Amidst rumors about the game’s ongoing development,Gears 6trends on the social media platform Twitter.Gears 6 wasfeatured in an Nvidia leak last year, where several other leaked titles have been confirmed since, but that’s the closest gamers have come to having any solid information on the title.Considering thatGears 6has never been officially announced by The Coalition, it’s amazing just how much hype there is for the long-awaited game. Players are waiting for any official news about the title, with all whisperings seeming to come from third parties. Just recently,JD’s voice actor Liam McIntyre claimed he hadn’t been contacted forGears 6. This doesn’t mean the game isn’t in development, but it could mean that gamers face a decent wait yet before they get their hands on a sequel.RELATED:Gears of War Creator Cliff Bleszinski Announces First Comic BookIt seems that a big reason thatGears 6is trending on Twitter is due to hype for theupcoming Xbox Games Showcase. There are plenty of rumors about what the showcase will reveal, andGears 6is one that keeps coming up as a possibility with one particular tweet by Insider Gaming inspiring plenty of talk. It’s certainly a game that fans are wanting to have officially confirmed, as it has now been four years sinceGears 5was released. Bringing back theGearsfranchise seems like a safe bet to get gamers on board with Microsoft’s first-party line-up, and the Xbox Games Showcase is the perfect place to do that.
As well as the Xbox Games Showcase, there were other contributing factors to theGears 6Twitter hype.Gears of Warseries creator Cliff Bleszinski put out a Tweet claiming that “IF they doGears 6Marcus HAS TO DIE,” a take that inspired much conversation about the game. Some agreed, others disagreed, but there’s no doubt that it got the people talking.
There was even another user on the site that claimedGears 6had been canceled, but this was quickly disputed by reputable journalist Jez Corden. Given the enduring popularity of the franchise, the claim did seem unlikely.
WhetherGears 6shows at the Xbox Games Showcase or not, gamers hopefully don’t have too much longer to wait until its existence is confirmed by The Coalition. The longest gap betweenGearsgames currently stands at five years betweenGears of War 3and4, which makes sense given the change in developer. With one rumor suggesting thatThe Coalition canceled two games to work onGears 6, it seems there’s still a lot left to be said about the franchise despite the lack of any official confirmation.
