What you need to know
- Gears 5 launches in September on Xbox One and PC.
- The game eliminates the season pass and loot crates.
- You can play the technical test right now.
- You can preorder the game for $50 on Amazon.
Gears 5 launches in September and The Coalition keeps on providing us with new details about the upcoming game. Recently, Gears 5 Multiplayer Design Director Ryan Cleven discussed servers and balance tuning. The franchise will feature 60 Hz servers for the first time with Gears 5 and there is one tuning setup across core and competitive multiplayer modes.
If you've preordered the game or are an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, you can play a technical test right now to test out all of these multiplayer features. You can download the file here through the Microsoft Store. It's quite a substantial download so make sure you give it enough time.
The video details the mechanics of "Versus" mode. There are quite a few handy tips and tricks in there so be sure to take a look. If you're already playing the Gears 5 test, tell us what you think of it.
Gears 5 shines with Unreal Engine 4. The game looks stunning and should run at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second (FPS) on Xbox One X. Gears of War 4 ran at 4K 30 FPS during the campaign and 4K 60 FPS during multiplayer. This time around, both modes are the same frame rate.
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