According to an upcoming issue of OXM Magazine the next installment of the Gears of War series will add a Free-for all mode to multiplayer. It will be the first time a FFA game type has appeared in the series.
Though I love to see developers add new elements to a game going on it's fourth installment, I'm not sure how FFA will play out in the Gears universe. Gears is a game designed from the ground up to played as a team. A FFA game type seems like it would eliminate some of the game play features that make Gears such a unique MP experience. For example, does cover become completely obsolete when you have no teammates watching to be sure no one comes up behind you with their shotgun ready to turn you to bits? Also, Radar has always seemed to me to be a must in FFA games to serve as a cheap substitute for teammates. Does that mean we can expect a radar in a Gears game? Not sure how I feel about that.
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