The Coalition and Splash Damage have pulled back the curtain on their upcoming RTS spin-off from the Gears universe with the launch trailer for Gears Tactics. The Microsoft game is due out on April 28 for PC via Steam, Windows 10, and Xbox Game Pass for PC. An Xbox One version is still being planned.

Set 12 years before the first Gears of War, cities on the planet Sera are beginning to fall to the monstrous threat rising from the Locust Horde. With government in disarray, a squad of survivors emerge as humanity’s last hope. You are Gabe Diaz. You job is to recruit, develop and command your squads in a desperate mission to hunt down the relentless and powerful leader of the Locust army: Ukkon, the mastermind monster who makes monsters.