Last year Epic unveiled Unreal Engine 5 to the world with their “Lumen in the Land of Nanite” demo, which was initially shown running on the PlayStation 5. Since then, a free interactive Unreal Engine 5 demo project has been released on PC and a few brief moments of footage were shown running on Xbox …
Gears Dev The Coalition Shows Off Impressive UE5 Alpha Point Demo on Xbox Series X Read More »
PowerColor seems to be setting up its product pages for the upcoming AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT & RX 6600 graphics card lineup. The manufacturer already has the pages set up on its official website so we can expect a launch later this month if things go smoothly. AMD’s RDNA 2 ‘Navi 23’ GPU Powered …
PowerColor Gears For AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT & RX 6600 ‘Navi 23’ Graphics Cards Launch Read More »
The Gears of War 3 PlayStation 3 prototype build that has been unearthed a while back is now available for download publicly. The build is now available for download on archive.org, but only a PlayStation 3 devkit can run the build as of now. Hacker PixelButts, who showcased the build for the first time and …
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VRS, or Variable Rate Shading, was featured in both Gears 5 and Gears Tactics with its Tier 1 implementation. In a new blog post published on the DirectX 12 developer site, Chris Wallis (Senior Software Engineer at The Coalition) explained that both games have now had their VRS implementation upgraded to Tier 2, enabling even …
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A new story DLC called Gears 5 Hivebusters has been confirmed by developer The Coalition in an interview with IGN. Zoe Curnoe, principal lead producer on the game, stated: All I can say is December and the title is Hivebusters, so it might give you a little hint as to what that content might contain. …
Gears 5 Hivebusters Story DLC Coming in Early December, Says Dev Read More »
A new Gears 5 update is being rolled out today, which prepares the game for the launch of the Xbox Series X|S next month. Gears 5 will not only work only be backwards compatible on Microsoft’s upcoming next-gen consoles, but it’s also being enhanced, allowing for vastly improved visuals and framerates alongside severely reduced loading …
When Gears Tactics launched on PC earlier this year, Microsoft promised the game would also be coming to consoles and now we know when that will happen. Gears Tactics will be launching on consoles alongside the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in November! An Xbox One version will also be released. But that’s …
Gears Tactics Gets a Console Release Date, Will be an Xbox Series X/S Launch Title Read More »
Semiconductor players in the U.S. and Taiwan are facing a deluge of selling today amid the specter of a vicious silicon war as China attempts to develop its domestic chip industry on a war footing. We have been reporting ad nauseum on the Trump administration’s efforts to hammer China’s broader tech sector in general and …
Corsair Gaming, a provider of high-performance gaming and streaming products, has jumped into the fray in order to take advantage of the phenomenal effervescence that is currently dominating the equity markets. The company has filed the requisite Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As a refresher, this initial registration form is …
Gears 5 was one of the most impressive-looking Microsoft games published this generation, and it was confirmed early on that the game will be getting a full Xbox Series X visual upgrade. During a recent Inside Unreal livestream, Gears 5 developer The Coalition revealed some of the new visual features coming to the Xbox Series …
Gears 5 on Xbox Series X May Feature 120fps Multiplayer Read More »
The major Gears 5 Operation 4 update ‘Brothers in Arms’ is now live across all platforms, and here’s what it does. Major feature changes have been made to the game overall, the store and Ranked play with a replaced ranked system. In addition, the development team has made quite some adjustments to PvE. You’ll find …
Major Gears 5 Operation 4 Update ‘Brothers in Arms’ Now Live; Patch Notes Inside Read More »
Microsoft’s first-party studio, The Coalition, will talk about Gears 5 on Xbox Series X later this week. During an Inside Unreal livestream this Thursday at 2:00PM E.T., the Gears developer will be covering both Gears Tactics on PC, and Gears 5 on Microsoft’s upcoming next-gen console. Free Gears 5 Xbox Series X Upgrade for Gears …
Gears Tactics is the latest grub smashing entry into the long-running Gears franchise. This time around however you’ll be shaking the formula up with an XCOM style strategy mix rather than a cover to cover over the shoulder shooty game, and that brings a bit of a different angle (literally) in the way the game’s …
Gears Tactics PC Performance Analysis Including Variable Rate Shading Read More »
Gears of War 3 and Gears of War Judgement are now fully playable on PC through the latest build of Xenia Canary. Xenia Canary is the experimental fork of the Xbox 360 PC emulator and the latest build now allows PC players to play the concluding part of the Gears of War trilogy and the …
GAME INFO Gears Tactice April 28th, 2020 Platform PC, Xbox One coming later Publisher Xbox Game Studios Developer Splash Damage, The Coalition It’s no secret what my feelings are when it comes to Gears of War as a series, I explained as much in my preview of Gears Tactics at the end of last month. …
Gears Tactics Review – The Perfect Use of Chest-High Walls Read More »
The Gears franchise lost his beacon a few months ago when Rod Fergusson left The Coalition to join Blizzard Entertainment, where he’ll lead the Diablo franchise. Fergusson worked on all Gears games, starting as a producer on the first installment before moving up to be a senior producer and an executive producer on the second …
We Live and Breath Gears Thanks to Rod Fergusson, We Understand His Intention Read More »
Gears Tactics isn’t your typical turn-based strategy title. Sure, the game has some mechanical things in common with XCOM and other entries in the genre, but there aren’t many other tactics games that deliver this much blood, guts, and swagger. This is the kind of game where you gain extra turns by brutally executing enemies …
Gears Tactics Drops a Raucous Launch Trailer, Pre-Install Available Now Read More »
A lot of games, such as Wasteland 3 and The Last of Us Part II, are being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it seems Gears Tactics won’t be one of them. During today’s Inside Xbox show, Microsoft announced Gears Tactics has officially gone gold and is on track for its late-April release date. …
Gears Tactics Goes Gold, Game Free With Purchase of Intel Core i5 Device or Higher Read More »
In a blog post shared Friday evening, The Coalition announced that Gears Tactics, the upcoming X-COM style spin-off due next month on PC, will feature a number of technical improvements such as Variable Rate Shading (VRS) support and improved Async Compute. Additionally, the developers have worked closely with Intel to optimize the game for current …
I’ve never been the biggest fan or proponent of Gears of War. The franchise has never gripped me like it has others. Sure, it’s enjoyable enough, big flashy shooty bang bang is all good and fine, but I can’t say I enjoy sitting behind thousands of chest-high walls, popping my head up every now and …