's impossible when they've literally done it in a way where anything can happen, they are not that incapable

TK-662515d ago (Edited 2515d ago )

@-Foxtrot

"How can it ruin the narrative when it's had one game so far where they said she died and like hardly ever touched on it "

You're aware there is actually a scene (which is easily missed if you don't explore the level) where instead of going straight to the house where Marcus is at the Stroud Estate you can go through the gate to the side and find her grave: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

It's even worth mentioning that in the expanded lore they've actually added interesting aspects to Marcus and Anya's relationship but none of that is explored in the game or even mentioned/shown. Trying to include anything like that now (25 years later) is a distraction from a more interesting narrative that Gears 5 appears to be going for.

Now it appears Katie is the Swarms new target and they will move to try and make her the new Queen and that we'll be going back to the New Hope facility (The place where we encountered the Sires in Gears 2) and find out more about the Locust origins and how they relate to the Swarm.

"Marcus could THINK she's dead and they could tie it to a future, new plot point "

And what would be the point? Why do we need to retcon this? What does it add to the story? We've been to her grave so whats the benefit of going "Oh shit guys we got ya! She's not really dead"? If the Swarm have memories of her in their network then an appearance through that is fine. But bringing her back when shes been established as dead isn't a good idea IMO.

Bane352515d ago

This isn't same the gears of war from back in the day they had to change up for a new generation gears4 was ok im looking forward to gears5

nibblo2515d ago

He also said Crackdown needed more work/polish and it didn't have the expected feel so sent the team back to do more work. He hasn't said this about Gears.

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Damrock2515d ago

Phil Spencer on crackdown 3 in Sept.

"I was playing a full build yesterday. Nice work by the team, more work to do but good progress, my agent felt like the wrecking machine I enjoy :-)"

So of course gears is looking great..

Potnoodle9992515d ago

To be fair, what he said wasn’t exactly singing it’s praises, I think he knew crackdown was a turd (how could he not) and maybe gears is actually looking really good.

spicelicka2515d ago

Nothing he said sounds like a lie, and it's irrelevant for Gears 5 anyway, lol people.

starchild2515d ago

Yeah, every company always says good things about their products. Nothing unusual there. But MS has also said good things about the Forza games and those have turned out really well. Actually, Gears 4 was good too. I bought and played it on PC and I liked it.

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL1d 8h ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor1d 5h ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS1d 4h ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Larry Hyrb (Major Nelson) announces he has been laid off by Unity

Larry writes: "As many of you have been with me during my career in gaming, I'd like to share personal news. Like many in the gaming space recently, I've been laid off from @Unity"

darthv722d ago

...me thinks a switch was involved.

1Victor2d ago

That’s some major layoffs best of luck to him and the rest that got laid off. It always hurt specially more before or during holidays.

The_Blue1d 22h ago

Cool, sucks to see him go!

elJoker51d 14h ago

Met Larry a couple times. Sucks to hear he got laid off. Real standup guy who just loves gaming and the industry.

SegaSaturn6691d 8h ago

Dude finally got laid at 58 years old. Bit of a weird flex but im still happy for the guy!🥂

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New owner of GOG discusses taking on Steam, the devil of DRM, and following in Nightdive's footsteps

"We see DRM as something which can make the life of a legal customer more difficult," says Michał Kiciński, "so there is no reason to keep it alive."

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