It looks like we weren’t exactly wrong in predicting the return of Marcus Fenix in the next Gears of War game. It’s just that the next game won’t be Gears of War 6; it’s more like Gears of War 0.
Announced during the Xbox Games Showcase, The Coalition will be taking us back in time to when the Locusts first emerged on Sera, the infamous Emergence Day. Gears of War: E-Day will take players back 14 years to when Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago first encountered the Locust Horde.
The latest title has been built from the ground up in Epic’s Unreal Engine 5, which means we should be encountering the Locust in their most gruesome forms yet.
The Coalition was also eager to enforce that E-Day is in no way a spin-off from the mainline story of the Gears franchise. This prequel serves as an origin story for two of the main characters we’ve grown with over the course of the story, and it will add more detail to the world as a whole. A continuation of the story following Gears 4 and 5 is also in the works from the team.
No release date for the game has been announced, but 2025 seems like a good year to head back in time.