The first details of the Gears of War spin-off have emerged via Game Informer.
The Xbox 360 game is being developed by People Can Fly and will take place 15 years before the original Gears of War – with Baird and the rest of Killo Squad standing trial for transgression against the Coalition of Governments.
Th trial is set in Halvo Bay – which is described as a “modern day San Franciso” and is home to the Onyx Guard Academy.
Gears of War: Judgement will be a third-person shooter and will – according to Game Informer subscribers – People Can Fly is ” heavily involved” in both the campaign and multiplayer with Epic’s original creators on hand to “make sure it’s still Gears”.
While the campaign details are scarce, the multiplayer appears as if it will undergo a relatively major makeover. Online battles will now be class-based with a new “Team Fortress-style” game mode called Overrun.
Locust classes will include Wretches, Tickers, Kantus , Grenadiers, Corpsers and more, while COG classes will include Engineers (with the ability to plant sentry turrets and repair fortifications), Soldiers (deploy ammo crates), Medics (with stim gas grenades) and Scouts (with sniper rifles and the ability to climb some terrain).
Microsoft’s E3 press conference is today at 5pm BST / 9am PST – at which more may still be revealed.
