Gears of War is coming back with Marcus and Dom in an Emergence Day prequel
Today's Xbox Games Showcase wrapped up with a bang: A new Gears of War is on the way—and it's a prequel.
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Gears of War: E-Day Prequel Announced by The Coalition
As teased by various rumors, a new Gears was indeed announced at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024, but it's actually titled Gears of War: E-Day. The in-engine trailer shows Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago dealing with the Locust menace for the first time ever on Emergency Day. As such, it can be considered a prequel to the previous games.
Ubisoft Forward 2024: how to watch and what to expect
Ubisoft is having a great 2024. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown started the year off strong by being critically acclaimed, while the successful launch of XDefiant and a promising early access roguelike in The Rogue Prince of Persia continued that momentum in May. Next week, Ubisoft will hold its annual Ubisoft Forward game showcase to show us what’s in store for the rest of the year.
Is Rainbow Six Siege cross-platform?
Despite coming out in 2015, Rainbow Six Siege has somehow only gotten better and more popular with age. It takes the best elements from a tactical shooter like Counter-Strike 2 and specialized characters team compositions from hero shooters, but sets them in a destructive environment to make each round tactically unique. It is a hardcore game, but even more casual players can have a ton of fun breaching walls and peeking through a hole in the wall to land a headshot.
Rainbow Six Siege Unveils a Monthly Subscription Service, Sparking Literal Boos
Most long-running live service games eventually try to test the waters with a subscription service, even if the game was really set up for that initially. GTA Online did it, Fallout 76 did it, and now, it seems Rainbow Six Siege is doing it. For $10 a month, you can purchase an “R6 Membership,” which will get you access to all premium battle passes with 10 levels unlocked, time-limited legendary items, and more. You can check out the full rundown, below.
Rainbow Six Siege fans roundly boo the announcement of a new monthly subscription service
Rainbow Six Siege has been an ongoing success for Ubisoft for nearly a decade now, and shows no sign of slowing down—it was just in March, in fact, that the game set a new all-time concurrent player record on Steam of more than 201,000. But not everyone is thrilled with the weekend announcement of a new subscription service for Siege called R6 Membership, which promises exclusive content drops, animated skins, and premium battle pass access for $10 per month.
Canceled Division game began as a battle royale mode for The Division 2 before Ubisoft had "other ideas" for the free-to-play spin-off
The Division Heartland, the now-canceled free-to-play take on the looter shooter series, was originally set to be a battle royale mode.
Italian Soulslike Enotria: The Last Song Gets Another Short Delay; Demo Out Next Week on PC and PS5
The Italian Soulslike game Enotria: The Last Song has had its release date moved again. Originally slated to launch on June 21, it was first delayed to August 21 because of the nearby launch of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.