The Coalition announced Gears 5 Operation 6 a day after their teaser sent the internet into a fervor as it used an image close to that of the Gears 2 cover. Speculation ran wild with fans hoping for an Ultimate Edition for Gears of War 2 being a reality. The blog post and all the details for Operation 6 are listed at Gears 5 | Operation 6 – Reveal & Timing Changes and below:

OPERATION 6 – REVEAL & TIMING CHANGES

Victor Hoffman clutching some cog tags while kneeling in a graveyard

Hello everyone!

The time has arrived to start talking about Operation 6!

TWO DROPS PER OPERATION

Based on feedback from the community, we spent the holiday period reorganizing planned Operations to give you more content more often. This change will see the length of our operations shortened from 16 weeks to 11 weeks.

Additionally, we know that you’ve all loved us releasing mid-operation content such as the Carmines pack, so we’re going to be shifting our Operations to two content drops per operation: one launch drop and one mid-op drop, each drop will contain at least one map and two new characters.

And with that, let’s move over to the content!

NEW CHARACTERS

COLONEL VICTOR HOFFMAN

Victor Hoffman holding a lancer inside a bunker

A soldier to the core, Colonel Victor Hoffman was instrumental in leading the COG to victory against the UIR and Locust. To meet the Swarm threat, the retired commander founded Scorpio Squad as a return to his favored approach: to strike the enemy where they live.

QUEEN REYNA

Transformed after death, Queen Reyna is the prime conduit through which the Swarm hive-mind courses. Once an Outsider leader and mother of Kait Diaz, Reyna’s reawakening now poses a threat of existential proportions to the humans of Sera.

LOCUST ZEALOT

The Locust Zealot is the result of Ukkon’s experiments with Imulsion and Kantus physiology. These religious fanatics are unique in their ferocity and unmatched in their devotion to eradicating humanity from the planet.

NEW MAP

SPEYER

Evacuated long ago, this district is a picture of the pre-Locust-war life. Its opulent interiors and quaint plazas are suited to longer-range engagements. Controlling the sanctuary requires winning close-quarters fights while teams must coordinate to dominate the sprawling academy.