The most recent information indicates that Gears 6 entered maximum production a short time ago, after The Coalition canceled its two new IPs to focus on the development of the sixth installment of the saga, and now it has been confirmed that the study will have the Support from a veteran Gears of War member. Specifically, It is about the writer and co-director Joshua Ortegawho worked on the first games in the franchise.
This has been confirmed by Ortega himself through his official Twitter profile, where he has posted a message confirming his return to the franchise. With his arrival at The Coalition, the studio ensures the presence of a true veteran of the franchise, who, as demonstrated in his own profile, has been involved in many aspects of the history of the franchise starring Marcus. Phoenix at that time.
Once again it’s on! 💥💥💥💥💥💥https://t.co/wMjE9xbqbp
— Joshua Ortega (@JoshuaOrtega88) February 21, 2023
This veteran member of Gears of War participated in the history of two franchise titles
Specifically, as the creative points out, Ortega was commissioned to write and co-direct Gears of War 2in which he also produced the presentation trailer, consulted for television commercials, the marketing campaign and even wrote the instruction manual (in those times when these were still present in the physical editions of the games).
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In addition, Ortega was also in charge of create the story and narrative level design of Gears of War 3 alongside Cliff Bleszinski, as well as the story of the Shadow of RAAM DLC. But his participation in the saga is not limited to video games, since the writer also wrote the story for the first 13 comics of the prequel to the franchise that was published by DC Comics.
As we can see, this veteran member of Gears of War has a lot of background behind him, and there is no doubt that he is a great addition for the development of the next installment in the franchise. For now we will have to wait and see what his participation in Gears 6 will consist of, but it is very likely that he will be one of the singing voices in as far as the narrative aspect of the title is concerned.