It’s really been that long!
Pure Xbox had only just relaunched when Gears Tactics made its debut on PC back in April 2020 – it’s been (nearly) five long years since then, and we still haven’t seen a new Gears game since… although E-Day seemingly isn’t far away.
The Coalition’s focus is obviously on that mainline origin story right now, but is a Gears Tactics 2 in the plans, and would you be interested in seeing it? The original was mainly developed by Splash Damage, and that studio unfortunately suffered a cancellation for its planned Transformers game just last month. Does that open the door for a Tactics 2?
It’s impossible to know the answer, but we do know that we loved Gears Tactics here at Pure Xbox! In our review, we gave the game a “Great” 8/10 and praised it as “a supremely confident, highly polished effort that successfully remoulds Gears of War into a thrilling and engaging new format.”
You could make the comparison here with Halo Wars, although that game released in 2009 and was followed up with a sequel eight years later – with many other Halo titles in-between. Gears of War suddenly went from years of silence to Gears 5 in 2019 and Gears Tactics in 2020, so perhaps we could see a similar situation again if we’re lucky.
Gears Tactics 2 in 2026 or 2027, then? It’s wishful thinking on our part, and to be honest we think it’ll probably remain that way. With Transformers: Reactivate on the shelf and Splash Damage hopefully looking for a new project to replace it though, we wouldn’t be surprised if Xbox has started making a few calls for a Gears Tactics sequel!
Would you be interested in a Gears Tactics 2? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments below.
Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.
