Dec 18
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Hivebusters is a new single-player DLC campaign released for Gears 5. It’s also one of the best-looking games on…
Dec 14
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This week, Gears 5 gets its first story DLC in the form of Hivebusters, a new 3-hours campaign starring some of the…
Dec 8
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Gears 5 is getting a new campaign expansion next week. It’ll be available at no extra cost for members of Xbox Game…
Nov 17
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WWE stable The New Day are the latest wrestlers to cross over to Gears 5. The trio may have been separated across brands during the most recent draft, but at least you and a couple of friends can keep the dream alive in online multiplayer.
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Oct 23
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Back in the summer of 2019, the internet was pushing to get former wrestler Dave Bautista cast in the recently…
Aug 20
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Video game characters are much more than the sum of their pixels. Behind the dialogue, grunts and cheers is a…
Jan 17
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What’s the hardest challenge you’ve beaten in a game? On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, we talk about tough fights we’ve had in Sekiro, Gears 5, and Hollow Knight, and invite listeners to tell us theirs via splitscreen@kotaku.com. Get the MP3 here.
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Dec 22 2019
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2019 was a weird year for games. Some great stuff was released in the last 12 months, but there was also a lot of…
Nov 19 2019
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I still hate Jack, Gears of War’s Pixar-like companion drone, but after hearing the inspiration behind him I appreciate why he exists. Gears 5 director Rod Fergusson said at a recent game conference that Jack was meant to give non-Gears players an approachable cooperative role similar to Mario Galaxy’s co-star mode.
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Oct 3 2019
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Play enough video games, and eventually you can tell when you’re entering an area where a digital shootout is about…
Sep 15 2019
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When you think of Gears of War, you probably have images of big dudes with chainsaw guns fighting giant creatures…
Sep 12 2019
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The latest Gears of War is out this week, so tonight we’ll take a look at a bunch of the art that went into the…
Sep 11 2019
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Today on Highlight Reel we have Control clips, Red Dead dismounts, Gears 5 moments, and much more!
Sep 10 2019
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In addition to its gripping, creatively risky campaign, Gears 5 also has a huge suite of multiplayer modes that also…
Sep 10 2019
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Gears 5 has the longest and most ambitious campaign that Gears of War has ever done and, for the most part, that…
Sep 9 2019
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I’m fighting the same video game battle for the 15th time in the past hour. This time, I think, I’m going to beat…
Sep 6 2019
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Unlike Gears of War 4, Gears 5 technically doesn’t have loot boxes. But don’t have a party just yet. It has a…
Sep 5 2019
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Gears 5 includes nineteen Pride banners, from the classic rainbow to the bisexual pride flag (selected above), in customization options for multiplayer avatars. You get them with Scrap, which is only earned from playing matches, not with real money. Banners show up behind players’ avatars if they win MVP of a match.
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Jun 24 2019
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Microsoft’s head of all things Gears of War, Rod Fergusson, says his team is playing it less safe with September’s Ge…
Jun 14 2019
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If you were paying attention to this week’s E3 announcements and also care about co-operative games, you might have…