Join The Coalition on October 5, 3 PM PT, for Gears of War 4 Live. This worldwide livestream will feature exclusive gameplay, giveways, special apperances and much more. Gears of War 4 is available worldwide October 11 on Xbox One and Windows 10 as an Xbox Play Anywhere title. Buy Gears of War 4: Ultimate Edition and play four days early, starting October 7.
Gears of War 4 takes place 25 years after the Imulsion Countermeasure weapon destroyed all Imulsion on the planet Sera, taking the Locust and the Lambent with them as well. Unfortunately, this also knocked out the use of fossil fuels, forcing humanity to adapt new ways for survival. The countermeasure also brought the advent of Windflares, powerful windstorms that form across the planet. Following the aftermath of the Lambent Epidemic, the reformed Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) estimated that only hundreds of thousands of humans are left on Sera. To prevent the population from declining, walled-off cities were built to protect the citizens from the dangers outside. The COG also declared martial law, preventing any travel from outside of city walls. Some human survivors rejected the viewpoints of the COG and formed a group called the Outsiders that live outside of the COG jurisdiction, conducting raids on COG territory to gather resources. The game focuses on the son of Marcus Fenix and Anya Stroud, J.D. Fenix, who, alongside his friends Delmont Walker and Kait Diaz deal with a new threat to humanity’s survival.
Xian was a regular ICXM contributor between 2015–2017, publishing 162 articles across game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news. Their work focused on hands-on reviews, platform commentary, and breaking-news reporting during the Xbox One X launch year and Microsoft’s wider Play Anywhere / UWP gaming initiative.