![]() ![]() Just to clarify, I’ve always been anti-smoking and have pushed back on having it in Gears since day 1. “įergusson then added more detail in a tweet, saying his anti-smoking push has been around for some time, and Gears 4 and 5 didn’t feature smoking in the first place: Rod Fergusson of Coaltion told Variety that he always argued that Gears 5 should not have references to cigarettes or smokers: “For me, it was always important not to use smoking as a narrative device, which is why we made the choice to avoid highlighting or glorifying smoking in Gears 5 and the entire Gears of War universe from now on. However, a representative from The Coalition says the decision was made by the studio and only by the studio. Michael Barrick from Gears 3 is an example of some characters in Gears of War who came up with a cigarette in their mouth, but in the future you won’t have any more cigarettes in sight in the Gears games.Īccording to Variety, the decision not to include references to cigarettes or smoking in Gears 5 was motivated by the request of an organization, which tries to sensitize people not to smoke, made to Turner Broadcasting – owner of the rights for Gears eSports broadcasts. ![]() Gears 5 will be a non-smoking game and in fact, smokers have been banned from this universe. ![]()
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