Gears 5 Character Unlocks Guide – How to Unlock Halo, Terminator, and WWE Characters

Everything you need to know about unlocking different playable characters in Gears of War 5 such as characters from WWE, Halo Reach, and more.

Gears 5 has a ton of exciting new character unlocks available in-game. You can unlock different character packs and so far we have information about 5 new characters. We’ve prepared this handy little guide that covers all the Gears 5 DLC characters.

Gears 5 Character Unlocks

In this guide, we have detailed everything you need to know about unlocking all the guest characters in Gears 5.

Sarah Connor and T-800
Sarah Connor has aged quite a bit and she’s no less cool for it. Her reputation is as formidable as it has been since Judgment Day and the T-800 Terminator Exo-skeleton is a neat addition as well.

These 2 cultural icons have been added as part of the Dark Fate pack to promote the release Terminator: Dark Fate releasing on the 1st of Nov.

Kat and Emile (Halo: Reach)
These two Spartans have been added as part of the Halo Reach Character Pack which comes with the Gears 5: Ultimate Edition if you’ve pre-ordered it.

Their addition is meant to hype up the upcoming Halo: The Master Chief Collection release on PC. They’re hard prepped to use their Covenant killing skills to take down the Horde. You can play as them in the Versus, Horde, and Escape multiplayer modes.

Dave Bautista
You heard us right. WWE Superstar Dave Bautista was announced last week as part of the new unlockable characters in Gears 5 with a small cameo as well. He’ll become accessible for a limited time run from the 15th of September to the 28th of October for multiplayer mode.

He’s only around for a short while so be sure to add him to your squad whenever you can.

So far these are the only known unlockable characters in the game that you can access so get your pre-orders ready. We’ll keep to up to date on more news regarding new characters as it presents itself.