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Update: Lester Speight, who played Augustus "Cole Train" Cole in the Gears of War games, recently addressed a tweet implying he would be returning for the next entry in the series.
Speight's previous tweet seemed to say he had been contacted about appearing in the new Gears, but a recent tweet denies that chalking everything up to a misunderstanding.
Let me clear up misunderstanding I'm willing to reprise my roll as Cole Train but I HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED YET, STOP!!! NO MORE RUMORS!!! — Lester Speight (@lesterspeight) July 8, 2014
Let me clear up misunderstanding I'm willing to reprise my roll as Cole Train but I HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED YET, STOP!!! NO MORE RUMORS!!!
It looks like we're back to square one with figuring out who and what will be happening in the next Gears.
Original story:
We don't know much about what's next for Gears of War, but a recent tweet from the actor who plays Augustus "Cole Train" Cole, hints that his character may be involved.
"@MistaPeerez: @lesterspeight have you gotten a call about a new gears? You have to reprise your role! #whoobaby" "Yup!" — Lester Speight (@lesterspeight) July 4, 2014
"@MistaPeerez: @lesterspeight have you gotten a call about a new gears? You have to reprise your role! #whoobaby" "Yup!"
Lester Speight played Cole in Gears of War, its two sequels, and its prequel Judgment. In the tweet you see above, a fan asked Speight if he had received a call about the new Gears, to which he simply replied, "Yup!"
We know developer Black Tusk Studios is working on a new Gears title after Microsoft acquired the rights from Epic Games, and studio manager Rod Fergusson recently jokingly teased the image you see below, but other than that, what's in store for the next Gears game is still pretty much a mystery. We included the game on our list of titles we expected to see at E3 this year, and were surprised to see absent.
[Source: @lesterspeight, via CVG]
Our TakeSpeight's tweet is light on details, not even offering much worth getting excited about. With so little known about the next Gears of War, however, even this tiny little morsel is interesting. If Speight is returning as Cole, one assumption we can make is the the next Gears probably won't be a reboot with all new characters and actors. Hopefully we'll learn more soon.
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Good to know another Gears is coming. Shame Cliffy B won't be involved, but hopefully that allows room for more concepts, its definitely a game I wanted to see last E3 that didn't materialize.
Honestly surprised we didn't even show a CG teaser trailer for Gears at E3, not that I would've been at all offended by anything not in-game. Even more surprised that Gears wasn't anywhere on Microsoft petitions for old series returning for the One. Awesome.
As long as it's nothing like Judgment, I'm all in.
I am hoping to get into Black Tusk here in Vancouver! Make some sweet environments for Gears!
One of my favorite characters in gaming, good to see him making a return.
HORDE MODE PLEEEEASE!!!!!!!!
Cole Train was my favorite character in Gears so I hope he will be back.
LUKET ALL, DAT, JUICE!!
Here comes the Cole Train, baby!!
"The Cole Train runs on whole grain baby"
Am always leery of voice actors announcing any type of project involvement. Haven't a few folks gotten fired over the years for leaking even the existence of a game? Best advice is a plain old "shhhhh!"
Hell yeah! Hope the next installment is as good as 3, but to be honest I am not gonna put my expectations that high.
If theirs Cole then there's bound to be Baird.