Gears of War: Reloaded This Summer [May 05, 2025, 8:12 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Xbox Wire has the announcement of Gears of War: Reloaded, a "faithfully" remastered version of the original Gears of War that will launch on August 26th for PC, Game Pass, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. A Steam Listing is live and accepting wishlist requests for the Windows edition. An Xbox account will not be required to play, though one will be necessary for crossplay functions. As for what's changed since the original version of this third-person shooter launched in 2006, word is: "From faster frame rates to deeper visual fidelity, every detail has been tuned to bring the original game into the present with clarity, smoothness, and immersion that matches the power of today’s hardware." Here are the details:
No matter where you play, Gears of War: Reloaded has been re-engineered to look and feel incredible. Players can expect:
- 4K resolution
- 60 FPS in Campaign
- 120 FPS in Multiplayer
- High Dynamic Range (HDR)
- Dolby Vision & 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos
- 7.1.4 3D Spatial Audio
- Variable Refresh Rate (VRR)
- 4K assets and remastered textures
- Enhanced post-processing visual effects
- Improved shadows and reflections
- Super resolution with improved anti-aliasing
- Zero loading screens during Campaign
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Gears 1 xbl was my late introduction to Online Gaming, and fun competive gaming. That said, as a PC gamer nowadays, i HOPE the FOV options work at pc monitor resolutions. The couch-gamer-scaling of the game(aka for tvs from a bit away) doesnt work with monitor for WIDE FOV pc gamers. Nonetheless, will be keeping an eye on it with a little bit of nostalgia based interest. 
Xero wrote on May 6, 2025, 11:47:
Never played any of these before. Not sure if that merits a purchase though I wouldn't at full price anyway, lol.
The problem is that the first game was "ok" but it set the world up (and it was flawed), the 2nd and 3rd game that never made it to PC are genuinely good and amazing in co-op with friends. realise I've been saying the same thing over, but the lack of gear 2 and 3 on PC is a crime, given that 1,2,and 3 make a story in a similar way to mass effect (narrative, not choices).
Everyone on Bluesnews is synical, get over it.
edit: i cant spell, this is my disclaimer.
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Some people love this franchise like I love Doom, so this will probably be welcome to them. I imagine some of the teens at the time who played this on 360 might get this on their modern console or PC as a fun little trip back in time.
I was a big Unreal fan, and I was also a big Unreal Tournament fan. I was unhappy with Gears of War's delayed PC launch and unimpressed with the Xbox 360 on the whole. I didn't end up buying either, and when subsequent GoW games came out, regardless of platform or release schedule, I found myself disinterested. Today I need another shooter game (FPS or TPS) in my life like I need another hole in my head...so I will probably skip this as well unless it's an Epic giveaway at some point.
I was a big Unreal fan, and I was also a big Unreal Tournament fan. I was unhappy with Gears of War's delayed PC launch and unimpressed with the Xbox 360 on the whole. I didn't end up buying either, and when subsequent GoW games came out, regardless of platform or release schedule, I found myself disinterested. Today I need another shooter game (FPS or TPS) in my life like I need another hole in my head...so I will probably skip this as well unless it's an Epic giveaway at some point.
Xero wrote on May 6, 2025, 11:47:
Never played any of these before. Not sure if that merits a purchase though I wouldn't at full price anyway, lol.
They're fun world building and character, but they're very much a product of their time. They come from back when console users were still struggling with dual sticks. The game is very deliberately designed so that you can play it using one stick at a time. The gameplay decisions around that are kind of genius, but you're either running to cover, or you're at cover and looking around. You're never really firing while moving, and the game heavily discourages that.
I would imagine the gameplay feels pretty dated due to that. And terrible if played m+k. Fine, but dated, if played with a controller.
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Never played any of these before. Not sure if that merits a purchase though I wouldn't at full price anyway, lol.
I remember not being able to force myself to finish that game when it first came out, I expect I have the same problem trying to force myself to buy & try the remaster-make at all.
I should be coding.
They are just going to keep remastering old hits because it's low effort and brings in lots of revenue. Low effort + big sales = great profit.
Not sure who was asking for this. I do love the gears franchise - but after ultimate came out I really wanted to see Gears 2 and 3 ported to PC, gears 2 might have been my fav story based co-op experience of all time.
Everyone on Bluesnews is synical, get over it.
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Ugh.
El Pit wrote on May 6, 2025, 01:16:
60* FPS
*only in some scenes and only with the RTX Pro 6000. Buy it here! Use DLSS4 with MFG to occasionally reach 60 FPS.
You might be happily surprised. The Ultimate Edition was forward rendered and it should run really fast as a result. Disbelief has a really good engineering team and I would bet on this being a great update. It was largely CPU bound in the Xbox One era and should be really performant on modern hardware.
60* FPS
*only in some scenes and only with the RTX Pro 6000. Buy it here! Use DLSS4 with MFG to occasionally reach 60 FPS.
*only in some scenes and only with the RTX Pro 6000. Buy it here! Use DLSS4 with MFG to occasionally reach 60 FPS.
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RaZ0r! wrote on May 5, 2025, 22:57:
It doesn't seem to add much compared to the 2016 Ultimate Edition for Windows 10.
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/Gears-of-War-Ultimate-Edition-for-Windows-10/9NBLGGH3SHM5
Ooh, Blue didn't mention it here, but the new release is a free upgrade for anyone who already owned that Ultimate Edition. Makes sense, if it's only a nominal improvement.
It doesn't seem to add much compared to the 2016 Ultimate Edition for Windows 10.
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/Gears-of-War-Ultimate-Edition-for-Windows-10/9NBLGGH3SHM5
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/Gears-of-War-Ultimate-Edition-for-Windows-10/9NBLGGH3SHM5
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Yep, away to the wishlist until under $10 for this one.
Ugh, the original games that killed Unreal Tournament with 80 fov, hiding behind chest high barriers/cover fire, and having to "finish" enemies in Multiplayer for its 3rd iteration. That's a no from me, dawg.
Visually it looks good, hard for me to get excited about 10 hour games especially anywhere near full price.
Just the first one? I guess I've been spoiled with the Halo Master Chief Collection.
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