Last June, The Coalition created a surprise with the announcement of Gears of War: E-Day, while fans were all expecting the studio to reveal the sequel to Gears 5. If we now know that in the next game, we will be able to experience Emergence Day at the controls of Marcus and Dom, the studio has obviously racked its brains before this to imagine the continuation of the events of Gears 5.
Former head of The Coalition reveals initial plans
Rod Fergusson, currently general manager of the Diablo franchise and former head of The Coalition studio, revealed on the 666th Unlocked show that Gears 6 was originally planned to take place outside of the planet Sera.
He explained that if we pay attention to certain details during the Gears 5 campaign, several references are made to space technologies, such as in Act III with the URI rocket hangar.
Thus, Rod Fergusson wanted humans to discover the rest of the galaxy, or at least the Solar system, so that Gears 6 could take place in a completely different place compared to the previous installments of the franchise.
Warning, the next paragraph contains a major spoiler about the ending of Gears 5
Also, Rod Fergusson was asked what ending choice for Gears 5 was chosen to imagine the rest of the adventure. Without providing a concrete answer, the former head of The Coalition confided that the studio was very surprised by the distribution of the choices made. Indeed, the percentage of players who wanted to save Del is roughly equivalent to that who wanted JD to survive.
Regardless, now that Rod Fergusson is no longer working at The Coalition and the development team is now working on a prequel set during Emergence Day, it's a safe bet that if one day the studio returns to Gears 6, other ideas will be implemented.
We will certainly have to wait many years to find out for sure, especially since we still don't know when Gears of War: E-Day will be released. Indeed, no release year has been confirmed, not even a platform, apart from Steam. However, we know that it will integrate Game Pass from its launch.
