Gears of War 4's historie er starten på en ny trilogi, på samme måde som det er sket med Halo-serien. Udvikleren The Coalition har talt med a href=" https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/03/23/the-new-direction-for-gears-of-war-4s-story.aspx">Game Informer</a> om hvordan det er at fortsætte efter begivenhederne i Gears of War 3.
Chuck Osieja, Creative Director på Gears of War siger:
"We had to think "how do we setup a foundation for not just a trilogy, but for a much larger universe,".
Studiechefen Rod Fergusson tilføjede:
"we wanted to stay on Sera because we wanted to have the opportunity revisit old places and use specific weapons, to have these touchstones to the past."
"We decided, 'Let's put enough time in and have a new generation of heroes. The protagonist of Gears 4 is JD Fenix, Marcus Fenix's son, and you begin the game not as a member of the COG army, but as a small squad operating independently, having gone AWOL.</i>
Gears of War 4 udkommer i løbet af efteråret, og udvikleren The Coalition har samtidig drillet med en afsløring af en potentiel PC-version.