Gears of War 4: New Trailer & Release Date

Everything you need to know about Gears of War 4, including release date, trailers, and latest news!

Gears of War 4 Latest News

JD Fenix, Del, Kait, and Marcus Fenix are in pursuit of creatures called the Swarm in a new trailer for Gears of War 4. With their village destroyed and Kait’s mom abducted, the squad gives chase through the wilds of Sera and must battle through an incredible storm.

Check out the campaign trailer below:

Things haven't quite gone as planned for the remaining Serans, who, after defeating the Locust and Lambent in a costly war, try to return to a life of peace. Marcus Fenix, protagonist of the first three Gears of War games, is one of those Serans who try to settle down and raise a family. Twenty-five years later, Marcus' son, JD, must take up his father's mantle to take down the monsters that haunt the remains of humanity.

Along with teammates Kait and Del, JD Fenix will have to push back a new enemy known as The Swarm. The narrative will unfold over 24 hours in the characters' lives, not unlike the short timespan of the original Gears of War.

Here is everything you need to know about the game:

Gears of War 4 Release Date

Gears of War 4, the highly anticipated fifth installment in the third-person shooter series, will finally arrive on Oct. 11, 2016, developer The Coalition has announced. The game will come exclusively to the Xbox One.

Gears of War 4 Trailer

Microsoft took the stage at E3 2016 to show off several minutes of gameplay from Gears of War 4, highlighting its cooperative play specifically. Check out the footage:

Gears of War 4 has been confirmed to be one of the first titles in Microsoft’s new Xbox Play Anywhere program, which allows full access on both Xbox and PC after purchasing the game on either system. Save games and achievements will also be synched between the platforms as part of Xbox Play Anywhere, and all co-op modes in Gears of War 4, including Horde Mode 3.0, will support crossplay on Xbox One and PC.

Microsoft has also announced pre-orders for a Gears of War themed Xbox Elite Wireless Controller.

This Gears of War 4 trailer gives us a melancholy look at Marcus as a dad before his son has to take up his father's battles when the Locust return 25 years later.

Check out the trailer:

That's certainly a very haunting version of Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence."

The sequel was originally unveiled at E3 2015. Check out the debut trailer below:

Gears of War 4 Story

The sequel takes place 25 years after the events of Gears of War 3 and the death of the Locust Queen. The story follows JD Fenix, son of former protagonist Marcus Fenix, along with teammates Kait and Del. The narrative will unfold over 24 hours in the characters' lives, not unlike the short timespan of the original Gears of War.

Coalition studio head Rob Fergusson spoke to EW about the game's story and return to the structure of the original Gears:

The thing for us is, you know, we’ll never be a survival horror game. When you have guys this big with chainsaw bayonets, you can never disempower them enough. For me I really like the words “tension” and “drama.” It’s really where we’re trying to push. By the time you get to Gears 3, it felt a little bit like it could be a WWII game in the sense that the Locusts were well understood and you were fighting them like you would’ve fought the Nazi army in a WWII game. Whereas Gears 1, there was still a lot more discovery and still being scared and trying to understand this threat that you had never seen before.
That’s what we’re really trying to do with 4. We’re trying to go back to that feeling, so we’re taking the story down from — if you look at Gears 3 as this sort of planetary genocide or trying to save the human race from extinction — we wanted to get back to the story of three people and one night, and how can these three people survive this one night. Getting that intimacy back with story, and the intimacy back in terms of tone and to allow you to be afraid again.