Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

This page is for the remastered release. For the original version, see Gears of War.

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

Developers
	The Coalition
	Splash Damage
	Lemon Sky Studios
Publishers
	Microsoft Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	March 1, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	73
OpenCritic	83
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series	Gears of War

Gears of War
Gears of War	2007
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition	2016
Gears of War 4	2016
Gears POP!	2019
Gears 5	2019
Gears Tactics	2020
Gears of War: E-Day	TBA

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 comes with five campaign chapters not included in the Xbox 360 version. Players will also receive the Deluxe Weapon Skin Pack and 11 bonus multiplayer characters.

Gears of War Remastered includes: 7.1 Surround Sound, 4K Resolution, Unlocked refresh rate, five Gears of War comic books, dedicated servers, new multiplayer modes (Team Death Match, King of the Hill, Blitz and a special 2v2 mode designed by the Gears of War community), all new Xbox Live Achievements and 1,250 new Gamerscore, support for keyboard or gamepad controls, handpicked gameplay improvements, alternate controls and a new difficulty level for players new to the franchise.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC

All versions require Microsoft Store DRM.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Rename video files
Reboot in safe mode. Go to <path-to-game>\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DeltaPC_1.5.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Wargame\Movies\. Rename SplashScreen.bik, MGSLogo.bik, TheCoalitionLogo.bik, and UE3AnimatedLogo.bik. Notes Undo this change before downloading any update for the game otherwise Microsoft Store may download the entire game again.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DeltaPC_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\WarGame\Config\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DeltaPC_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Xbox Cloud		Synchronizes saved games.

Video

Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Supported. Cutscenes are pillarboxed to 16:9. Use this mod from RoseTheFlower for 32:9 and wider.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen acts like Borderless Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		In game setting added in Title Update 5.2x, 4x, 8x and 16x options.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Only FXAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		In game setting added in Title Update 5 (also requires Windows 10 Update KB 3156421). Enabling Vsync may cause stuttering even if the system can otherwise run the game well.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate can be unlimited or limited between 30-120 FPS. Unlimited framerate is capped to your monitor Hz. Cinematics are locked to 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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  Game Settings

Input

Keyboard and Mouse Settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Delete cannot be bound to commands as it is used to delete bindings.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse smoothing disabled as of Title Update 2.
Mouse sensitivity		From 0 to 10.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Control scheme: default, alternate, tournament; sticks: default, legacy, left-handed, legacy left-handed; triggers: default, left-handed.
Controller sensitivity		Look sensitivity, target sensitivity, zoom sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration		Xbox One version only.

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Controller Settings

Audio

Audio Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound Effects and Dialogue Volumes.
Surround sound		7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Xbox One version only.
LAN play
Online play		Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	53, 3074, 14001
UDP	53, 80, 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500, 5000, 7777, 8700, 8701, 9000, 13000, 13002, 14001, 30000–30099

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

RTSS (Rivatuner Statistics Server) can't see the game .exe

This is due to the folder where the game is installed requiring administrator access.

Give the folder administrator access.

Right click the folder and go to Properties. Go to Security tab. Click on Advanced tab at the bottom. Click Change right next to Owner. Click Advanced... at the left. Click on Find Now at the right. Here you can choose which one you want, scroll until you find Users, click on it and press OK. Now names will appear in white column and press OK. The Owner has changed and now check Replace owner on subcontainers and objects, press Apply at the bottom and now OK and OK again.

Issues unresolved

Discord can't see the game

This is due to the game being an UWP app. Even giving the folder administrator access will not work.
In order to show it, you'll need to stream your desktop screen, but this is not recommended since all sounds will be heard and everything that comes in contact with desktop will be shown.

Explicit multi-adapter support

Support for multiple GPUs was being worked on as of March 2016.

Frame rate drops after Windows 10 update 1809

Frame rate on ultra settings varies from 120 to 30 FPS independently of hardware. It is a known issue that the developers are aware of but regard as a low priority. Setting shadows to low can fix FPS drops for some users (even when reported GPU load is low).

This may be internet folklore according to Digital Foundry.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video 2

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (version 1511)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz AMD FX 6-core	Intel Core i5 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	60 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon R7 260X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290X 4 GB of VRAM
Other		For 1080p.

For 4K additional information can be found on the Xbox Store game page.