Microsoft is reportedly considering bringing the Gears of War franchise to PlayStation.
That’s in accordance to Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb, who was elaborating on current claims that Microsoft is engaged on a brand new initiative to launch extra Xbox-exclusive video games on different console platforms.
Over the weekend it was claimed that Bethesda’s Starfield and its upcoming Indiana Jones and the Great Circle could possibly be launched for PS5, as well as to beforehand rumoured Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves ports.
“The other one that I’ve heard that’s definitely under consideration—it doesn’t mean that it’s going to happen, but it’s in talks—is Gears of War,” Grubb said on Monday.
“Gears of War is being considered for this,” he reiterated.
Grubb additionally mentioned that Microsoft was at one level planning to publicly clarify its new initiative on the finish of February, however that given the mounting hypothesis, there’s an opportunity that an official announcement could possibly be introduced ahead.
“The other thing I can corroborate is a rumour that there will be something at the end of February when they’re going to explain this change – that is something that they definitely were talking about.”
According to Microsoft, Gears of War had offered over 22 million items and grossed over $1 billion {dollars} when the corporate acquired the franchise from Epic Games in 2014.
Since shopping for the IP, Xbox has launched two mainline collection entries within the kind of 2016’s Gears of War 4 and 2019’s Gears 5, each of which had been developed by The Coalition, in addition to Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and the turn-based techniques spin-off Gears Tactics.
The Coalition mentioned in May 2021 that it was making ready to transition to next-gen improvement utilizing Unreal Engine 5, however that it wasn’t planning to announce any new video games within the close to future.
Grubb claimed final February that The Coalition had shifted its full consideration to the subsequent entry within the Gears of War collection after two different video games in improvement on the studio had been cancelled.
Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski just lately mentioned that Microsoft can be “smart” to enlist him as a advisor on the franchise.
Netflix introduced in November 2022 that it plans to launch a quantity of Gears of War tasks, together with a dwell motion movie adopted by an grownup animated collection.
