After reviewing player feedback on Gears of War 4’s cosmetic microtransactions and card system, developer The Coalition made significant changes to the ways players earn and can buy rewards in Gears 5

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Costumes

Weapon Skins

Banners (replacing emblems, have more surface area)

Expressions (emotes)

Executions

Blood Sprays

Marks (used when you mark a target)

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The Coalition told IGN that with Gears 5 , players will know exactly what they're getting if they choose to purchase a cosmetic with real money."The only random kind of chance you have is that there's a type of content that we essentially give to the player for free just for playing," The Coalition's Studio Head Rod Fergusson said. "I like to sort of point to Forza horizons wheel spin as sort of an example of that, that when you play long enough you'll fill up a supply drop, and no matter what you're doing, whether you're playing Campaign, or you're playing Hoard or Versus or Escape, that's just contributing to Supply Drops. And then out of the blue, you'll hit a supply drop and then it'll give you some content and that will get pulled from a pool of content."Once a player obtains enough Scrap, the free currency unique to Supply Drops, they can use it to craft a cosmetic of their choosing within that pool. There are more ways to earn cosmetics for free. Gears 5 also has a challenge system called Tour of Duty, which provides daily and long-term challenges that unlock specific rewards as they’re completed.There are seven types of cosmetics in Gears 5:If you choose to buy a cosmetic from the store with real money, you’ll do so with a currency called Iron that’ll be available for purchase in the Microsoft Store. The Coalition is still working on deciding how or if it’ll be earnable.Another earnable and purchasable element are Hero Characters. These characters are used in Escape and Horde and come with their own set of abilities. The Coalition didn't reveal exactly how long it'd take to unlock them, but you can see what these Hero Characters can do with IGN’s Gears 5 Escape exclusive gameplay.Be sure to check out our hands-on with Gears 5's Escape mode Gears 5's release date is September 10, 2019 -- and it there's a pretty crazy Gears 5 Collector's Edition , too. IGN has even more Gears 5 Escape content on the way. Be sure to stay tuned all June long for details on Escape’s story, more on the map builder, and plenty of other Gears news.

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