Gears Dev The Coalition is Working on a New Xbox IP With Storylab Productions

Gears of War developer The Coalition is currently working on a brand-new Xbox IP, according to multimedia production house, Storylab Productions.

[butchertroll]

Like Klobrille said on Resetera ( who gave us rumor about Forza Horizon 4, Crackdown 3....) :

"I feel like people are setting themselves for disappointment. There is the possibility they gave more responsibility to Splash Damage, allowing them to do something else besides that or whatever. The Coalition is Gears though. It’s even in their name. "

https://www.resetera.com/po...

[Kribwalker]

nice of you to cut this part out though “I really didn’t search for anything Gears, sorry”

[butchertroll]

That part really doesn't matter. Got some problem with that? It’s just partnership with Storylabs.

[slate91]

I hate when people say 343 and Coalition can't work on any other IP's because of their names. Like yeah, MS is going to keep 100+ of their best developers on lock to do the same thing over and over again after disappointing sales/scores for both halo 5 and gears 4.

[Goldby]

I think it's more about how ms will continue to make them have to do the gears and halo series.

And if that happens 1 of 3 things happen.

Team A is stuck doing the main franchise causing a possible mass effect andromeda situation for the new ip

Team b is put on the main franchises making them sell less as less experienced developers are put on it causing a mass effect situation in the main franchise.

Or team b is a mix of team A making both series a success.

While I think the third option is the best it probably wont hapoen

[Obscure_Observer]

@butchertroll

It´s funny to see you trying to spin this awesome news into something negative. Lmao!

[butchertroll]

I said something negative because i'd quoted a member from Resetera who also leaked entire MS E3 2016 press conference and also Klobrille, reported that he has access to an internal Microsoft system where project entries are stored? LOL! Nice try.

I quoted words from an Xbone fan on Resetera and yet, Xbone fan on N4G said i spin awesome news into negative. Wait, what?

[Obscure_Observer]

It´s a new IP from The Coalition in partnership with storylab! Awesome news for Xbox and Windows PC owners! That´s all i know.

I also know that the crow will be served to fanboys and haters if all those leaks regarding new IPs and exclusives for the Xbox turn out to be true. Time will tell. ;)

[343_Guilty_Spark]

They are the first ones to complain about exclusives though.

[Pantz]

I wouldn't believe someone from resetera

[343_Guilty_Spark]

It’s on storylabs website

[christocolus]

Nice. Can't wait to see what they're working on.

[gangsta_red]

Very interesting, MS is seems to really be trying to turn their game situation around.

Going to be a good time this year.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Its about time if you ask me. I honestly believe the rumor Coalition are talented devs just give them the freedom they'll create a mustt have hit for Xbox.

And a much needed hit at that tbh.

[gangsta_red]

Agreed, they took care of the hardware issue one hundred folds, now they need to take of this issue.

No reason a separate team couldn't work on something else other than Gears so it's good to read that they are doing exactly this.

[yomfweeee]

Just exactly what have the done? I must have missed something.

[gangsta_red]

I must have also missed the point of your comment. What are you asking me?

[yomfweeee]

The point was obvious. You are acting like Microsoft has turned around their games situation and 2018 is going to be a great year.

So what are you basing that on? There have been zero announcements and their 2018 looks bleak.

[gangsta_red]

"You are acting like Microsoft has turned around their games situation"

I guess you missed the keyword in my original post.."TRYING".

No where did I say they did or have turned it around.

"So what are you basing that on?"

I'm basing it on rumors just like everyone else is or are we now not allowed to speculate or discuss this?

For a group who constantly rages about MS providing no games for Xbox I would think you and others would want to see this actually be true a lot more than anyone else. Or would something like this give you less to moan about?

"...and their 2018 looks bleak."

Of course it does...*yawn*

[yomfweeee]

Saying a year is going to be great based on no real information is desperation. So keep supporting Microsoft's failed decisions.

What do you mean everyone else is? Blind MS fan boys?

[chaos-emeralds]

I agree, i think they have been sorting their house out to furnish it. I hope were in for some surprises this year.

[BeOpenMinded]

Amen, with the games on all platforms I think it will be. A few unexpected PC ports will make this year one of the recent best I think for consoles

[Cuzzo63]

It's a start... But 1 new IP????

[Angainor7]

It looks like that there is some movement... Finally...

[PavelBHunter]

And that's why competition is important. This year's E3 will be really interesting.

[PsBoxGamer]

Yes this is the kinda news I like to hear.Now let some more Fabel news come in.Can't wait for E3!

[DillyDilly]

No more Gears for the rest of this generation would be interesting. Save the next Gears as a next XBOX / PC launch title

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

I want a new Perfect Dark, but new IPs are appreciated.

[chaos-emeralds]

I've heard rumours if a new Perfect Dark coming, as well as Fable and mech assault.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

There have been on and off Perfect Dark rumours since 2014. Oddly both Phil Spencer and Ken Lobb referenced rebooting Perfect Dark as a stealth-action or action-adventure game. The Fable reboot (or Fable 4) has the info relating to its rumours. Mechassualt, seems to have less associated leaks.

