The announcement of a newGears of Wargame,titledGears of War: E-Day, was easily one of the highlights of therecent Xbox Games Showcase. It’s status as a prequel, however, means fans are still left wanting for a follow-up toGears 5‘s storyline, but it sounds like Microsoft and The Coalition haven’t ruled out a new sequel for later done the line.
Inan Xbox Wire blog postdiscussingGears of War: E-Day, series brand director Nicole Fawcette assures that the team at The Coalition are “super proud aboutGears 4andGears 5” and are “not retreating from that storyline in any way.” As for why The Coalition has opted to do a prequel next rather than aGears 6, Fawcette only says, “In [this] moment, we had an opportunity to write our next step, and this one just felt too good to miss.”
Set 14 years before the events of the firstGears of Wargame,E-Daywill depict the Locust’s first attack on humanity, and serve as an origin story of sorts for protagonists Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago. As such, Microsoft insists thatE-Dayisn’t a spin-off, but a full-fledged entry in theGears of Warseries, saying, “Everything that happens inE-Daywill shape the future ofGears of Warfor the better.”
With any luck, this meansGears 6will happen eventually and continue the storyline that began withGears 4. MaybeE-Daywill even set up a few plot points for it? It’s just a shame that the wait for it is going to be even longer than expected.Gears 5came out in 2019 and withE-Daylacking a release window, there’s no telling when any hypotheticalGears 6will launch and resolveGears 5‘s cliffhanger ending. Especially with how long development times for big-budget games are nowadays. Even so,E-Dayhas got fans excited, if only to experience a newGears of Waron modern hardware, and spend time with Marcus and Dom once more.
