Gears Of War 5 will "avoid highlighting or glorifying smoking"

In 2019, as we have already seen a change in many movies and TV shows, this is not the big deal if a big video game decides not to show any of its characters smoking. It's interesting, though, if the game holds a point.

Coalition, developers of the next Gears of War 5 have, via Variety, worked with Truth Initiative (an anti-smoking group) to "remove all references to smoking" from the game. It's not like the show was famous for how, say, Red Dead or Metal gear is, but still. The decision will not only apply to Gears 5, but also to all future games of the franchise.

Rod Fergusson, director of the Coalition studio, said, "I have seen the devastating effects of smoking myself. It has always been important for me not to use smoking as a means of storytelling. That's why we deliberately chose Armament of war The universe advances. "

Fergusson, involved in the series since its inception, clarified the initial statement of Truth Initiative with a few tweets:

This is not the most obvious series for an anti-smoking group, since we associate little smoking with gears-Barrick is probably the only character that we see regularly with even a cigar, but as Fergusson says, personal reasons may be at stake, just like the simple calculation of the number of "how many characters smoke".