Over the weekend, ubiquitous gaming event producer and host Geoff Keighley tweeted about the surprise reveal of Gears of War: E-day that closed out the Xbox Games Showcase. "The great Gears of War piece was a CG from Blur Studio," Keighley said, "using in-game assets from UE5." Now, you might read that tweet and think, as I did, that it was an innocuous attempt to provide additional context for a cool trailer. That's because you and I are reasonable people. Unfortunately for Keighley—for society in general, perhaps—he'd stepped on a console war landmine.
The great Gears of War piece was a CG from Blur Studio, using in-game assets from UE5.Game info: Gears of War: E-Day is the next mainline game in the Gears of War universe, set during the pivotal Emergence Day. Fourteen years before Gears of War, war heroes Marcus Fenix and Dom…June 9, 2024
