The job hunt for the senior gameplay designer was posted on Microsoft's careers site on February 28th with the posting saying that Microsoft and The Coalition were looking for someone to help them "forge the future of the IP." The desired person would "take ownership of major gameplay features from concept through to delivery" and would have experience in a similar field.
Job listings like these sometimes include verbiage or requirements that hint at things like online play, microtransactions, or other additions to games, but this job listing doesn't give away much in the way of hints. With Gears of War soon to be on its sixth mainline game and the series already known for its story, online play, and optional cosmetic purchases, there's not really much like that which could be revealed in a listing such as this one anyway.
As mentioned previously, this is just the latest of several roles The Coalition is looking to fill. Senior VFX artist, senior look dev artist, senior environment artist, senior multiplayer designer and more positions are all ones that have been posted between January and now.
Rumors about Gears 6 supposedly being in the works ignited once again earlier this year when it was suggested that The Coalition and Microsoft shuttered some projects amid recent layoffs at the latter. After those projects were canned, the focus reportedly turned once again to Gears 6.
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