Gears 5 - What’s Up – October 21st 2019 (Halloween event details)

Halloween Approaches!

The nights are getting colder, and All Hallows Eve grows closer. It’s time for Halloween to haunt Gears 5 Versus!

Pumpkin Ball

For two weeks beginning this Tuesday, Pumpkin Ball will arrive for the first time in Gears 5!

For those of you who didn’t experience our final version of Pumpkin Ball in Gears 4, Pumpkin Ball is a Dodgeball variant where the dead just won’t stay dead.

DBNO players will self revive almost instantly, making this one all about classic zombie movie traits – aim for the head or blow ‘em to pieces. Any players brought back from the dead will come back instantly in Pumpkin Ball, so be prepared for enemies to
appear out of the blue at a moment’s notice.

And of course, it wouldn’t be Halloween without our oversized Juvie Pumpkin Heads.

Special Event Reward

Fighting the undying dead comes with its own rewards– the Frankenstein Imago! Unlock this special Halloween character skin by completing 13 matches of Pumpkin Ball before the event is over.

Don’t forget to track your unlock progress in the new Tour Medals section for Pumpkin Ball.



More to Come

The Halloween festivities don’t end next week. Next Tuesday, we’ll announce our new Horde Event – The Mad Man’s Monsters, with 13 Jack-O-Lantern weapon skins to earn!

There is also a "Terminator Dark Fate Horde Event"

The onslaught of the machines begins with the Terminator Dark Fate Horde Event!

Running until October 29, this special Horde event pits COG Heroes against waves of Rev-9s, T-800s, Kestrels and Trackers.

Complete special Medals in the new Terminator: Dark Fate Tour panel to earn exclusive Terminator: Dark Fate content including a new Blood Spray, Mark and Banner!

See Terminator Dark Fate in theaters beginning November 1.

https://www.gears5.com/whatsup-oct21-2019

The site has some more information about Escape mode, Marka tuning, and supply drops / character skins.

I'm looking forward to the Halloween Horde event. In my opinion, those are always a fun time, and a simple way to keep things a bit fresh.

:)