Tag Archives: Gears of War

With The Xbox Series X set to release later this year, kicking off the next generation of gaming, one of the ways in which Microsoft is aiming to showcase the improvements set to arrive with the Series X is by enhancing current-gen titles to look and run better on the …

With the release of the PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X, the concept of the ‘pro patch’ was introduced. These patches were released by developers and were introduced in order to allow older games to take advantage of the higher-end console hardware. Thanks to Phil Spencer, we now know …

Back in October, former Xbox executive, Mike Ybarra, departed from Microsoft in order to helm a General Manager position at Blizzard. Now, Microsoft is losing another big name, with Gears of War studio head, Rod Fergusson, leaving to work on Diablo IV.  The Coalition is on a high right now, …

During E3 2018, Microsoft had a huge showcase for Gears of War, announcing Gears 5, Gears POP! and Gears Tactics. Strategy game fans and PC-specific gamers have been waiting for more information on Gears Tactics since then, with the game set to launch as a PC exclusive. Now, the game …

While Gears 5 didn’t get as big of a showing at E3 this year as we expected, the game is entering the final stages of development and this week, we have our first chance to try the game in action across both PC and Xbox One. The Gears 5 Technical …

At E3 last year, Microsoft officially announced Gears of War 5 with an impressive looking gameplay trailer. Last night, we got to see a tiny bit more of the game, although the biggest news was the release date, with Gears 5 now set for a September launch. As previously leaked, …

We are gearing up for E3 and one of the big focuses for Microsoft this year will undoubtedly be Gears of War 5. The game was initially announced in 2018 with a cinematic trailer giving us hints for what is to come. This year, we’ll be getting much more information …

Two years ago, Gears of War made its big return with Gears 4. The game went on to garner plenty of praise amongst fans and critics, but we’ve all been left wondering what’s next since then. Fortunately, the franchise made a huge splash at E3 this year, with three games …

The trend of celebrities trying to sue game developers for using their ‘likeness’ seems to be continuing this year. However, this time around it is not Rockstar in the hot-seat, instead, it is Microsoft and Epic Games. Late last week, former NFL player and professional wrestler Lynwood Hamilton came out …

Far Cry: Primal and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition are both out on the PC this week and Nvidia is already on the case with a new optimized ‘Game Ready’ driver for the occasion. Game Ready 362.00 WHQL drivers are now available, containing an SLI profile and some performance tweaks …

Microsoft has been very tight-lipped on Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on the PC since its announcement last year. However, today the game finally launched completely out of the blue, with full DirectX 12 support and built to impress with 4K graphics. Aside from that, the PC version of the …

We have known that Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is coming to the PC for a while, with full DirectX 12 support as well as a big focus on 4K. It looks like the game may finally be on the way as the system requirements have finally been released, including …

It looks like development on Gears of War 4 is going well as the game will now be releasing slightly earlier than expected. During a live stream this week, Microsoft revealed that the Xbox One exclusive would now be launching in ‘Fall 2016’, rather than the holiday season. This means …

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it would be bringing more of its Xbox One exclusive titles over to the PC, including Gears of War: Ultimate Edition running on Direct X 12, along with its fighting game, Killer Instinct. It’s been a while since we have heard anything official, but …

The end of the year is approaching, which means lots of video game releases in the lead up to Christmas. The holiday season also tends to be the time for deals and console bundles, of which Microsoft has announced quite a few. Anyone looking to buy an Xbox One this …

Gears of War creator, Cliff Bleszinski, has announced his brand new game today. It’s called ‘LawBreakers’ and is the début game from Boss Key Productions. LawBreakers is set in a futuristic world that has been changed by the destruction of the moon. The moon’s destruction is an event that went down …

Back at E3, Microsoft announced Xbox One backwards compatibility and now we are starting to reap the rewards of that. While only the first Gears of War game is being remastered for the Xbox One, those who pick it up will also get free digital copies of all of the …

Microsoft is preparing to launch a remastered version of the first Gears of War game at the end of next month, putting the series back on the map ahead of Gears of War 4, which is due to launch some time towards the end of 2016. This game will also …

Gears of War is heading back to the PC in the form of a remastered edition of the first game in the series, known as Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. The game was initially announced for the Xbox One with early leaks showing off some gameplay from a play test …

It turns out that Microsoft not only has the power to ban you from Xbox Live permanently, but it can also turn your Xbox One console in to a useless brick, as the beta testers behind the Gears of War Remastered leak have found out. This week, videos showing off …

It looks like there is some weight to the Gears of War Remastered rumours flying around at the moment as some video footage has leaked, apparently showing off the game. Gameplay videos were first found on XboxDVR, a site that collects videos recorded with the Xbox One’s in-built DVR feature. …

It looks like Black Tusk Studios could be preparing a Gears of War re-release for the Xbox One in preparation for the series comeback next year. This is not the first time we have heard this rumor either as images of a Gears of War themed console popped up earlier …

There is a new Gears of War in the works over at Black Tusk Studios, which bought the IP from Epic Games last year. The game likely won’t be out until 2016 so as you would expect, the game won’t be coming to the Xbox 360. Microsoft’s ageing console has …

Gears of War creator, Epic Games, is currently working on a new “high-end” game that will push the next generation of graphical fidelity. This was revealed by the developer’s founder, Tim Sweeney, in an interview with Edge Online. The game will be powered by Unreal Engine 4, which recently became …

Last month Microsoft acquired the rights to Epic Games franchise, Gears of War. Now the torch has been handed over to Black Tusk Studios but Microsoft has no plans to rush out another game any time soon. According to Microsoft Studios Chief, Phil Spencer, the team is still in the …

NeoGAF user ‘Ntkrnl’ turned the forum in to a dumping ground for Xbox One rumours last night claiming to have inside information on release dates, upcoming games and even a cheaper but disc less Xbox One console. To make matters interesting, there might be some credit to a few of …

Microsoft has just bought the rights to all past and future Gears of War games, the acquisition also brings the return of Rod Fergusson, former Gears of War Producer and Director of Production who had previously left Epic Games after the third game in the series was released. From now …

Rod Ferguson, one of the biggest names behind the recent release of Irrational’s hit, story driven shooter, Bioshock Infinite, has announced his departure from the company, less than a year after accepting the position. Having previously worked on Gears of War at Epic Games, Ferguson applied for the job at …