Here's some new, oddly happy art for Gears of War 4

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We've talked about just how dark Gears of War 4 looks - a moody, survival horror-inflected reveal trailer introduced new characters Kait and JD to the world in understated fashion. I mean that relatively speaking - there was still a tornado and an alien attack.

The latest concept art of the game, revealed as part of an excellent Polygon feature about Gears' adoptive new studio, The Coalition, takes another symbolic left-turn. Are Kait and JD... smiling? I mean, we're not talking "haha, a new friend just told a great joke" beams here, but those lips are definitely upturned. It's enough to make you think that The Coalition has its own ideas about where this series could go or something.

Joe Skrebels
Joe Skrebels
Joe first fell in love with games when a copy of The Lion King on SNES became his stepfather in 1994. When the cartridge left his mother in 2001, he turned to his priest - a limited edition crystal Xbox - for guidance. And now he's here.