Gears: Hivebusters

Hivebusters promotional artwork.

"Right. Sorry to be late and all. We survived a horrific Condor crash, fought an endless horde of monsters from hell and barely escaped with our lives, but, uh... how's your day been?"

—Leslie Macallister

Gears: Hivebusters is a DLC campaign for Gears 5. It was released on December 15, 2020.

Campaign

Return to Gears 5 with the new Hivebusters campaign expansion. Play as Lahni, Keegan and Mac – the heroes of Gears 5’s Escape mode – on their first operation as part of the secretive Hivebuster program. Thrown together and dubbed “Scorpio Squad,” their suicide mission to destroy a Swarm hive may hold the key to saving Sera and their own redemption.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Brooks (First appearance) (Voice only) Augustus Cole (Mentioned only) Hana Cole Paul Dury (Mentioned only) Victor Hoffman Mina Jinn (Mentioned only) Lahni Kaliso Tai Kaliso (Mentioned only) Jeremiah Keegan Kesk (First mentioned) Dillon Macallister (Voice only) Leslie Macallister Donneld Mathieson (Mentioned only) Bernadette Mataki (Photo only) Christa Navarro (First appearance) Portman (First mentioned) Richard Prescott (Mentioned only) Roxa (First appearance) (Voice only) Jasi Tak Unidentified Brash Brigade Captain (Mentioned only) Venk (First mentioned)

Creatures

Human Swarm Carrier Drone Flock Juvie Leech Popper Pouncer Scion Warden Snatcher Wakaatu (First appearance)

Events

Locust War Destruction of Halvo Bay (Mentioned only) Siege of Azura (Mentioned only) Battle of Azura (Mentioned only) Swarm Invasion Ambush on Bravelle (Mentioned only) Skirmish in Pahanu (First appearance) Hivebuster Offensive Hivebust of Sanctum (First appearance) Mission to Weilehi (First appearance) Mission to the Wakaatu Nest (First appearance) Hivebust of Pahanu

Locations

Sera Azura (Mentioned only) Tyrus Settlement 2 (Mentioned only) New Ephyra (Mentioned only) South Islands Galangi Hoffman Estate (First appearance) Pahanu Sanctum (First appearance) Wakaatu Nest (First appearance) Weilehi (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Coalition of Ordered Governments Coalition of Ordered Governments Army Hivebuster Team Scorpio

Vehicles and vessels

Condor Condor 011 King Raven Mark 2 Tak's King Raven Vulture Vulture 144B (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Bolo Grenade Boltok Boomshot Breaker Mace Buzzkill Claw Light Machine Gun Dropshot Munitions Launcher EMBAR Enforcer Submachine Gun Gnasher Shotgun Hammerburst II Incendiary Grenade Mark 1 Lancer Assault Rifle Mark 2 Lancer Assault Rifle Mark 3 Lancer Assault Rifle Lancer GL Assault Rifle Longshot Sniper Rifle Markza Mark 1 Marksman Rifle Mulcher MX8 Snub Pistol Overkill Salvo Rocket Launcher Shock Grenade Talon Autopistol Torque Bow Tri-Shot Silverback Smoke Grenade Venom Bomb