Rumor: Gears 6 Is “Further Along” Than Some Think, Will Be Closer To Open World
We have a new rumor about Gears 6, that’s exciting news given that the game has not yet been officially announced yet.
In the latest episode of the XboxEra podcast, Nick “Shpeshal Nick” Baker shared these teasers about Gears 6:
“I had just heard a couple of things about Gears 6 awhile back. Nothing too major. Just heard that it is a little bit further along than some might think. I also heard the possibility that it could be a full open world, almost open world game.
You know how Gears 5 took a step in that open world direction, I think Gears 6 looks to be taking that to another level. So I don’t know, maybe I was wrong when I said that it’s just going to be an “open world game”, a la Ubisoft stuff. But I believe they are taking that next step that Gears 5 started.
What they started with Gears 5, they look to be taking that to another level with Gears 6.”
While the Gears of War franchise is one of the most venerable ones under the Xbox banner, it definitely lost momentum after the release of the first three games. Gears of War was originally conceived of by Epic Games, and most fans would agree that their initial run was made of all financially successful classics, and made the games significant enough to generate discourse on its cover shooter mechanics.
It would take five years between Gears of War 3 and Gears of War 4, so it also took that half decade to process the transition between developers Epic Games and The Coalition. This isn’t to say Gears of War 4 was bad, but that was a significant enough wait that gamers had somewhat forgotten about the franchise.
Gears of War 4 released in 2016 and Gears 5 in 2019, but now we are looking at four years since a new game had released. It may be unfair to The Coalition,
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