About the game
A new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. Supports Xbox Play Anywhere: yours to play on both Xbox One and Windows 10 PC at no additional cost.
Supports Xbox Play Anywhere: yours to play on both Xbox One and Windows 10 PC at no additional cost.
A new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. After narrowly escaping an attack on their village, JD Fenix and his friends, Kait and Del, must rescue the ones they love and discover the source of a monstrous new enemy.
Never Fight Alone: Enjoy two-player co-op campaign with friends locally via split-screen or over Xbox Live. Player 2 can select either Kait or Del. Horde 3.0: Team up with four others and battle wave after wave of increasingly difficult enemies by choosing your combat class, leveling up your skills and deploying fortifications anywhere on the map. Explosive Versus Multiplayer: Compete online in new and favorite game types, all at 60fps on dedicated servers. A new visible ranking system means fairer matchmaking for social, competitive and professional players alike.
*Requires broadband internet to download, and 70-80 GB of hard drive space. Offer not available in Japan or China. Must be 17+. Xbox One, broadband internet (ISP fees apply) and Xbox Live membership required. Not available in all markets. See www.GearsofWar.com for the latest information.
Description from the publisher’s Microsoft Store listing.
Story
AI-assisted summaryTwenty-five years after the Locust were defeated, Sera is still dangerous. Destroying Imulsion also killed the Lambent, shut down fossil fuels, and unleashed violent windstorms. The rebuilt Coalition shelters remaining people in walled cities under martial law. Outsiders reject that control, living beyond the walls and taking supplies from Coalition sites.
You play JD Fenix, Marcus Fenix and Anya Stroud's son, alongside Del Walker and Kait Diaz. JD and Del left the Coalition over First Minister Jinn's strict rule and joined Outsiders led by Reyna, Kait's mother. Hoping to aid their village, they take a fabricator from a settlement under construction and clash with robotic DeeBee troops. Jinn blames them for missing citizens and assaults the village. Then unknown creatures seize the villagers. JD and his friends must rescue the people they love and learn where this new enemy comes from.
Full story (spoilers)
JD and Del leave the Coalition and join Outsiders under Reyna, with Kait and uncle Oscar, a veteran. They steal a fabricator from a settlement being built, escaping DeeBees with remote help from an unknown person. Jinn accuses them of kidnapping citizens and attacks the village. They repair the generator until creatures seize everyone, including Reyna and Oscar. Reyna locks the three inside the station.
They name the attackers the Swarm. Marcus, still angry at JD, helps only after seeing they are not human. He leads them to Fort Reval, a Locust burial site. A Snatcher takes Marcus. Chasing it, the others find Coalition captives harvested into more Swarm and guess the countermeasure left the Locust alive to change over twenty-five years. JD frees Marcus, who briefly shared their hive mind. He confirms the Locust are reborn, Reyna lives at another burial site, and the other villagers are dead.
At Tollen Dam the site is a hive. They kill the Speaker, who captured Reyna and says nothing. Defenses are too strong, and the Swarm can affect DeeBees. Marcus calls Augustus Cole, Damon Baird, and Samantha Byrne, with Baird and Byrne now lovers. Baird, the hidden helper from the raid, brings mech suits. JD and Kait enter and find Reyna forced into the hive network; removing her would kill her. She asks Kait to end her life. Kait does and takes an amulet that matches Queen Myrrah's symbol, implying Reyna was Myrrah's daughter and Kait her granddaughter. Post-credits, Oscar cuts his way free of the Snatcher that captured him.
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Trailer
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