[UncertainCategory]

Could this be that 'Perfect Dark' reboot rumor? Though I suppose that wouldn't be a 'brand new IP' Be interesting to see where this goes.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

I could imagine, if the PD reboot was Unreal Engine 4. The Coalition would be the best 1st studio party studio to provide development assistance.

[Bronxs15]

that’s good. I wonder if it’s another third person shooter.

[Direwolf484]

Seems likely, given their experience with the tech. Could be from any number of genres though.

[ShadowWolf712]

Cogs of Combat.

[corroios]

The main problem is here is that they are working for this gen or the next? It takes much more time to make a new ip then to make the next gears, halo or forza much more time.

[BIGBOSS08]

Weren't these guys called black tusk before? They were making a new game until microsoft decided to turn them into a gears factory. Let them follow their vision and make a new game. F*ck gears. Gears has been In decline for years. It doesn't have the selling power it used to.

[Jinger]

Yes they were Black Tusk until they WILLINGLY accepted taking on the Gears of War franchise. MS didn't force them to do it. Gears is awesome so shush your face.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

He’s okay with the 5 Uncharted that have come out.

[showtimefolks]

good new IP's if done right are always interesting(and a bit risky for the publisher) i wonder if this game is gonna be Horizon for MS(because few months ago they were hiring people to working on something on similar scale

fable 4 please let that happen too(will be on xbox 2 since earliest possible would be 2020 unless a development team has been at work already for years)

i think it will be very interesting to see how MS treats crackdown 3. It was delayed after E3 showing was very disappointing and it got a lot of negative feedback so hopefully this extra time will make CD3 a great game

I like that atleast MS are starting to show they care and hopefully this years E3 will have a lot of exciting announcements. Xbox brand will gain a lot of momentum if ms announces these in a meaningful manner

exciting times for us gamers

[Einhander1971]

It's what Xbox desperately needs AAA exclusives. Surely E3 will bring something to the table with new announcements. I expect things are happening in the background some where.

[LateNightThirst]

They have a ton of talent at the studio, Fergusson aside they brought on some personal from Irrational too ( Bioshock makers), so excited for this. Hoping its a 3rd person space opera

[Bobafret]

I wonder if they can have anything ready for e3 2018.

[Yohshida]

Just announce it 4 years out and call it a day, works for sony

[Ashlen]

When was Crackdown announced, how about Sea of Thieves?

[Yohshida]

Sea of Thieves 2015 - 3 years
Crackdown 3 2014 - 4 years

Dream 2015 - 3 years
Final Fantasy VII Remake 2015 - 3 years and no release year yet
Shenmue 3 2015 - 3 years and no release year yet
Last Guardian 2009 - took them 7 years
Last of us 2 2016 - Probably late 2019
Death Stranding 2016 - Probably 2020
Days Gone 2016 - Not even in the 2018 Playstation Games ad

[LateNightThirst]

@VideoGame

Doesn't count its Sony, their announcements and delays are for the gamers, Microsoft's are to hurt people's personal lives and bring the earth closer to apocalypse

[Yohshida]

Every time a Xbox gets sold, a Angel loses its wings, FACT!

[quent]

Rumor has it that its from a series Rare worked on, some fps, can't remember the name

[Yohshida]

Perfect Dark was the rumor. But according to the site its a new IP

[Direwolf484]

According to the ResetEra leak, The Coalition was helping another studio (likely Rare) make Perfect Dark. This is a new IP that The Coalition is developing. Both can coexist.

[BadElf]

I was very intrigued with the rumor of The Coalition working on a new Perfect Dark.....or atleast was helping with the development....

[DillyDilly]

Could this be the one that was rumored two years ago ? https://gamerant.com/gears-...

[TheColbertinator]

First good rumor I've heard from Coalition in years

[UCForce]

So MS willing let go one of their studio to do something new. Good, now next is 343.

[Tobse]

Rather have them make the next Halo game. New ips are hit or miss while every Xbox Fan loves the Halo series. Heck, Halo 5 managed to sell around 15 Million copies on a low install base

[UCForce]

I thought Halo 5 sold about 5 millions copies. Halo 3 sold about 12 millions.

[Tobse]

It sold 5 Million in the first 3 months with 343 confirming 16,5 Million Players on forge ( one Mode) in mid 2016. Save to say its well above Halo 3 numbers

[Lazarus69]

I'm sorry but i think it's ridiculous that you think Halo 5 sold 15million copies, do you have any proof to back that up??. Games make the majority of there sales in the first few months after release yet your claiming that Halo some how has manged to treble its. I find that hard to believe.

