The Coalition announced this week that its future projects will be developed on Epic's latest software, which will likely mean that upcoming games will look pretty sharp. The downside to this is that those games are going to take a bit of a while to see the light of day, as the studio works on familiarising itself with Unreal Engine 5.

Gears Tactics isn’t just one of the biggest surprises of the year, it’s a a vulgar display of power starring everyone’s favourite beefy boys in a bloody new direction that’ll test your trigger fingers with pure heavy mental action.

Beyond what’s already on offer, what else can players expect from Gears 5? Seasonal activity! Similar to Destiny 2’s seasons, Gears 5 plans to support itself with post-launch bundles of activity that go by the name of Operations.

Many years later, and what has changed in Gears 5and its new arcade mode multiplayer mode? Not much, but just enough.

A release date, a new game mode and chainsaws on a gun. It could only be Gears 5

While Gears 5 did get a reveal at last year’s E3, Coalition has been mum on details since then, keeping fans in the dark regarding the story of the sequel and where new character Kait’s story will take her next. Thanks to a slip-up and the Internet’s ability to grab details quicker than the Flash when he gets struck with a case of the Speed Farts, we’ve now got a quick synopsis from the marketing materials that paints a delightful picture.

Gears of War 4 arrives next month, spinning a fresh new yarn about the next generation of impossibly-muscled COG soldiers fighting an eternal crusade against a world whose very ecosystem seems to want them dead

Horde mode returns this year with Gears of War 4, dubbed this time as “Horde 3.0”. 50 waves of enemies,and a whole lot of gibs. REVIVE ME!