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Gears 5 is “Looking Great,” Says Xbox Boss

The Coalition’s Gears 5 was announced at E3 2018 and though it’s slated to arrive later this year, there haven’t been heaps of details about it lately. Development is still going strong though. Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently visited the studio in Vancouver and managed to sneak a picture (if you can believe that) of the game’s status.

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THC CELL1917d ago

I hope it dose gears was a great coop game
But he said this about crackdown 3..

RosweeSon1917d ago

To be fair they’d hardly go yeah that gears of war 5 is looking like a right pile of shiiiiii haha

mark_parch1917d ago

pretty sure he said the same about crackdown 3

Eonjay1917d ago

Gears 4 looked 'great' so I can not imagine Gears 5 not looking at least as good if not better.
Its called iteration.

Omnislashver361916d ago (Edited 1916d ago )

Gear's gameplay is on point. I don't see it getting worse, but they're going back to the "Kill the horror" type theme and less of the robots this time around.

However, I think most of us are pretty sick of gears by now. We've gotten like 6 mainline titles in 2 generations? (counting the prequel). And they've got spinoffs.

I want to return to this type of gameplay but I'm just so sick of hearing about this game. I didn't even play 3 and I was already bored of it- and many say it's their favorite one.

I'm kind of hoping Sony pumps up The Order 1887 and makes it a big competitor for Gears. I MIGHT just return to this type of gameplay if they do.

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WANNAGETHIGH1917d ago (Edited 1917d ago )

Gears 5 is a sure bet, we already know the game will deliver. This the only reason why I want to buy an Xbox. We cannot classify this in the same bracket as crackdown.

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cfc831917d ago

Is it a single player co-op ?

oasdada1917d ago

thats about all ive heard from him this whole generation.. how does the future look phil? "looking great!"

King_Noctis1917d ago

But this one is being developed by The Coalition, which doesn’t exactly have bad record of developing game.

-Foxtrot1917d ago

It’s coming along nicely

Fluttershy771917d ago

Oh come on, be fair. He never said Crackdown 3 looked great... he just claimed that the game made a small tear appear on his eye

rainslacker1917d ago

He said it was coming along nicely a while back.

I have more faith gears will be ok though. What they've shown had looked ok so far

Potnoodle9991917d ago

Haha so true. Can’t really trust them much anymore🤔😂

spicelicka1917d ago

He's going to say that about every game obviously, but Gears of war is an amazing franchise, no doubt it's going to be good.

Livingthedream1917d ago

With the exception of whatever Gears Judgement Day was, they have all been top of the line games. Not concerned with the quality of the upcoming Gears, the Coalition has done a phenomenal job since they took over.

nibblo1917d ago

From memory he said crackdown 3 needed some polish and didn't feel how he wanted it to feel so he gave them more time.

No Way1917d ago

Oh, how funny it is... THC CELL the first one to comment. Throwing shade, lol.
Y'all don't ever get tired of the bullshit? You been doing it for years, man.

I mean, if this is what your fun is.. by all means, ball out. But, wow.

DarXyde1917d ago

I'm sure its fine, but Spencer is not going to say it looks terrible either.

RangerWalk2671916d ago

I believe there is a major difference between a AAA title and a game like crackdown 3.

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TGGJustin1917d ago

Oh I expected him to say that it was looking horrible. Of course he is going to say it's looking great. He said the same thing about Crackdown 3 and we all saw how that turned out.

mch2011uk1917d ago

That's the first I though of when I saw this lol

jaymacx1917d ago

Yeah, but I don't worry too much about the quality of Gears, Halo, or Forza. Xbox usually delivers on those titles. Now if it's anything else I need to see it to believe it.

Potnoodle9991917d ago

Lol I’m seeing this same comment everywhere now😂 so true though

alb18991917d ago

Yep, it is true but it is also true that what we saw about gears last e3 was looking good already so in gears case it is safe to think that will leave up the hipe

nibblo1917d ago

He said that Crackdown needed more work and polish and it didn't feel how he wanted so he sent the team back to do more work on it.

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Doge1917d ago

Anyone in video games: h
Gamingbolt: Here’s an article!

PhoenixUp1917d ago

You know various sites are covering this topic right? Don’t you know how journalism works?

