Microsoft and its developer The Coalition are pleased to announce this week that the highly anticipated Gears 5 for the Xbox One has gone gold – meaning the game is final and it’s off to manufacturing to meet its September 6 release.
In addition, gamers who will be going to Gamescom this month will have a chance to get a glimpse of the game’s Horde mode. With the company showcasing the new Horde mode, it’s safe to say that a tech test should be happening this month.
“From all of us at The Coalition, we couldn’t be more excited to share Gears 5 with the world. I want thank the team here who has worked so hard for our fans, and we all hope you are all as excited as we are to play Gears 5,” said studio head Rod Fergusson in the announcement. “This is furthest we have ever taken the franchise, living our studio mantra of ‘if you want to go far go together’.”
For achievement hunters out there, The Coalition and Microsoft also released the full achievement list:
Campaign Achievements
| Name | Description | Gamerscore |
| My Body Is Ready | Complete Boot Camp | 5 |
| It Takes Three To Make A Thing Go Right | Complete an Act of Campaign in 3 player co-op | 10 |
| Jack of One Trade | Complete an Act of the Campaign as playable Jack (any difficulty) | 5 |
| I Was Born In A Crossfire Hurricane | Use Jack’s Flash ability to stun 3 enemies at once in Campaign | 10 |
| Back Atcha | Get a kill with ricochet bullets using Jack’s Barrier Ability | 10 |
| Back On Your Feet, Soldier | Use Jack’s Stim upgraded ability to revive a DBNO friendly in Campaign | 10 |
| Shock and Awe | Use Jack’s Shock Trap ability to shock 6 enemies at once in Campaign | 10 |
| Seraninja | Use Jack’s Cloak ability to cloak and execute 3 enemies before de-cloaking in Campaign | 10 |
| An Enemy Among Us | Get a kill with a Hijacked Pouncer, Warden, Stump and Elite Hunter in Campaign | 15 |
| Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie | Use Jack’s Fetch ability to acquire each Heavy Weapon in Campaign | 10 |
| Jack of All Trades | Acquire all of Jack’s Ultimate upgrades in Campaign | 25 |
| JACKed Up! | Fully upgrade Jack’s Abilities and Passives in Campaign | 25 |
| Relic Hunter | Equip 3 Relic Weapons at one time in Campaign | 10 |
| Relics of the Past | Kill an enemy with every Relic Weapon in Campaign | 20 |
| Not There To Buy A Timeshare | Unlock during Act 1 of the Campaign | 10 |
| And… He’s All Yours | Unlock during Act 1 of the Campaign | 10 |
| Now I Gotta Get Up Again | Unlock during Act 1 of the Campaign | 10 |
| A Mouthful of Boom | Unlock during Act 1 of the Campaign | 10 |
| It’s Time We Fight Them Together | Unlock during Act 2 of the Campaign | 10 |
| Jameson Shipping Depot | Unlock during Act 2 of the Campaign | 10 |
| That Old COG Technology | Unlock during Act 2 of the Campaign | 10 |
| Let’s Get You Some Answers | Unlock during Act 2 of the Campaign | 10 |
| We Need The Old Plan | Unlock during Act 2 of the Campaign | 10 |
| Safe and Sound | Unlock during Act 3 of the Campaign | 10 |
| Cutting It Close | Unlock during Act 3 of the Campaign | 10 |
| Throw A Switch, See What Happens | Unlock during Act 3 of the Campaign | 10 |
| Let’s Keep Pissin It Off! | Unlock during Act 3 of the Campaign | 10 |
| Then We Watch Each Other’s Backs | Unlock during Act 4 of the Campaign | 10 |
| You Know I Ain’t Going Out Like That | Unlock during Act 4 of the Campaign | 10 |
| Discovered the True Threat To Sera | Complete all Acts of the Campaign (Any Difficulty) | 20 |
| All Aboard The Crazy Train! | Complete all Acts of the Campaign on Insane | 25 |
| It’s Not Hoarding If Your Stuff Is Cool | Collect all Campaign Collectibles | 15 |
