One of the longest-running rumours that Xbox plans to re-release the Gears of War Trilogy in a new remaster collection. The original rumors said it would be revealed last year, though it was postponed for unknown reasons.
With Xbox essentially going full third-party and porting all their games to rival platforms, we may be getting an announcement for the Gears of War Trilogy Collection soon, as a new rumor claims it will launch on the PS5 on day one.
With Xbox announcing yesterday that Forza Horizon 5 would launch on the PS5 this Spring, the invisible red tape holding back Xbox IPs from appearing on PlayStation platforms was officially “torn off.” As one of the big three franchises under Xbox’s wing, the other being Halo and Gears of War, Forza Horizon 5 making the jump to PlayStation basically sealed the deal that anything was possible.
As such, a slew of new rumors has been cropping up online, the latest about the rumored Gears of War Trilogy Collection. While not officially announced, many credible sources have confirmed its existence in the past year. This latest round of rumors, though, originates from YouTuber personaand reliabel leaker eXtas1s, who says the Gears of War Trilogy Collection is coming to PlayStation 5 the same day it releases on the Xbox Series X|S and PC.
“I can talk about Gears Collection because Gears Collection has cost me a lot to corroborate its existence but it seems that it exists and I can confirm that at the moment in which Gears Collection is announced, which I don’t know when it will be but it will be announced as multiplatform day one. I repeat again. When these kinds of remasters are announced, remasters of the old Gears games are going to be able to be cross-platform play simultaneously. The only thing I haven’t been able to confirm is the launch of a Switch version, but it can be played cross-platform on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.”
Of course, take this rumor with a pinch of salt, as nothing is official until it’s official. However, given recent decisions on porting games to other platforms, we’d say this is likely a safe bet, if anything. Of note, we were told of the Gears of War Collection last year, though our source didn’t mention that it would be appearing on PS5 the same day.
It’s ironic enough that the idea of Gears of War on PlayStation isn’t old. Gears of War 3 was reportedly being considered for the PS3, with a playable build leaking a few years back. Obviously, those plans never went through, with the series remaining an Xbox-exclusive, and being a flagship title for the platform. With these rumors now growing stronger every day, we’d say the odds are good that the series is coming to PlayStation.
