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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
Lemon Sky Studios
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Engines
Unreal Engine 3[1]
Release dates
Windows March 1, 2016[2]
Reception
Metacritic 73
OpenCritic 83
IGDB 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series Gears of War
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on HowLongToBeat
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on IGDB
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition guide on StrategyWiki
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on MobyGames
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on Wikipedia
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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
All versions require Microsoft Store DRM.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Rename video files[3]
  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.[4]

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.[5]

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Supported.[6] Cutscenes are pillarboxed to 16:9.[7] Use this mod from RoseTheFlower for 32:9 and wider.
4K Ultra HD
[8]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
In-game setting added in Title Update 5.[9]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA toggle.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
In-game setting added in Title Update 5 (also requires Windows 10 Update KB 3156421).[9] Enabling Vsync may cause stuttering even if the system can otherwise run the game well.[10]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Framerate can be unlimited or limited between 30-120.[9]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

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.[11]
Mouse sensitivity
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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, sound effects, and dialogue
Surround sound
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.[12]
LAN play
Online play
Co-op

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)[14]
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 was being worked on as of March 2016.[15]

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.[16] Setting shadows to low can fix fps drops for some users (even when reported GPU load is low).[17]

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink 2

System requirements

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)
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References

  1. Digital Foundry vs Gears of War: Ultimate Edition - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  2. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 Available Now on Windows Store - Xbox Wire - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  3. GOW:UE Windows 10 skip startup movies : GearsOfWar - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  4. Gears UE PC new update is here. Finally got it download. : GearsOfWar - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  5. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 – Windows Games on Microsoft Store
  6. [WIN10] Title Update 3 available for Ultimate Edition on Win10 – 3/29/2016 | Technical Support and Help | Forums | Gears of War - Official Site
  7. Verified by User:Rose on 2021-04-29
  8. Verified by User:ChaosBahamut on 13 September 2016
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Title Update 5 available for Ultimate Edition on Win10
  10. Vsync creating a stuttering issue. - last accessed on May 2023
  11. [WIN10] Title Update 2 now available for Ultimate Edition on Win10 – 3/15/16
  12. GOW U (PC) split screen? | Gears of War: Ultimate Edition | Forums | Gears of War - Official Site
  13. Updates coming to Gears: UE for Windows 10 - Updated March 18 | Technical Support and Help | Forums | Gears of War - Official Site
  14. [WIN10] Networking Ports - Ultimate Edition For Windows 10 | Technical Support and Help | Forums | Gears of War - Official Site
  15. Rod Fergusson on Twitter: "@SPARTAN_132 @GearsofWar @Microsoft working on multi-GPU and if you unlock framerate it runs at monitor framerate so may need to bump it up."
  16. [1] - last accessed on
    "We did gather info for an investigation but - frankly - Ultimate Edition’s population on Windows 10 makes it a low priority vs the ongoing Gears 4 1080 Driver Issue and Gears 5 development."
  17. Gears of War Ultimate Edition low fps fix - last accessed on 22/01/22