Dave Bautista Is Now Playable In Gears 5

While Gears 5 is out in the open now, fans of the franchise are still patiently waiting for the next piece of information revolving around the upcoming Universal Studios’ film based on the Xbox Game Studios’ series. Although we do have some notion of what the basis will be about since it is a Gears of War movie, casting and plot has still been of the latter of information that has yet to be shared.

And that only saddened it even more for fans when actor and former WWE Superstar Dave Bautista shared his doubts to being casted as Marcus Fenix for the film’s leading role. However, that did not stop The Coalition from incorporating Bautista into the franchise one way or another. At the beginning of the month, it was announced that Bautista will be added to the game as his own playable character in the game’s multiplayer.

Now, players can simply boot up Gears 5 and will unlock the newest addition to the game’s roster. Bautista will be available for all players between September 15 to October 28.

In other Gears-related news, it was just announced that Gears 5 has broken the record as the biggest opening weekend for a first-party title, marking the game as the most successful release on Xbox One.

If you have yet to play Gears 5, you can read the review for the game by going here. Rectify Gaming’s David Rodriguez shared to “absolutely had a blast with the campaign and the rest of the package is Gears at it’s best.”

Gears 5 is out now for Xbox One and Windows 10.