It is always fun when you get to play a game that you haven’t played in nearly twenty years coming to your PlayStation 5. Coming to think of it, I still have the Xbox 360 disc for this game on the shelf within eyeshot. Gears of War is making the move to PlayStation this summer.
Gears of War: Reloaded, a remaster of the first game in the series from 2006, is coming to PS5, PC (on the Xbox PC app and Steam) and, naturally, Xbox Series X/S on August 26.
Of course, it won’t be like $20, which is from way back in the day when a nostalgia title would come out. Double that and you get the cost for Gears of War: Reloaded. Unlike some of those discount DVDs you find at Walmart, you will get a bunch of cool shit with it.
The game will also be on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on day one. Those who bought the digital version of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition before the remaster announcement will get a free upgrade. Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will also be able to play the third-person shooter on Xbox Cloud Gaming.
The Coalition, an Xbox studio that focuses on Gears of War, worked on the remaster with Sumo Interactive and Disbelief. The game includes all of the Gears of War DLC at no extra cost, including a bonus act for the campaign and all multiplayer features. There will be some characters and cosmetic items that you unlock through progression.
You can play through the campaign with a friend either online or in classic split-screen co-op. There’s cross-play for all platforms with support for up to eight players in the versus multiplayer mode. If you sign in with a Microsoft account (which isn’t required), you can enable cross-progression. Which mean if you pick up Gears of War: Reloaded on PS5 and play the campaign or multiplayer there, you can continue where you left off on a phone or tablet via Xbox Cloud Gaming, for instance.
Along with “platform-specific features,” Gears of War: Reloaded includes support for 4K HDR visuals, framerates of 60 fps in the campaign and 120 fps in multiplayer modes, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and other visual, audio and performance enhancements. Microsoft is also promising that the campaign will have zero loading screens.
So, if you’re one of those people that think all those modern games are garbage, you will have something to play in those dog days of summer.