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It's mental health month, and Gears of War adds encouragement with new merch line
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Gears of War
Gears of War stands as one of Xbox's flagship third-person shooter franchises, spanning multiple console generations since its 2006 debut. The series most recently saw Gears of War: Reloaded release in August 2025, with another entry, Gears of War: E-Day, planned for later in 2026.
Recent industry conversation has centered on Xbox's reliance on established franchises like Gears and Halo to carry its exclusive lineup. Following organizational restructuring and studio changes, observers have questioned whether these longstanding properties can continue shouldering Xbox's strategic goals, with some suggesting the company needs fresh intellectual property to supplement its shooter portfolio going forward. Xbox has indicated more non-PlayStation exclusives are in development beyond these tentpole titles, though specifics remain unclear.
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Meet Gears of War's New Monster, the 'Flying Testicle' | Exclusive
Gears of War: E-Day will introduce a new enemy call the Spore Matron. Polygon has an exclusive image of the new Gears of War monster.
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Gears of War Launches Fifth Year of “Never Fight Alone” Suicide Prevention
Today, Gears of War launches our fifth year of the Never Fight Alone campaign, an ongoing commitment to help prevent suicide, in partnership with Crisis Text Line and UK-based illustrator Luke Preece. Rooted in our franchise’s purpose of creating meaningful bonds and a place of b…
Gears of War: Redux Update 1.1 Available for Download
As promised, modder ‘PunishedWolf’ has released Update 1.1 for Gears of War: Redux. This is a major update for this community overhaul of Gears of War 1. Additionally, the modder has shared some more details about it. So, let’s dive in. For those who did not know, Gears of War Re…
Poll: One Year Later, What Do You Think Of Xbox's Most Recent Gears Of War Release?
Reloaded came out in August of 2025. We're obviously all eagerly awaiting the release of Gears of War: E-Day later in 2026, but before we get there, we thought we'd take a quick look back at the most recent entry in the series - August 2025's Gears of War: Reloaded . In all hones…
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Xbox admits its game exclusivity strategy isn't "obvious", but insists Gears of War and Clockwork Revolution won't be the only non-PlayStation games
Another day, another update on what's happening over at Xbox after last month's showcase and the subsequent cuts of 3,200 jobs and studio divestments . The matter at hand today: console exclusives, and based on past comments by Xbox , we don't really know what to expect or what's…
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Rather than rip and tear id Software apart, Xbox should have put the FPS pioneers on Gears of War
Xbox owns the most iconic shooter franchises in the world, which is why it needs a full-strength id Software now more than ever
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Xbox Knows Gears of War and Halo Can't Carry Its Future, But Now What?
Xbox can bring back Halo and Gears of War, but those franchises can only do so much before the company needs a new IP to carry what comes next.