Gears 6 Development Seemingly Underway as The Coalition is Hiring to 'Forge the Future of the IP'

Gears 6 Development Seemingly Underway as The Coalition is Hiring to 'Forge the Future of the IP'

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Richard Walker

It appears that work on Gears 6 may be well underway, as developer The Coalition is hiring for a Senior Gameplay Designer to work specifically on Gears of War, likely using Unreal Engine 5.

“The Coalition is a Microsoft first-party development studio located in Vancouver, Canada,” the job listing (via VGC) reads. “We are the official home of the Gears of War franchise, and our objective is to forge the future of the IP and push the limits of Microsoft’s entertainment platforms and devices.”

With the listing asking that the candidate be capable of creating new gameplay features, this suggests that The Coalition could be working on an entirely new Gears of War, rather than remakes or remasters of the previous games. Indeed, the studio may have scrapped its other two projects - including an original IP - to focus solely on Gears 6., according to Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb.

“We are searching for candidates with experience in Character, Camera and Controls (the 3 C’s), or artificial intelligence (AI) systems,” the job ad continues. “You have experience owning large scale features and guiding them from initial concept through to polish and completion.”

It's presumably early days for Gears 6, however, although a sequel to 2019's Gears 5 is long overdue. Previously, as well as Gears 5, The Coalition has also made 2016's Gears of War 4 and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition in 2015, making the sixth mainline entry its third Gears game. Here's hoping for an official Gears 6 announcement soon.

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  • If its anything like 6 and 5 then they can keep it
  • Just stop… its done…
  • You must have come from future buddy lol every year for past 2 or 3 I’ve been hoping for announcement. Thinking maybe they’re keeping that so close to chest that they will announce it like 6-12 peior to release. Looks more like they’re not even in full swing yet…

    I suppose it’s like with Bungie and Halo though. Maybe they should contract Cliffy B to come with some fresh ideas that just work. I don’t want to see my beloved franchise go the way Halo is:-/
  • This game stopped being fun after GOW2

    Go back to what made it amazing

    Dark, gritty and built for adults not children.
  • Meanwhile I thought Gears 5 was fantastic, and cant wait for more of Kait's story to unfold.

    I just hope it's like Wolfenstein, where you get to pick who lived and who died at the end, no official canon.
  • Gears 4 was okay, Gears 5 sucked pretty hard. I expect 6 to be better than 5 and if it isn't, I won't bother with the series after that. I mean, they lost me after 3. I wouldn't have come back if it were for people wanting to co-op the campaign.
  • Gears 5 was dope aside from the story. Gameplay, graphics, world design, MP etc. was pretty good, but I just dont think that they actually hooked people with the new trilogies story, the DLC was way better story wise than the main story.
  • Gears 5 was the best the series has been since the original trilogy, I don't know what planet some people are on.
  • Make it a prequel during the Pendelum Wars, before Marcus got arrested, then I'll be interested.
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