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Gears 5: Hivebusters is a downloadable content (DLC) expansion pack developed by The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios for the 2019 third-person shooter video game Gears 5. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on December 15, 2020. The pack is a direct prequel to the Gears of War: Hivebusters comic book series, and follows the origin story of Scorpio Squad, an ad-hoc team of commandos who embark on suicide missions to combat the threat of the Locust Swarm by infiltrating and sabotaging their Hives through the use of lethal toxins.