We’re still waiting on the return of the Xbox’s other flagship franchise in Gears of War 5 (as well as the long-in-development film adaptation). The trailer for GoW5 was revealed last year at E3 with a 2019 release date, but we’ve heard nothing since then. But now, head of Xbox Phil Spencer has given us hope. Well, sort of.
In a recent trip to The Coalition Studio to check on their progress of developing Gears of War 5, some fans were disappointed that we won’t be seeing anything in regards to juicy in-development stuff. I mean, there’s that whole NDA stuff that everyone has to abide by and all.
Shame we don’t get to see anything 🤷♂
— ProGear360 (@ProGear360) February 20, 2019
Spencer replied that he’d try and “sneak some spy shots past Rod [Fergusson, studio head for Gears of War 5] and tweet them out”. Needless to say, the one that he did get was as expected.
This is the only one I could sneak while Rod wasn’t looking. Gears 5 is looking great. pic.twitter.com/yfUxvYEoOi
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) February 21, 2019
So yeah, Phil’s having a bit of fun with fans, but to be fair, getting any info about GoW5 at this point is like trying to get Hideo Kojima to spill the beans on Death Stranding. I guess we’ll have to wait until later this year for when we can get our chainsaws revved.
