Former Xbox Live Chief Enforcer Working on Gears of War for Xbox One

Former Xbox Live Chief Enforcer Working on Gears of War for Xbox One

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Lee Bradley

Former Xbox Live director of enforcement, Stephen Toulouse, has taken a role with Gears of War developer Black Tusk Studios, as director of community engagement.

"I don't know a console gamer who doesn't remember that incredible introduction to the world of Gears of War," said Toulouse in a blog post. "I was hooked. I was sold. That was a day one purchase for me.”

"Since then Gears of War is the only title I have played every release through in coop, with my friend Mark. We'll put off playing the game until we can set aside a week to play it together. I've played multiplayer, and done the entire 50 waves of Horde mode for charity with my friend.

"So when the outstanding team at Black Tusk asked me to help them make the best Gears of War experience to date by representing the community and being their advocate, how could I say no?

As part of his new role, Toulouse will observe community feedback and filter it through to the development team. 

"I don't just want us to make the best next generation Gears of War game ever,” said Toulouse. “I want to make sure that everyone playing the game today feels just as good today and down the road in their investment into our amazing world as we do. There's a Gears nation out there. I'm a part of it and it's amazing."

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  • yay, Gears of war news! woooooooooh cant stop the Cole Train baby!!!!
  • What's a director of enforcement when its at home?
  • Ditch campaign mode, ditch the entire cast(cos they are all awful) and bring back horde and beast.
  • Absolutely not ditch campaign. Campaign needs to come first. Horde mode is awesome, but campaign is the heart of the game
  • Did he sent a diary page? So cute. Bottom line - he's wanted to oil the machine with marketing lies.
  • It will be really interesting to see what they do with the story. I'm also still expecting to see GoW to do what Halo is doing and re-release GoW 1-3 And the first and only thing people would be saying about the multiplayer is "The shotgun better be the same as it was in the first GoW" But it won't due to no Players being able to be the "Host" of a match, cause the way multiplayer is set up now adays.
  • As long as it's not the let down that Judgment was. I always love a great session insane horde.
  • Multiplayer on this game doesn't interest (probably because am crap at it)But I love everything else! Story is brilliant (as are the books)co-op love it & Horde & beast great fun with friends.. Bloody good all rounder. Judgement never got into, need to give it another go but just didn't feel right. You need to bring back Marcus!!!
  • Why did i get downvoted for asking a serious question im just curious
  • Bring back gears 1 multiplayer and I'll get a cog tattoo around my eye lol...please!!!!
  • Gears of war sort of went downhill, but hopefully the new game will be good. Played gow 1,2 and 3. Didn't enjoy gowj much. Hopefully black tusc can take notes from games which worked and not add stuff that people didn't enjoy. Also wish they brought back the dark setting from gow 1, and the character development and emotional feeling from gow 3 when Dom died. This may make me purchase Xbox one
  • haha...#3 knows how to make enemies fast! On another note...great news! :)
  • I'm looking forward to playing a Gear on my Xbox One. Just hope they don't do another Judgement. I would really love to see one set during the Pendulum wars, but I'm sure that's what everyone says.
  • @9 Get used to it mate. You get down voted on this site for everything, especially if you say anything positive about Xbox consoles, sites overrun with Sony fanboys. In response to your question a director of policy and enforcement is the person who sets the community standards, in which he or she implements the rules of Xbox Live and helps to make the Xbox Live experience a safe and enjoyable one.
  • Gears is AWESOME! Need to get a One sometime especially for this! (:
  • Tired of hearing about gears 1 multi. Believe it or not 3's MP is better than one.
  • Just hope it's going to be 1080p and 60fps.
  • I agree #16 Gears 1 MP sucked Gears 3 is the best in the Series as a whole.
  • As long as in the campaign they don't solely focus on the co-op gameplay, like they did in Judgment, I'll be happy. But the one great thing about Judgment was Paduk. If he was in the next game, I would be ecstatic. Otherwise, seeing a return of the modes we all know and love would be great. Horde, Beast (my personal favorite), maybe Overrun if they tweak the balancing issues, and all the multiplayer modes. A return of Arms Race would be great because that was bloody fun. Excited to see what comes next.
  • @14 thank you +1 for you :) and yeah i don't get it you rarely see Xbox people on ps trophies guess the community of gamers has turned into them v us rather than solidarity
  • @5 - I agree with you that we need the return of Horde and, to a lesser extent, Beast, but ditching the campaign is just plain wrong. There would never have been a Gears 2 without the campaign, and I am not alone in never touching the PvP aspect of the game. Horde is where I have ploughed the most hours, but the campaign is the heart of the experience and is something that I and my friends enjoy playing through.
  • Oops! I meant @3.. Sorry No.5.
  • Played the first 2, tried 3 didn't really enjoy it. However if be down with a gears of war package like the master cheif edition. Would def drum up some interest in the game as well as allow me to finish 3.
  • So... hes basically a fancier titled community manager or what? Either way the sooner we get another Gears title the better because i need to know where microsoft take the series as Judgement whilst still Gears had nothing like the kind of impact the Epic produced games did for me. Best of luck to them, i love the series and would like to see it come back bigger and better than ever. In fact thinking about it... Gears 1 was THE game which blew me away with the last gen for its hd graphics, weve come along way since then but i wonder if their Xbone version will have the same impact on me all these years later graphically.
  • Does anyone know why the comments box can be broken.I didn't think that line would be an issue.When Cole was mentioned, I had a Beast Mode flashback.Wasn't trying to break the comments :/ The fact that we now have some Gears news is great.
  • more gears couldn't come soon enough as nothing can be worse than judgement
