Gears of War 4

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Gears of War 4 is an upcoming third-person shooter video game developed by The Coalition and published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox One.^[1] It will be the fifth installment in the Gears of War series and the fourth main installment. The game is scheduled to be released worldwide on October 11, 2016.

Gameplay

Many gameplay elements from the previous games are retained such taking cover to avoid damage and performing active reloads. A new feature is the Combat Knife, the combat knife can be used for melee attacks and allows new ways to perform executions. New weapons have been introduced as well such as the Dropshot weapon that fires explosive drills and the Buzzkill that fires ricocheting sawblades.

Setting

Gears of War 4 takes place 25 years after the Imulsion Countermeasure weapon destroyed both the Locust, Lambent and Imulsion. Unfortunately this also knocked out fossil fuels, forcing humanity to adapt new ways for survival. This also caused Windflares; powerful windstorms to form across the planet. Following the aftermath of the Lambent Epidemic, the reformed Coalition of Governments estimated that hundreds of thousands of humans are left on Sera. To prevent the population from declining, cities that are walled in were built to protect the citizens from the dangers outside. However the COG also declared martial law, preventing any travel from outside of the cities walls. Some human survivors rejected the viewpoints of the COG and formed a group called the "Outsiders" that live outside of the COG jurisdiction, conducting raids on COG territory to gather resources. The game focuses on JD Fenix (the son of Marcus Fenix) alongside his friend Delmont "Del" Walker and Kait Diaz dealing with a new threat that could threaten humanity's survival.

Development

During E3 2013, Microsoft Studios vice president Phil Spencer said he thought more Gears of War games were possible.^[2]

On 27 January 2014, Microsoft announced that they had purchased the rights of the franchise from Epic Games, and a new game will be developed by The Coalition for Xbox One.^[3]^[4] Rod Fergusson, former Director of Production at Epic Games on the Gears of War franchise, joined Microsoft and plays a key studio leadership role at The Coalition on the development of the franchise going forward.^[5]^[6]^[7] On 1 April 2015, The Coalition producer, Allie Henze, confirmed that Gears of War 4 would not be available for the Xbox 360.^[8]