Doge1917d ago

That’s not my point. Phil or any industry person could tweet about a dump they took and you’ll see Gamingbolt writing about it.

PhoenixUp1917d ago

Because every site will still make articles about it....

What’s your problem with GB doing what everyone else does?

frostypants1916d ago

Gamingbolt is objectively crap though.

Masterchief_thegoat1917d ago

He said the same about crackdowngrade 3. Hopefully gear 5 story is amazing. And not meh like gear 4

Nu1917d ago

Gears 4 multiplayer is where it's at. Gears 5 is looking like it will be great. The story has a few directions it could take. I see it as a sort of fresh start for the story to take, like a soft reboot of sorts

Masterchief_thegoat1917d ago

I like the online. But the story needs to be amazing and not forgettable like gear4

-Foxtrot1917d ago

I want them to bring Anya back

None of that generic typical “oh she died off screen” bullshit

TK-661917d ago

So you want them to retcon the story and just muddle up the narrative in the process? That is the worst possible thing you could do. The Queen redesign between 2 and 3 confused people so an even more drastic decision like reviving a dead character for no reason would be even worse.

-Foxtrot1917d ago

How can it ruin the narrative when it's had one game so far where they said she died and like hardly ever touched on it

Marcus could THINK she's dead and they could tie it to a future, new plot point

Don't think it's impossible when they've literally done it in a way where anything can happen, they are not that incapable

TK-661917d ago (Edited 1917d ago )

@-Foxtrot

"How can it ruin the narrative when it's had one game so far where they said she died and like hardly ever touched on it "

You're aware there is actually a scene (which is easily missed if you don't explore the level) where instead of going straight to the house where Marcus is at the Stroud Estate you can go through the gate to the side and find her grave: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

It's even worth mentioning that in the expanded lore they've actually added interesting aspects to Marcus and Anya's relationship but none of that is explored in the game or even mentioned/shown. Trying to include anything like that now (25 years later) is a distraction from a more interesting narrative that Gears 5 appears to be going for.

Now it appears Katie is the Swarms new target and they will move to try and make her the new Queen and that we'll be going back to the New Hope facility (The place where we encountered the Sires in Gears 2) and find out more about the Locust origins and how they relate to the Swarm.

"Marcus could THINK she's dead and they could tie it to a future, new plot point "

And what would be the point? Why do we need to retcon this? What does it add to the story? We've been to her grave so whats the benefit of going "Oh shit guys we got ya! She's not really dead"? If the Swarm have memories of her in their network then an appearance through that is fine. But bringing her back when shes been established as dead isn't a good idea IMO.

Bane351917d ago

This isn't same the gears of war from back in the day they had to change up for a new generation gears4 was ok im looking forward to gears5

nibblo1917d ago

He also said Crackdown needed more work/polish and it didn't have the expected feel so sent the team back to do more work. He hasn't said this about Gears.

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Damrock1917d ago

Phil Spencer on crackdown 3 in Sept.

"I was playing a full build yesterday. Nice work by the team, more work to do but good progress, my agent felt like the wrecking machine I enjoy :-)"

So of course gears is looking great..

Potnoodle9991917d ago

To be fair, what he said wasn’t exactly singing it’s praises, I think he knew crackdown was a turd (how could he not) and maybe gears is actually looking really good.

spicelicka1917d ago

Nothing he said sounds like a lie, and it's irrelevant for Gears 5 anyway, lol people.

starchild1917d ago

Yeah, every company always says good things about their products. Nothing unusual there. But MS has also said good things about the Forza games and those have turned out really well. Actually, Gears 4 was good too. I bought and played it on PC and I liked it.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken3d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty2d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken2d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty2d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken2d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0072d ago (Edited 2d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken2d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot2d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto2d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer2d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek2d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken2d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie1d 23h ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12083d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast3d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit3d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export3d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2033d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai4d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H94d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1014d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H94d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion4d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_924d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19724d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing694d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard4d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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The Witcher 3 REDkit Q&A - CDPR & Yigsoft Confirm Steam Workshop Support; Further Changes Planned

CD Projekt RED and Yigsoft have launched The Witcher 3 REDkit on PC. We interviewed both studios to discuss the release of these mod tools.

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