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 5 was always a handsome-looking game, but its next update is going to increase the beefiness of its visuals to dangerously muscular levels. MUSCLES AND GUNS YO! Alongside new graphical bells and whistles, you’ll be able to start New Game+ Mode and…play as former WWE superstar Dave Bautista? Well alright then.

The next generation of Xbox is kicking off with a familiar slate of games that'll feature plenty of visual horsepower.

Only Nintendo can get away with this for some reason, but when it comes to taking a game that you already own and being asked to pay again for it? Naturally, people are going to balk at the very thought of shelling out twice for a product that resulted in you getting used to the taste of cardboard in the …

It may not have the third-person roadie-running action of the classic Gears of War games, but Gears Tactics still manages to easily stand shoulder to shoulder with its source material COGs as one of the definitive experiences within that franchise. Just as bloody, a whole lot more cerebral and violently tactical, Gears Tactics is a spin-off with teeth that looks, feels and plays damn well. It also sounds brilliant, thanks to a moody and atmospheric score thanks to composer Edward Patrick White

Rod Fergusson, overall nice fella and one of the driving forces behind Gears of War back when it was nothing but a single game child destined to be an Xbox 360 system-seller, is just about ready to call it a day on the franchise.

You could argue that every video game is an action, and you’d be right! For this award though, we’re looking at those games whose inherent activity that you have agency over is just so gosh dang good that you can ignore everything else about it. The games whose ability to rock you like a hurricane more than makes up for a silly story, occasional glitches or even a lack of ambition.

Gears 5! It’s brutal, the best slice of action on Xbox and still the main reason why you can hear me screaming VREEEEEEEEEEMMMMM at odd hours in the night. Naturally, it’s metal. And what do metal games deserve? METAL ALBUMS! That heavy metal sound that defined developer The Coalition’s latest chapter in the Gears of War saga had some of the tastiest licks around, and now it’ll be getting the vinyl treatment.