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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition cover
Developers
The Coalition
Splash Damage
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Engines
Unreal Engine 3[1]
Release dates
Windows March 1, 2016[2]
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Key points

Day One port reports indicate poor performance in general.[3]

General information

Official forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
All versions require Microsoft Store DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Rename video files[4]
  1. Reboot in safe mode.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DeltaPC_1.5.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Wargame\Movies
  3. 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.[5]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Xbox Cloud
Synchronizes saved games.[6]

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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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.[7]
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)[9]
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 unresolved

Explicit Multi-adapter support

Support for multiple GPUs is being worked on.[10]

Issues fixed

"Your graphics hardware is not optimized for this game" error on launch

This error occurs on laptops with switchable graphics. The current solution is to change the primary GPU global setting.[11]
Set primary GPU (AMD systems)[11]
  1. Close the game.
  2. Open Radeon Settings.
  3. Choose Preferences, then choose Radeon Additional Settings.
  4. Under the Power section, choose Switchable Graphics Global Settings.
  5. Set the appropriate power mode to Maximize performance.
Set primary GPU (Nvidia systems)[11]
  1. Close the game.
  2. Open the Nvidia Control Panel.
  3. Choose Manage 3D Settings.
  4. Set Preferred graphics processor to High-Performance NVIDIA processor.
  5. Choose Apply.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

A 64-bit system is required.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz
AMD FX 6-core
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
Other Windows 10 November update installed (Windows 10 Version 1511)

References