Xbox has officially revealed the next installment of the Gears of war franchise, Gears of War eDay.
Announced during the Xbox Games Showcase today (June 9), longtime fans were treated to a cinematic trailer featuring younger versions of the series' original heroes, Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago, during the start of the Locust invasion.
While we received confirmation that a new game is in development, unfortunately there was no information on a release date.
However, we do know that Gears of War eDay It will be a prequel to the main games and will take place 14 years before the events of the original game. We also have an official description of the game, which you can read below.
“Experience the brutal horror of Emergence Day through the eyes of Marcus Fenix in the origin story of one of the most acclaimed video game sagas,” it reads. “Fourteen years ago Gears of war, war heroes Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago return home to face a new nightmare: the Locust Horde. These subterranean monsters, grotesque and implacable, emerge from below and besiege humanity itself.”
Developer The Coalition has also confirmed Gears of War eDay It is built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5 and will offer “unprecedented graphical fidelity.”
“We realized that a lot of the words we used to describe the franchise were ones our fans also use, phrases like brotherhood, brutality, pathos, awe,” said creative director Matt Searcy in a new interview with Xbox Wire. “Why E-Day? That's the moment when everything comes together. It's the heart of the gears universe. Everything that happens is determined by this day.”
There was also no information on the launch platforms, but it is safe to assume that Gears of War eDay It will arrive on Xbox consoles and PC like previous titles in the series, and perhaps on Xbox Game Pass. It's unclear at this time if Xbox will skip Xbox One.
“It will feel like a new gears game, because that's what it is,” adds Searcy. “It's us revisiting the tone and feel of what it does. gears Great, but we're leveraging new techniques, new processes, and new technology that will make the game feel better than ever.
“It's going to be incredible, a game that will feel truly new and authentically gears“.