  • @16 LMFAO!!!! gears 1 was the best for multiplayer...gears 3 was imo best for its campaign. Gears 1 took alot of skill( maybe that's why you say it sucks?) Gears 3 was like gears meets cod. ..it was good don't get me wrong..but no gears beats 1 ask any diehard gears fan...better yet go on black tusks twitter page and look at all the tweets about bring back gears 1 multiplayer....rod Ferguson said on a tweet 2 days after e3 and i quote... we are giving the fans what they want this time around. Gears 1,2,3 and judgment are great games, but we have noticed none of them held there population like gears 1......that's all he said but yeah that's a good enough hint for me!!!!
  • Director of enforcement? What he goes around making we all pay our Live subscriptions on time?
  • @#14 That is one hell of assumption. Can you prove it because I now tons of ppl who are not happy with their Xbone and being jaded they leave negative comments to begin with... OT: Cool story bro, I don't know the dude nor do I care. GoW was amazing in my eyes and I still spent most time playing it. GoW2 was solid, though MP could be a joke at times. GoW 3 was more of a joke on campaign side, but MP felt solid, but Judgement was just a joke altogether. I hope they get their shit together and release a true new sequel or even reboot of the series would be welcome. Keep the basics, like cover/active reload, roadie run, DBNO and go back to the drawing board on the rest.
  • I personally didn't enjoy the campaign at all, i have put hundreds of hours into beast and horde, although it does really annoy me when the game puts me as Marcus in horde when I didn't pick him(I always pick one of the Carmines) @12, some people like what I say, some don't. It doesn't really bother me :)
  • If they are trawling the forums for feedback i hope they take note of this request, if they do repackage the trilogy for Xbox One can they please remove the three Seriously achievements and the other grindy rank 100 ones etc. I like a completion but for my own sanity's sake i don't think i could bring myself to grind all that out again.
  • As long as it's not like judgment i am all for it...
  • The fact that there wasn't any matchmaking in the original Gears makes it better than the third one.
  • Gears multiplayer with a good team was quality bring back annex for me
  • I'm a huge fan of gears of war series, I was let down by judgement I didn't like the gameplay at all, and for me it was the worse campaign ever. I will not buy this game if it is remotely like Judgement however from the way the article sounds this might be a step in the right path to make one awesome reboot of the franchise. I can only assume this will be another retro story as the trilogy was complete after GOW3, but who knows. I'm really happy for this news I've been very skeptical since it was announced last year that rod ferguson was taking over and I just hope for no ULTRA ONYX ALL MEDALS 1000 TIMES achievements lol. since he is very likely to throw in a tough seriously achievement, but either way CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
  • Make Cole train the main character
  • Epic did the Gears of War franchise so wrong, and now I don't even want an actual sequel. If Black Tusk is touching the franchise, I want nothing less than a complete reboot with very similar mechanics. Or even a spiritual successor. But this series already peaked with Gears 3 and the trilogy has become legendary on the Xbox 360. I just don't think it's the right thing to do to drag even more through the mud after the horrible Judgment installment and get it going on Xbox One.
  • @39 Which is your opinion even though your stating it as fact. Just because you think they did a horrible job doesn't mean that everyone else does too, and Yeah Judgment pretty solid as a shooter but terrible as a Gears game. With Rod Ferguson at the helm of this thing how bad could it be, besides the reason Judgment sucked was because People Can Fly worked on the single player and the game for the most part, Epic only worked on the Multiplayer...
  • Also so your saying they should never try to make another Gears game ever again because there is a chance it could be bad well that kind of goes for every game out there. Don't criticize a game you know nothing about... Like they have pretty much said nothing about it at all other than who is working about it...
  • Give us a gears 3 remake to hold us over till the new one is out! I'll admit that I've been very quick to jump on the remake hate.......but the wait for a new gears is killing me! I'm almost about to re-buy a 360 just so I can play it again. I need my fix man! Give us something!
  • Sorry for double post but I just mind fucked myself! Ok. If they remade the original games ( leave judgement the fuck out of it ) and make the online from ALL 3 games in one giant online mode with ALL the modes and maps from the trilogy........holy shit I would buy that! And if any of my friends couldn't afford it, I would buy it for then to so we could all play. Just like old times! I had a full team that would play religiously in execution/warzone/tdm. I know u guys could make that happen. Come on epic, make it happen!!!!!!!
  • I was seriously asking for a technical explanation,behind the cause of the comments box break.After realizing I may have broken the box, I asked a question...and promptly was down-voted for that as well :/ It's all good though.I saw my mistake and took the steps to fix it.Now the box is unbroken and all is well. Hey Slim, Microsoft now owns the Gears franchise.Epic has nothing to do with it now.
  • After Judgement who could be even remotely excited about another Gears game? They done away with the curb stomp & made the Y button change weapons. Done away with horde & made Red vs Blue on multiplayer ripping off Halo! COD style graphics abounded. They totally ripped everyone off!!! They knew Gears fans would buy it regardless but word of mouth spreads fast & many did not! Black Tusk is a new studio with nothing loose. No reputation to uphold or diminish. I'll tell you now,"it will be made without Cliff at the helm & because of that fact alone it will be nothing but a shadow of any former Gears game. Beware of all the marketing & hype that will go in promoting this game when it comes out because even IGN gave Judgement a 9.2 With that said is there any game reviews done that are actually legit??? All of the time I see games that are hated mostly by gamers that all got great reviews in the beginning.
  • can not wait for the new gears of war game and on the xbox one.
  • this sounds good and all (huge gow fan here) but i bet it will be out in 2017 or something stupid like that. Its getting annoying waiting for games on a system i bought day 1 2013. HURRY UP FFS.
  • Have they actually released a date?
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