[Tobse]

They announced the number at a RTX panel in 2016. The game still hits the weekly uk Charts of most sold games even after all that time. How would you explain 16.5 Million unique Players on one game Mode in 2016? Every Xbox gamer made 10 Accounts? Just because they dont announce official numbers doesnt mean the games sold bad. Heck, they even announced Halo player numbers Match Halo 3 a while back. Sources :
http://m.ie.ign.com/article...

https://www.reddit.com/r/xb...

[LP-Eleven]

Halo 5 did NOT sell 15m. Just stop.

[Razzer]

Seems the site page got yanked. So.....confirmed!

[UCForce]

What do you mean by that ?

[Direwolf484]

The StoryLabs Productions page showing a new IP was taken down, which almost certainly means it's real and they announced it too early.

[UCForce]

@Direwoof484 I see. But why did you say “almost” ? Even I know its going to be new IP which is good thing. Now up next is 343.

[Direwolf484]

@UCForce Almost because without an actual statement it's only 99.9% certain, not 100%.

[opooqo]

Ms needs a new brute force and fuzion frenzy.

[chaos-emeralds]

I think Microsoft have laid their foundations, now its time they come back with a knock out array of new games. I think its going to happen.

[FallenAngel1984]

I’d rather take a complete confirmation than a rumor

[PhoenixUp]

What a surprise, Microsoft confirmed these rumors to be false

[Gman32]

good i hope they can make a big seller for micosoft

[Kiwi66]

So MS do what many keep saying they should do by letting their studios work on new IP's and all some people do is find something negative in it instead of being positive

[stokedAF]

It sounds too risky for Xbox. Any significant new IPs will probably be done by a contracted 3rd party studio. Their history shows no interest in letting their developers take on their own creative tasks. Their duties are to build games on Xbox properties. Microsoft publishing has been the experimental battlegrounds. I don’t know who storylabs is but I’m not expecting anything huge out of this announcement even it’s true. Not a new IP on the gears level I mean.

[Tobse]

So Sea of Thieves and Kinect Sports are not two new first Party IPs?

[stokedAF]

There are new IPs but they aren’t on the scale of a gears or a halo. Sea of thieves will make or break rare, if it’s not successful then Rare will be gone.

If Microsoft is expecting the gears or halo numbers then Rare is certainly toast. The Kinect is dead also. If Microsoft has reasonable expectations then it could only be a good thing for Microsoft taking more risks with their first party. They didn’t buy Minecraft so the devs could design new games, understand where I’m coming from?

[Tobse]

Halo numbers? Not even the biggest PlayStation exclusive is hitting Halo numbers. They cant just pump out huge exclusives. PUBG is the only exclusive that will be that big

[LP-Eleven]

Um, Uncharted 4 is just underneath 10 million (and still very much selling), the highest selling PlayStation exclusive (GT3) is higher than any Halo game, and Halo, itself, isn't hitting anywhere near numbers those numbers anymore.

So I don't get what you mean.

[stokedAF]

You missed my point about the numbers. Sea of thieves will not be a top tier franchise for them. If they are expecting that then Rare is toast like lionhead.

PlayStation has more studios and takes more chances in terms of original property risk. Neither is an inherently bad route to take. I’m not insulting Microsoft, I just said their publisher wing is where the risk is. There is nothing wrong with that so I don’t see how Sony is relevant at all.

[Cy]

Hopefully a new IP that won't take 3 more years to release.

[TheOttomatic91]

GaaS MP battle arena with game with TONS of microtransactions.

[zerocarnage]

There's been a fair few announcements last few weeks with studios doing new games for Microsoft, hope so and will be nice to see what they are and if the ball gets rolling on more exclusives.

Till then I got nuff, games to play on and can wait longer, no rush and no biggie, especially how monster Hunter world releases in few weeks now, can't wai for that..

[2ndhandcorn]

Sweet enjoyed Gears 4 hope the new game is linear as well for their first game Gears was solid.

[ZwVw]

Finally gonna get back to work on that abandoned ShangHeist project, eh?

[holysmokesbatman]

PD

[doos_vd_kak]

Turn 10 new IP
Coalition new IP
Fable 4
Perfect Dark (rumour)
Sea of thieves
State of decay 2
Halo 6
Gears 5

I dont usually give microsoft credit and i have been cynical of the xbox one for it's lack of content but this is great news. I want more games for my xbox. This is the step in the direction and i fully support it. I hope all these games deliver

[lellkay]

I saw somewhere its rumored to be a reboot of the Perfect Dark franchise...I could get behind that.

[tim666]

I would love to see a 3rd person horror game from them with a creepy atmosphere and some weapons ( scarce ammo) to defend yourself. A good mixture of lovecraft horror plus psychological horror (old silent hill games). To sum it up an atmospheric psychological horror game with some action elements. \m/

[jay2]

they should bring back the old game before they had to drop it for gears 4.

[FernDiggidy]

I hope this news and the rumor about Horizon team working on a new fable, are true!

[AmUnRa]

Not true, Microsoft denying it that it is the chase, no new IP from the coalition.

[Tazzy]

Funny how Microsoft denied it take things with a grain of salt.