gears of war

Image: XboxGears of War has been dormant for a fair while. The last mainline game in Xbox’s much-beloved third-person shooter series was 2019’s Gears 5. Developer The Coalition also put out the strategy game Gears Tactics alongside Splash…

In September 2011, I was a college junior very willing to waste away the early days of her fall semester playing Epic Games’ new third-person shooter, Gears of War 3. I pre-ordered the highly anticipated title so I could guarantee I got the…

Christmas and Hanukkah are both over, which means folks are probably still cleaning their homes and fridges of all the festivities. (I know I am.) But before you go back to playing with your new goodies, though, Kotaku has a question for…

Gif: Brian Lindenhof / KotakuPlay it on: Windows (VR required)Current goal: Don’t punch my damn window againBuy it from: SteamI love how VR can make video games physical in ways they’ve never been before. Consider Climbey. Here’s a game all…

Like most people who play and love games, I’ve got so many memories of moments with them that have stuck with me over the years. Watching my sister beat Final Fantasy VII for the first time on the TV in the living room of the house we grew…

Funko Fusion, announced Tuesday, is an upcoming video game starring Funko Pop characters that will mix together takes on various Universal-owned IP into a pop-culture mishmash that I assume somebody, somewhere is probably excited…

Netflix has found a writer for its upcoming Gears of War movie – Jon Spaihts, best known for writing Doctor Strange (2016), Dune (2021), and the forthcoming Dune: Part 2. “Gears of War is one of the all-time great action games, with vivid…

Nothing quite defines the Xbox 360 era like Gears of War. Chainsaw bayonets, underground monsters, hokey dialogue, and fantastic co-op campaigns are the first thing that comes to my mind while looking back on the series. We might get to…