Gears 5

✨ New Features

• list][*]Added the Pride Omen Weapon set to the Essentials store.
• *]Heroic Baird has now been added to the Heroic tab.
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• And as always, take care and have a wonderful week!

✨ New Features

• h1]Versus Event: New Map Rumble[/h1]
• table][tr][td]Complete 5 Matches – 4 Stars [/td][td]Get 50 Eliminations – 5 Stars [/td][td]Do 50,000 Damage – 5 Stars [/td][td]Win 3 Rounds – 6 Stars [/td][/tr][/table]
• Should you complete the medal group you'll be granted 3,000 Gear Coins
• Enjoy!
• h1]Featured Hive: The Clock[/h1]

✨ New Features

• h1]Ritual[/h1]
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• The Weilehan people once gave tribute to the Wakaatu at these ancient ruins. Controlling both the catacombs and the altar is key to avoiding unexpected flanks.
• h1]PvP[/h1]
• In Operation 7, we introduced Competitive mode, bringing with it seven total playlists, each with exclusive Leaderboards.

✨ New Features

• Hello everyone! A new week, and with it comes another This Week in Gears!
• list][*]The [b]Striker[/b]'s Bloody Breaker card now uses the correct values at level 4, 5, and 6.
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• And as always, take care and have a wonderful week!

⚖️ Balance Changes

• h1]Store[/h1]
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• list][*]Chrome Steel Dom – 9.99 USD

✨ New Features

• Charge 'em up!
• h1]Featured Hive: The Mines[/h1]
• A hive with split paths and a choice between two saferooms.
• h1]Weekly Store[/h1]
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✨ New Features

• list][*]Added the Locust Sniper and Flame Grenadier to the Essentials store.
• *]Capture the Flag has now been added to Custom.
• *]Removed Mercy as the map you see on the Main Menu, the game will now rotate through each map giving you a different main menu on each launch.
• *]Addressed an issue with Mercy's rings on Control.
• *]The following maps have now been added to the competitive rotation for [b]Execution[/b]:[list][*]Dam

✨ New Features

• h1]Mercy – 5 v 5[/h1]
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• After decades of rest, Mercy's town center is once again under siege. A large balcony in the center dominates combat around the sanctuary, where outmaneuvering the enemy is key to victory.
• h1]Mercy – 2 v 2[/h1]
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⚖️ Balance Changes

• h1]General[/h1]
• list][*]Changed the behavior of the Super Charged mutator from "reduced ultimate cooldown" to "reduced cooldown while doing damage" to resolve an exploit with Jack's ultimate.
• *]Reduced the amount of freezing damage dealt from the "Freezing Grenadiers" mutator.

✨ New Features

• list][*]Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause players to be gibbed from further away than intended.
• *]Fixed an issue where coverslip speed boost in Execution was higher than intended.
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• And as always, take care and have a wonderful week!

✨ New Features

• A new event in this Operation, this is all focused-on Control, with the following loadout in play. Shotgun, Snub, Grenades (SSG).
• We had initially planned to launch Escalation as a mode in competitive, however we've had to delay this due to some last-minute issues, we'll update you on this when we know more.
• list][*]The game tiles in the competitive menu have been reordered, Execution & Guardian are now in the top row, Control & FFA in row 2, and TDM & 2v2 in row 3, Escalation will be in the fourth row.
• *]The ring rotation for Reactor has been updated in the Control (esports) game mode.
• *]The Mulcher has been replaced for the Torque Bow in Execution 2.0 matches.

✨ New Features

• This isn't your ordinary Golden Gun event we've added some fun mutators for you to use!
• h1]Horde Event: Horde Frenzy on 3 new maps![/h1]
• Back for a final week, we'll be providing a special playlist for you to play Horde Frenzy on three new maps added exclusively for this event – Atrium, Turbine, and Command.
• Challenger teams step up for the first online tournament of the new split, with a whole new ruleset to play with who knows what'll happen!

🔧 Bug Fixes

• h1]Patch Notes[/h1]
• *]An issue that resulted in the size of Civilian Anya's hands being enlarged has now been addressed.
• *]Captain Hoffman should once again no longer have Marcus' voice lines.
• *]Harbour: A particular piece of cover should no longer allow Grenades to clip through it.
• *]Tomb: A Level of Detail pop on some sandbags near the COG side has now been addressed.

✨ New Features

• h1]Horde Event: Horde Frenzy on three new maps![/h1]
• To kick things off in Operation 7 for Horde, we will be providing a special playlist for you to play Horde Frenzy on three new maps added exclusively for this playlist – Atrium, Turbine and Command.
• After a glorious Spring Major the action doesn't stop! Tune in this weekend as teams square off to take their rightful place in the Pro League qualification tournament ready for the new season!
• *]We've updated Quickplay to now be a 5 v 5 playlist, with this change we're also using this as an opportunity to review feedback on the modes we currently offer in Quickplay, be sure to let us know your thoughts when OP7 launches!
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⚖️ Balance Changes

• *]Adjusted the gib range slightly to compensate for the changes made to gib calculation in Operation 6.
• *]Matchmaking into Horde Frenzy will no longer frequently place players in Daily Challenge lobbies.
• *]Added the Flashbang Grenade to the Fabricator.

⚠️ Known Issues

• *]The classes section in Customization will now correctly tell you the number of classes you have maxed out.
• *]Field of View options have now been added to all Xbox One consoles.

✨ New Features

• The monster who creates monsters, Locust scientist Ukkon is responsible for genetically engineering many of the creatures that terrorized the people of Sera after E-day. In the early years of the Locust War, he also used Imulsion to create a new breed of biological horrors.
• h1]Ephyra[/h1]
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• The burning remains of the once-prestigious Estemont Hotel serve as the focal point of this Ephyra city block. Controlling the hotel is key, but numerous points of entry give ample opportunity to counterattack.
• h1]PvP[/h1]

⚖️ Balance Changes

• *]Matchmaking into Horde Frenzy will no longer frequently place players in Daily Challenge lobbies.
• *]Added the Flashbang Grenade to the Fabricator.
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✨ New Features

• Thank you to all the fans out there who have been on this journey with us. During a worldwide pandemic and working from home, the team launched a first strategy title,[url=https://www.gearstactics.com/] [i]Gears Tactics[/i][/url]; re-launched [i][url=https://www.gears5.com/explore/]Gears 5[/url][/i]
• As we look to future games, we're excited to start shifting our resources to next-gen development using Unreal Engine 5. [i]Gears of War[/i] has always been at the front of Unreal Engine development – as a breakout 720p title for Xbox 360 through last year's [url=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/11/
• i]Gears 5[/i] has content on the way, and we'll continue to release new operations through Operations 7 and 8. Each Operation will have two drops including new characters, new maps, and special events. Through the end of the year, we will have store updates with exciting new content as well as featu
• Shifting to a new engine is a big undertaking, so we want to be clear that we will not be announcing any new projects or titles for some time.