{"id":60957,"date":"2019-08-19T13:13:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T08:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=60957"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:46:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:46:50","slug":"halo-reach-character-pack-for-gears-5-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/halo-reach-character-pack-for-gears-5-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo Reach Character Pack for Gears 5 Revealed via Microsoft Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/tag\/gears-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gears 5<\/a> is an upcoming third-person shooter video game being developed by The Coalition and is being published by Microsoft Studios for both Xbox One and PC. The game is also headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/tag\/steam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steam<\/a>, and now it seems that a Halo Reach Character Pack will be available for the upcoming title as well.<\/p>\n<p>This is a crossover we never asked for, but something we desperately need.<\/p>\n<h2>Halo Reach Character Pack for Gears 5<\/h2>\n<p>A Halo Reach character pack is being advertised on the Xbox Store, and while we can&#8217;t find it on the browser, multiple users all over Reddit have been posting screenshots of the said character pack. You can see for yourself below<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60958\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2.jpg\" alt=\"Halo Reach Character Pack\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2-1140x855.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2.jpg\" alt=\"Halo Reach Character Pack\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5-2-1140x855.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/noscript> Halo Reach Character Pack for Gears 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60959\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5.jpg\" alt=\"Halo Reach Character Pack\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Halo-Reach-Character-Pack-for-Gears-5.jpg\" alt=\"Halo Reach Character Pack\" \/><\/noscript> Character Pack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Halo Reach pack is most likely a pack of skins and customizable items, that you&#8217;ll probably be able to equip in multiplayer modes.<\/p>\n<p>There is however an Ultimate Edition Character Pack, available on the Xbox Store, that you can see <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/ultimate-edition-character-pack\/9nd5lndvstjd?activetab=pivot:overviewtab\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. The Halo Reach characters are most likely going to be a part of this ultimate pack, and you can get access to it if you purchase the Ultimate Edition of the game.<\/p>\n<p>This is similar to character packs are sold in fighting games. Mortal Kombat has character packs, that include multiple characters that players can get access to only through paying.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re interested to see a proper reveal for these Halo Reach characters soon, and since it is popping up on the Xbox Store for players, we expect this to be confirmed soon.<\/p>\n<h2>Gears 5 Release Date<\/h2>\n<p>The game is headed to Xbox One and PC via both the Microsoft Store and Steam on 10th September 2019.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about this pack? Are you interested in the crossover? Let us know in the comments below and share your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gears 5 is an upcoming third-person shooter video game being developed by The Coalition and is being published by Microsoft Studios for both Xbox One and PC. The game is also headed to Steam, and now it seems that a Halo Reach Character Pack will be available for the upcoming title as well. This is a crossover we never asked for, but something we desperately need. Halo Reach Character Pack for Gears 5 A Halo Reach character pack is being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[7799,3885,1733,8267,8265,2091,7800,8266],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Halo Reach Character Pack for Gears 5 Revealed via Microsoft Store<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Halo Reach Character Pack for Gears 5 have been revealed through the Xbox Store, and has been popping up for players at the moment.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/halo-reach-character-pack-for-gears-5-revealed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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