What just happened? The idea that Gears of Wars, the third-person, cover-based shooter, could work as a turn-based tactics game might have raised eyebrows when it was first suggested, but Gears Tactics has proved the naysayers wrong. The new title releases later today, and it’s already topping Steam’s ‘Top Selling’ chart.
Developed by Splash Damage in conjunction with The Coalition, Gears Tactics borrows heavily from the XCOM series. It’s set 12 years before the first








