Gears 5 Operation 8 has been revealed, adding new characters, a new map, new game mode, and more when it launches next week.
Gears of War 3’s Bernadette Mataki will be one of the characters joining the game, along with Ketor Vrol, a locust first introduced in the Gears of War: The Rise of RAAM comic book series. You’ll be able to take both characters into battle on the new Ritual map, ancient ruins where the Weilehan people once worshipped the Wakaatu.
Operation 8 will also add Capture the Flag as Gears 5’s eighth and final competitive mode, with exclusive banners to unlock and a new leaderboard to climb. PvP will also be seeing a few tweaks and quality of life changes, listed below.
- Alongside all the updates above, we have some significant quality of life changes coming to the Versus experience, including some competitive changes.
- We’re removing the ability to see the PC Icon in…

