If Gears 6 looks remotely like this Unreal Engine 5 demo, well be ecstatic

Date:
Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:34:54 +0000

Description:
The Coalition has unveiled a new test demo running on Unreal Engine 5, and it looks incredible. But will Gears 6 look this good?

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Gears of War developer The Coalition is back with a new Unreal Engine 5 tech demo, giving us a fresh look at what Gears 6 could offer and its rather exciting indeed.

Called The Cavern , the tech demo builds upon The Coalitions July Alpha Point demonstration and uses the same character model we previously saw but inside a different environment.

Lasting for a minute (the footage begins at 0:47), The Cavern demo showcases movie quality assets that feature tens of millions of polygons that can be rendered in real-time. This results in a massive 100x leap forward in graphic detail, according to The Coalition. Featuring incredibly realistic visuals,
we find the unnamed character holding a light crystal, as he faces down a fearsome enemy. Swap that crystal for a gun and it wouldnt look out of place in a Gears sequel.

It certainly looks impressive, but thats not all. During an interview with Xbox Wire , studio technical director Kate Rayner elaborated on The
Coalitions work with Unreal Engine 5. Advising thats been ongoing for over a year something we previously knew thanks to the Alpha Point demo Rayner confirmed The Cavern was the teams first-ever cinematic in UE5.

Asked about her initial impressions of Epics latest engine, Rayner said: First, it was very exciting to get access, everyone at The Coalition was jumping in. Thats when we began the work to create Alpha Point. The biggest surprise to me was how finished the engine was, and how easy it was to bring UE4 content into UE5 seamlessly. As for transitioning from Unreal Engine 4 to 5, Rayner calls this process very smooth, telling Xbox Wire it only took us about two weeks to get the team switched over.

Naturally, the questions didnt stop there. Asked if theres anything that made this transition smoother, Rayner explained how the engines architecture is really quite modular, and we have embraced plugins as a structure to extend the functionality and modify the engine to our needs. Plugins being able to contain content not just code has been a revelation. When working with Unreal Engine 4, she confirmed the team would make a lot of changes to the engine over time, and so those integration costs would get higher. Now, she calls those integrations much smoother, giving them more flexibility. A glimpse of what's to come? (Image credit: The Coalition)

Unfortunately, we wouldnt expect a Gears 6 announcement anytime soon. Gears 5 wrapped up post-launch support last September after two years with Operation
8 Drop 2 , but when asked which Unreal Engine 5 tools their next project
uses, Rayner simply states were not ready to talk about our next game. Thats unsurprising as in the previous update last May, the team advised 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.

Previous rumors suggest Gears 6 will launch around 2024 at the earliest . However, that same report also suggested The Coalitions working on a smaller, brand new IP first, one thats aiming to release next year. Both remain unconfirmed by Microsoft and The Coalition but either way, were confident Gears 6 will eventually happen and if it looks anything like The Cavern, well certainly be content.



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