Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Gears of War: E-Day — a deep dive with the devs Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 10, 2026 8 min Microsoft spent much of the air time at its Xbox Showcase on Sunday with a session that focused on the Xbox exclusive Gears of... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Xbox/Bethesda E3 2021: Where were games like Avowed, Perfect Dark, and Fable? Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 13, 2021 2 min Microsoft has a lot of games in the works, but the company is dealing with limits of physics as well as some poor timing.... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay How Xbox Game Pass freed The Coalition to make Gears Tactics for PC Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 24, 2020 3 min Gears Tactics is launching April 28 for Windows 10, Xbox Game Pass for PC, and Steam. On How Games Make Money this week, host... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Gears Tactics keeps players engaged by amping up its Gears-ness Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 27, 2020 3 min Gears Tactics is a Gears game. That’s the impression I came away with after watching the developers play the turn-based tactical adventure for an... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Rod Fergusson leaves Gears and The Coalition to run Diablo for Blizzard Posted byby Mike Minotti February 5, 2020 1 min Rod Fergusson announced today that he is leaving The Coalition, the Microsoft studio behind the Gears franchise, to lead the Diablo franchise for Blizzard... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Gears 5 interview — Rod Fergusson explains the story, characters, accessibility, and ending Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 9, 2019 18 min Rod Fergusson, studio head of The Coalition, went out on a limb recently when he said that Gears of War 5 is the finest... Continue Reading 18 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Gears 5 review — The Coalition nails action and emotion in one of series’ finest games Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 4, 2019 9 min The Gears of War saga has always been a mixture of intense combat, serious war story, ridiculous over-the-top scenes, and comedy in a world... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How Germany does gaming events right with Gamescom Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 23, 2019 5 min In the past, Gamescom (the giant fan event in Cologne, Germany) was a sideshow for the worldwide game industry. Companies could choose to come... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Gears 5 shows off Horde co-op mode at Gamescom Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 19, 2019 3 min Microsoft and game developer The Coalition have revealed the new Horde mode co-op play for Gears 5 at the Gamescom 2019 event in Cologne,... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Gears 5 launch gets new Xbox One hardware bundles Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 6, 2019 2 min Microsoft is about to launch Gears 5 for Xbox One on September 10, and the company is planning a lot of new hardware and... Continue Reading 2 min