Today, Gears 5 players can enjoy a new Operation, called Hollow Storm, which makes quite some changes to the multiplayer portion of the game.
New characters
This Operation brings seven new characters to Gears 5. And it separates class and characters in PvE modes. In Horde and Escape players will now be able to pair any character with any class. This also means characters previously not available to Horde or Escape mode are now available.
The new characters are:
- Dizzy Wallin
- Tai Kaliso
- Skorge
- Anya Stroud
- Lambent Drone
- Lambent Grenadier
- Lambent Theron Guard
Dizzy, Tai, Anya and Skorge can be picked up with the Operation 5 Bundle.
New achievements
| Name | Description | Gamerscore |
| Class Act | Reach level five on any one Assault, one Tank and one Support | 5 |
| The Centaur Set | Max out each of the Anchor, Gunner, Pilot, Veteran, Brawler classes | 10 |
| A Gear of many Talents | Complete a Versus match in each of Regency, River, Nexus, Clocktower, and Gridlock | 5 |
| Exterminating the Hollow | Get 100 eliminations in Nexus | 5 |
| Places to go, monsters to kill | Win a Ranked match in each of Regency, River, Nexus, Clocktower, and Gridlock | 10 |
| So there’s the hero | Collect one Heroic skin | 5 |
| Didn’t want to look too civilized | Collect 20 Epic character skins | 5 |
| Ben would have loved this thing | Get an elimination with the Scorcher | 5 |
| Solid Gold | Beat the Gold Time in a Featured Escape | 5 |
| Such carnage | Get 400 GP in a Ranked match from eliminations | 5 |
| Break them. Brutalize them. | Get 100 GP in a Ranked match from ring breaks | 5 |
| You’ve got character, kid | Own 50 character skins | 5 |
| Gun Collector | Own 360 weapon skins | 10 |
New maps (or returning maps)
- Nexus
- Regency
- Gridlock
- Clocktower
- River (Gears of War 2)
Want to learn more about this update? Check out the full blog post at Xbox Wire.