| Pennies from Heaven | Scavenge supplies from all fallen Condors in Act 2 and 3 | 10 |
Escape and Map Builder Achievements
| Name | Description | Gamerscore |
| Pass The Soap | Pass through a refuge shower with 3 Hivebusters in the same shower cubicle | 5 |
| Master Of My Domain | Complete an Escape Hive on each difficulty | 25 |
| Who You Gonna Call? Hivebusters! | Complete 5 Escape Hives as each one of Mac, Lahni and Keegan | 10 |
| The Three Musketeers | Inflict 9000 damage in Escape while 3 Ultimate Abilities are active | 15 |
| On The Razor’s Edge | Get 100 kills while inside Hivebuster Venom | 10 |
| Brought A Knife To A Gun Fight | Complete an Escape Hive without firing a shot on Master Difficulty | 25 |
| Who’s Your Escape Main? | Reach Character Level 15 with a launch Escape Character | 10 |
| Master Escape Artist | Reach Character Level 15 with Mac, Lahni and Keegan | 20 |
| I Made It All By Myself | Create and publish an Escape Hive | 10 |
| Homegrown Hive | Complete a Featured community build Escape Hive | 10 |
Horde Achievements
| Name | Description | Gamerscore |
| Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop | Beat 50 Consecutive Waves of Horde (any difficulty) | 25 |
| Who’s Your Horde Main? | Reach Character Level 15 with a launch Horde Character | 10 |
| Compulsive Horder | Reach Character Level 15 with Kait, JD, Del, Marcus, Fahz and Jack | 20 |
| And I’ll Form The Head! | Kill a Boss in Horde while all 5 players have active Ultimate Abilities | 10 |
| Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | As Jack, convert one of each weapon to Power using the Forge in Horde | 20 |
| Withdrawal Symptoms | As a team, collect Power from all 4 Power Taps within one wave of Horde | 20 |
| Perky’s Revenge | Get a kill with 3 Perks active in Horde | 10 |
Versus Achievements
| Name | Description | Gamerscore |
| Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship | Play a match of Arcade | 5 |
| One Sec, I’ll Be Right Back | Switch characters in an Arcade match and kill an opponent who previously killed you | 10 |
| Where’s My Product Endorsement Deal? | Win 5 matches of Arcade | 10 |
| My Place In The Machine | Complete placement matches for a Ranked Playlist | 5 |
| Grind Season | Win a Ranked Match in each week of a Ranked Season | 25 |
Progression and Other Achievements
| Name | Description | Gamerscore |
| Sire, Interrupted | Kill a Sire while it’s kidnapping a teammate (any mode) | 5 |
| A Good Plan, Violently Executed | Execute 100 Rejects (any mode) | 15 |
| You’ve Got A Friend In Me | Make a new Ally in Gears Allies | 5 |
| Did We Just Become Best Friends? | Reach Level 5 with an ally in Gears Allies | 10 |
| BFFs | Complete a Versus match with a team of four Level 5 Gears Allies | 15 |
| Once More From The Top | Re-Up! | 20 |
| One, Two, Three Sorties | Complete all 3 Objectives for Tour of Duty in a day | 5 |
| Corporal Punishment | Reach the rank of Corporal in a Tour of Duty | 10 |
| Sergeant at Arms | Reach the rank of Sergeant in a Tour of Duty | 15 |
| LOOTenant | Reach the rank of Lieutenant in a Tour of Duty | 20 |
| I’m The Captain Now | Reach the rank of Captain in a Tour of Duty | 25 |
| Generally Awesome | Reach the rank of General in a Tour of Duty | 50 |
| Seriously 5.0 – Chapter 1 | Complete Insane Campaign, Master Horde & Escape Launch Maps & Characters, Get 20 Re-Ups and reach General in a Tour of Duty |
Gears 5 will be available on September 6 for Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, including Steam. It will also be available on Game Pass as well. Stay tuned for our coverage.