Employees across several Microsoft owned studios were just let go from the company.

Microsoft announced plans to layoff 10,000 employees, a decision that CEO Satya Nadella calls "difficult but necessary." A statement issued to employees, made public by Microsoft, does not go into detail just how many departments are being impacted. However, we do know that the Xbox division at Microsoft did not come away unscathed.

Several studios under Xbox were impacted by...

Netflix will work with The Coalition on these projects.

Netflix announces that they are partnering with The Coalition to create a Gears of War movie. This film will also be worked on first followed up by a new "adult" animated series.

The official announcement came earlier today through Twitter and the official Netflix account. The announcement was short and did not provide much in the way of details about either of these two major projects. ...

The team will shift their focus to future projects.

The Coalition says that they are removing the Map Builder feature from Gears 5. This is being done in order to allow the team to shift their focus to future projects.

Those who have not yet earned the achievements associated with the Map Builder shouldn't cry foul. The Coalition says that they are unlocking all achievements related to the mode for all players as they will be otherwise unobtainable. There are just two...

Try out a couple of tech demos today.

Epic has officially released Unreal Engine 5 for developers to use. This comes about two years after Epic Games revealed their new engine with a tech demo release. Today's release of UE5 comes alongside a new playable demo, Lyra, and a "City Sample" that is the full city from The Matrix Awakens.

You can download both of these technical showcases right now to try Unreal Engine 5 out for yourself. Lyra is more action oriented...

Get another look at Unreal Engine 5 later this month.

The Coalition, the development studio behind the latest Gears of War titles, will be showing off a new Unreal Engine 5 tech demo at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) later this month.

The presentation will run for roughly one hour. It will be hosted by The Coalition's technical director Kate Rayner and technical art director Colin Penty on July 20 at 1:20PM (PT). It's dubbed the "Alpha Point" UE5 Demo....

Big numbers bolstered by cheap Game Pass subscriptions.

The Coalition's Gears 5 has seen a moderate amount of success. Microsoft revealed that the Xbox Game Studios published title has surpassed 3 million players across all platforms in its first week. This impressive number is undoubtedly bolstered by a huge number of users taking up Microsoft on their very generous Game Pass offers.

Like other first-party titles, Gears 5 was another Xbox One game that was available on...

In a recent interview between Rod Fergusson from The Coalition and WIRED UK, Fergusson spilled a few of the beans on what PC players can expect from the PC release of Gears 5. One of the major points of interest is the fact that Fergusson says Gears 5 is being built "from the ground up" for the PC crowd.
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In a recent interview between Rod Fergusson from The Coalition and WIRED UK, Fergusson spilled a few of the beans on what PC players can expect...

If you don't care about spoilers and want to watch the first 20 minutes of Gears of War 4, then kick back and enjoy the following!...

If you don't care about spoilers and want to watch the first 20 minutes of Gears of War 4, then kick back and enjoy the following!
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If you pre-order Gears of War 4, you will have immediate access to the End Elite Gear Pack, a collection of characters and skins for use in the game. One of those characters is a zombified version of Dom from the previous games. Why? Because The Coalition don't give a daaaaaaaaamn, that's why!

These new character skins are in addition to the other pre-order incentives, detailed below.
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If you pre-order Gears of War 4, you will have immediate access to the End Elite Gear Pack, a collection of characters and skins for use in the...

If you would like to play the Horde mode for Gears of War 4, you may be excited to hear that only the host of the session needs to own the maps in order for everyone to play. This news was passed along to Shacknews from The Coalition's Rod Fergusson. A group of friends can have one friend pick up the maps and act as host for all sessions. If any of those people enjoy the maps, they can then purchase the maps for themselves in order to be the host for others. This is a departure from previo...

If you would like to play the Horde mode for Gears of War 4, you may be excited to hear that only the host of the session needs to own the maps...

The studio working on the Gears of War franchise for Microsoft now has a new name. The studio that used to be Black Tusk Studios is now called The Coalition....