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Cliff Bleszinski, creator of Xbox’s popular third-person shooter franchiseGears of War,has made mention of the next title in the series rumored to be underway at The Coalition. It’s been about four years since the release ofGears 5in 2019 and close to three since its acclaimedHivebustersDLC. Since then,Gearsfans have been eagerly awaiting what’s next for the franchise amid swirling rumors ofThe Coalition canceling two new IPsin favor of starting work onGears 6.
After two decades with Epic Games working on theUnrealgames and creatingGears of War, a series that would go on to become a flagship Xbox franchise selling over 41 million copies, Cliff Bleszinski left Epic in 2012, just over a year after the highly successful launch ofGears of War 3. Since then, he’s gone on to build his own development studio named Boss Key Productions which unfortunately closed two years after the release of its first game, a multiplayer arena shooter namedLawbreakers.
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Now, with rumors suggesting that The Coalition is moving forward with the nextGearstitle after reportedly canceling two new IPs, Cliff Bleszinski weighed in about rumors he’s heard himself. On Twitter,theGears of Warcreatorexpressed that a friend of his who was a writer onGears 5had privately reached out to him and assumedly shared some details on the franchise’s future. Cliff left it at that but added a GIF of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character from Quentin Tarantino’sDjango Unchainedsaying “You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.”
With all this taken into account, it seems to indicate quite clearly that CliffyB likes what he heard from his writer friend. Recent rumors point towardGears 6not being ready until about 2026. If true, the game is still likely in preproduction or in very early production. Cliff Bleszinski left the video game industry with the closure of Boss Key Productions in 2018, but he’s recentlyexpressed interest in consulting on the nextGearsgamefollowing the former Coalition lead Rod Fergusson’s departure toDiabloat Blizzard. PerhapsGears 6will see the return of CliffyB to the franchise, but this has yet to be seen.
Regardless of whether CliffyB would return to lend his ideas to this nextGears of Wartitle, it still seems like it may be a long way off. The game’s narrative will have a lot of decisions to make regarding a particularly important choice players had to make toward the end ofGears 5. Nevertheless, the franchise’s creator expressing satisfaction over what he’s heard from a writer on the project is a good sign for fans thatGears 6may be headed in the right direction.
