Gears of War 5 Reveal

<p>Hot on the heels of <em>Gears Pop&excl;<&sol;em> and <em>Gears Tactics<&sol;em>&comma; Rod Ferguson walked on stage&comma; presenting <em>Gears of War 5<&sol;em>&period; The story trailer&comma; followed by a brief gameplay trailer&comma; positions Kait Diaz as this entry&&num;8217&semi;s new protagonist&period; The video embedded above contains the trio of announcements&period; Skip to 2&colon;20 for the entire <em>Gears of War 5<&sol;em> presentation&period; The game launches in 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>The low-down<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Rod Ferguson walked on stage&comma; setting the stage for <em>Gears 5<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s story&colon; &&num;8220&semi;As Kait&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll journey across the biggest most beautiful world we&&num;8217&semi;ve ever created&period; Where the war for humanity escalates on two fronts&period; Outside the capital city and within Kait herself&period; In this moment from the game&comma; Kait leads a rescue mission to a revoked village&comma; but something goes horribly wrong&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ast;Cue the cinematic trailer&ast;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The trailer opens with Kait mourning the death of someone close to her&period; As Kait kneels on the ground&comma; sobbing&comma; what appears to be JD urges them to move on&period; Kait refuses&comma; stating that she&&num;8217&semi;s been having nightmares&period; Kait grips onto a locust pendant as she regains her composure&period; She describes her nightmares as messages&period; Hoping to seek answers&comma; Delmont volunteers to abandon the mission to aid Kait on her journey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After Kait walks off&comma; the trailer smoothly transitions to a gameplay montage showcasing various points of Kait and Delmont&&num;8217&semi;s adventure&period; While a relatively small slice&comma; the gameplay gives long-time fans a few glimpses&period; New enemy types added to the mix include organic locust&sol;synthetic hybrids&period; We also see Kait utilizing a giant spiked melee weapon &lpar;4 did not have melee weapons&comma; though previous entries did&rpar; in addition to some nail gun&period; <em>Gears of War 5<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s story and gameplay trailer blend&comma; showcasing The Coalition&&num;8217&semi;s stronger narrative focus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"RGGttFpov6s" title&equals;"Gears of War 5 - Official Announcement Trailer &vert; E3 2018"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;RGGttFpov6s"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;RGGttFpov6s&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Gears of War 5 - Official Announcement Trailer &vert; E3 2018"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While <em>Gears of War 4<&sol;em> may have failed to tell a compelling story&comma; The Coalition seems to be doubling down on it this time&period; Opening with a story trailer that transitions into gameplay as opposed to 4&&num;8217&semi;s more traditional gameplay reveals may be a sign of the franchise&&num;8217&semi;s new direction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;