Gears Tactics
GameBy Splash Damage · Released Apr 28, 2020
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
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About the game
- Released
- Apr 28, 2020
- Developer
- Splash Damage
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Genres
- Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
- Links
- Official site, Wikipedia
Game data from IGDB.com
Documents about Gears Tactics
GoldenEye and TimeSplitters creators return: “Maybe this isn’t what we should be doing”
The modern gaming industry is currently defined by a fundamental tension between the instability of large-scale production and the enduring dominance of legacy content.
- Over 50% of all current gaming activity is dedicated to titles that are at least six years old, highlighting the market's heavy reliance on legacy content.
- New game releases, excluding annualized sports franchises, are struggling to capture even 1% of the active player base.
- Major publishers are increasingly pivoting toward remakes and established live-service ecosystems to secure revenue as consumers prioritize massive backlogs over new, full-priced titles.
Major Layoffs Hit Splash Damage
UK-based game developer Splash Damage has initiated a studio-wide consultation process, resulting in an undisclosed number of staff layoffs.
- UK-based game developer Splash Damage has initiated a studio-wide consultation process resulting in an undisclosed number of layoffs.
- The company cited the need to remain agile and adaptable in a challenging market as the primary driver for the workforce reduction.
- Splash Damage, which has an estimated headcount between 51 and 200 employees, has committed to providing support to affected staff during the transition.
How AI Helps Achieve Tactical Clarity in Gears Tactics
Gears Tactics utilizes a sophisticated artificial intelligence architecture to maintain tactical clarity, a design pillar intended to ensure players can easily track enemy movements and understand threats during turn-based combat.
- Gears Tactics utilizes a 'Tactical Clarity' system to manage enemy AI, ensuring that player-facing actions remain understandable and preventing camera 'whiplash' during the enemy turn.
- The game employs partial-order planning to interweave the actions of multiple units, allowing the system to execute moves in parallel rather than in a rigid, sequential order that would slow down gameplay.
- A 'Combo Move Analyser' subsystem identifies opportunities to group unit actions, such as simultaneous movement or concentrated fire, which reduces the total time of the enemy turn from over a minute to under 30 seconds.
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