Following the long development of Gears of War: E-Day, its studio has made a reassuring promise to fans regarding the next game in the Xbox franchise. Seven years have passed since Gears 5 and E-Day, which chose the risky option of offering a prequel, leaving the current story with Kait and JD on a cliffhanger that may never have a continuation. However, nothing is less certain, as The Coalition and Xbox clearly intend to bet heavily on this flagship franchise, and now that E-Day has laid a foundation for the future of the series on the Unreal Engine 5, according to the studio director, one can expect the next game to arrive much more quickly, regardless of the story it will tell. A next Gears of War with a development process significantly faster than E-Day? If it took seven long years to have a new Gears game in the form of E-Day, it is because The Coalition has completely rebuilt everything from scratch specifically for the Unreal Engine 5, without reusing any elements from previous games on the earlier version of Epic's engine. In an interview with the BBC, the studio director, Mike Crump, answered a question regarding the continuation of the franchise. At the moment, The Coalition at least considers a sequel to Gears of War: E-Day, which Crump described as an "excellent foundation." Now that the team has a well-stocked bank of assets under Unreal Engine 5, the design of a new game on the franchise should thus, according to Crump, "clearly not take as long as E-Day." In another context, the BBC questioned the director of The Coalition about potential layoffs in the framework of the "Reset" of Xbox if the results of Gears of War: E-Day are not up to par, especially following the dismissal of the narrative director, Juan Vaca, and other employees before the game's release. "What I tell myself and my teams is that we need to focus on what we can control. Here, we need to focus on making a great game that people will love, and I think we have succeeded." What can be expected from The Coalition's next game in the franchise? For now, The Coalition is focused on post-launch support for Gears of War: E-Day, and does not appear to have fully solidified plans for their next game. Whether it is a direct sequel to E-Day or a return to the present for a canonical sixth episode, nothing is currently set in stone on Sera. Referring to the past of the franchise, however, one can expect a title even larger and more ambitious, now that the foundations are in place, allowing developers to really let loose. One can also hope to see in the next Gears game under Unreal Engine 5 several elements that the developers who created E-Day from scratch could not integrate, such as several iconic mechanics from Gears of War 2, such as human/locust shields, chainsaw duels, and a wider variety of weapons. Even if The Coalition's next game will have a shorter development time, it will still take several years to see it emerge.