Gears 5

The Coalition’s Gears 5 promises to be the biggest, most ambitious Gears of War title yet. Along with a hefty campaign mode (which received more footage at Gamescom), there’s Horde mode which adds character Ultimates and changes up Power mechanics; Escape for quick, three-player Hive runs; a map builder to create your own custom Escape maps; and Versus, which has been expanded with Arcade Mode and Tour of Duty seasonal content. Gears 5 is out on September 10^th for Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. Will it be a worthy follow-up to the series? It won’t be long before we find out.

However, despite being released in a limited fashion and not quite drumming up too much attention, Beamdog revealed that its whole operation could possibly be under threat – and that includes working on Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition and even Baldur’s Gate III.

Studio head Trent Oster told Rock, Paper, Shotgun that right now, “The prognosis is mixed. Best case, we can sort this out soon. Worst case, this could be in legal hell for a while. I like making games, but this contractual dispute bullshit keeps me up at night.

“Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition is on indefinite hold, as is the current patch. Baldur’s Gate III, we are still interested in the concept, but currently I’d say were very demoralized.”