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Gears of War: E-Day trailer takes us back to the Locust War’s origin

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Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago are reunited as The Coalition revealed an announcement trailer for Gears of War: E-Day, the next video game in the Gears of War franchise that will take players back to the very beginning of the Locust War. First released in 2006, Gears of War took place on the planet Sera after an underground […]

Gears of War creator on Netflix movie and Dave Bautista fan-casting

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Last year Netflix teamed up with The Coalition video game studio to adapt their hit franchise Gears of War into a feature film with screenwriter Jon Spaihts (Dune) enlisting earlier this year. Now Gears creator Cliff Bleszinski has spoken up about Netflix’s plans and the fan-casting of Dave Bautista for the role of the series’ lead protagonist Marcus […]

Dune writer Jon Spaihts joins Netflix’s Gears of War movie

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Netflix is gearing up its Gears of War adaptation and has landed a new writer as Variety reports that Jon Spaihts has joined the project, tackling one of gaming’s most notable works. Spaihts joins the film after co-writing Dune, Dune: Part Two, and Doctor Strange. The writer was Oscar-nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay alongside director […]

Netflix adapting Gears of War into feature film and animated series

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Netflix are joining the cinematic video game revolution with the news that they’re adapting Gears of War into a feature-film and animated series.  Stuck in development hell for a long time at New Line Cinema, the rights then passed to Universal in 2016, and Netflix have now acquired them at a time when there’s a […]

Comic Book Preview – Gears of War: Hivebusters #4

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Gears of War: Hivebusters #4 is out this Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here; check it out… With the memories of those they’ve lost fresh in their minds, Team Scorpio has finally made it to the hive. But as they fight their way through, they’ll also uncover a disturbing […]

Comic Book Preview – Gears of War: Hivebusters #3

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IDW Publishing releases Gears of War: Hivebusters #3 this Wednesday, and you can check out a preview of the issue here; take a look… As the team presses on toward Mac’s hometown, they also begin to uncover more about his painful past. But with emotions running high, will the team be able to give it […]

Comic Book Preview – Gears of War: Hivebusters #2

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IDW Publishing releases the second issue of Gears of War: Hivebusters this Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here; check it out… The fight against the Swarm gets personal as Mac seeks to take revenge against the monsters that wiped out his hometown. But as tempers rise, will Keegan and […]

Video Game Review – Gears 5

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Shaun Munro reviews Gears 5… The importance of the Gears of War franchise in shaping the modern third-person shooter cannot be overstated, but it’s also fair to say that the series has been wanting for a truly great entry in many a year, between the competent yet uninspired spin-off Judgment and the workmanlike, underwhelming Gears of War 4. And […]

Dave Bautista, Sarah Connor and the T-800 are coming to Gears 5

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For the past few years, Dave Bautista has been lobbying hard for a role in a live-action Gears of War movie, and while he’s yet to fulfil that wish he now has the second best thing, as he has revealed that his wrestling persona Batista is coming to the video game Gears 5 as a […]