Xbox Announces Gears Of War: Reloaded, Releasing Summer 2025

Big news…big news… that came out of nowhere after years of hoping

Wait, so just the first game, @FraserG? Is this all there is to the much rumoured Marcus Fenix Remastered Trilogy?

If that's all there is to it, then I for one am pretty disappointed...

Haven't really played any Gears games, but I was expecting the long rumored remastered trilogy over a remaster of a remaster.

I guess what this does mean is that E-Day will not be out this year. I always thought (and said) 2026 alongside the next Xbox, though I think the Xbox is more likely to arrive in 2027 judging by all the rumours...

Excuse to release it on PS5 no doubt. But still should be great to revisit. Love this game so much.

Despite playing gears 1 numerous times I cannot wait to play this on PlayStation.

Soon on social medias: « OMG THANK YOU thats the gam i needed on my plastashon I didnt know xbox has gam »

(I’m not even trolling, after all these years hearing people saying that Xbox was crap and that they would never buy an Xbox because there was no reason to and now praising Xbox games is a bit annoying. Especially when the boat is sinking 🤓)

The best part, Free for Gears of War: Ultimate Edition owners.
It's also coming to Gamepass release day, plus it's Play Anywhere.

I was really hoping for some love for 2 and 3, we already have a pretty decent version of 1 with Ultimate Edition.

The first game AGAIN? This is just for Sony people, isn't? We get it too, but they're the main target.

What the heck!! Don't you just love how Xbox can just drop this news like it's nothing 🤣 simply because of how stacked their slate is? Wonderful news, and glad it's multiplatform. Lots of folks get to enjoy a masterpiece, and props to MS!! I assume this means we hear more on the new Gears at the Summer Showcase.

This probably means we get a remaster of the other games one by one rather than a collection, perhaps? Or maybe there is a collection on the horizon and this just slots into the overall client? Either way. Great news!

@Lup another reason they’re the main target is because it’s a second remaster of this game. They love that kinda thing.

Not complaining, but I just think it’s quite funny that this is a remaster of a remaster.

And why are they calling VRR a game feature? That’s so weird, all games support VRR by default. It’s the hardware that needs to support it, not the games themselves. Odd inclusion.

And the end of an era as Gears Of War, the entire reason I bought Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X...is headed to PlayStation. No need to make another console Microsoft. Let Sony do it.

@Kaloudz
And they just keep coming on GPU is there just no end to this.
Will be there day one.

I do wonder how many people will finish this on Playstation then try 2 and 3 on an actual Xbox instead of waiting for the Playstation versions.

Maybe 5?

My Sony A95L 65” and Dolby Atmos surround set up is in for a real treat come August.

Real Dolby vision and Dolby Atoms in a game.

Free for Gears of War: Ultimate Edition owners. Another reason why so many people consider Xbox the best value for gaming. It's worth being mentioned because these "tiny" details are often overlooked and only the negative trifles and rumours whether they are true or not seem to get attention.

Why not patch & port the Ultimate Edition? Reloaded feels a little unnecessary for Xbox.
Also imagine having to go for SERIOUSLY 1.0 for the 3rd time...

I hope the multiplayer pops off with the introduction of ps5 and steam users. I will dive head first into that again.

Personally not that excited for the campaign to be getting yet another remaster/update. The 360 version is still fun and the ultimate remaster was great. I imagine i will end up doing another playthrough but it will probably end up like oblivion where I still feel the original is my preferred way to play the game.

I wish they were wrapping 1-3 and judgement into one package so the multiplayers would be in one place.

I'm glad that this is free to those that already own the Ultimate Edition, but then again, this is basically just a patch for that game. Little more than that, and therefore I would not expect to be charged for it.

I wonder whether I will be able to earn the achievements again, or whether they will just carry over...

@OldGamer999 Outstanding isn't it? Absolutely jaw dropping that they can just smash news out like this, like it's nothing. Lol. I'll be there GP day one too.

@StylesT No one forces any one to buy it. They buy it because (as we see from the article here today about PS top three sellers being Xbox games) they want to play them. The demand is clearly there. It's smart business.

@Fiendish-Beaver I'd imagine it's a whole new client as I don't see anywhere where it says "upgrade".

I'd also assume based on this

This version of Gears of War is being developed by The Coalition in partnership with Sumo Interactive and Disbelief, and it's said that "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."

That it's a whole new game.

@TheGameThrifter anyone who’s been paying attention in the past few months saw this coming a million miles away. What bugs me is how they weren’t honest about their intentions when they did the interview videocast thingy a year ago. Their initial update was so cagey and ambiguous that false narratives were soon parroted around by their social media army like wildfire. Except it was all lies and Xbox did absolutely nothing to correct these false narratives and communicate honestly to their fans: that the era of Xbox exclusives is officially over. I’m irritated they couldn’t just be honest and upfront and instead tried to slowly boil the frog - that feels disrespectful to fans honestly.

Whoooo, I support free.99 for Ultimate owners! 😄

@Fiendish-Beaver agreed, the ultimate version is already awesome and should be the other 2 to be enhanced...

I grew up with Xbox. It wasn’t just a console—it was my platform, my gaming home. And yeah, I stayed with Xbox not just out of habit, but because of what made it special: the exclusives. Halo, Forza, Gears of War—these games weren’t just titles, they were reasons to buy into the Xbox brand.

Now that Gears is coming to PlayStation, it feels like that identity is slipping away. I’m not mad that more people get to play great games. I’m mad that the people who chose Xbox—who stuck with it through almost every generation—are now being made to feel like an afterthought.

I spent my hard-earned money on a brand new Series X after 2 months of saving with one of the reasons being the exclusives that were promised. If everything is going to be everywhere, then what was the point of buying the console?

I feel disappointed, I feel disrespected—and most of all, I feel like Xbox forgot who built this community in the first place.

Man you cannot help yourself, @Kaloudz, it is not a whole new game, it remains little more than a patch. The only reason this has been done is so as to make it appear to be a new game for the PlayStation audience. Anyone, and I do mean anyone, who thinks Microsoft would have bothered to do this just for Xbox is completely deluding themselves. Honestly, I see very little benefit to us at all. If you own the Ultimate Edition, I doubt you will notice much difference...

@Xboxian360 they’re a business, and it’s working so, also are exclusives aren’t working as well as they used too?

@Xboxian360 you have to understand that they’re a business and they don’t really care about brand loyalty or stuff like that, if it’s bothering you enough, then you’re within your right to leave xbox behind

@Xboxian360 The PC market (desktop, hybrid, etc.) is the biggest by far. More now than ever before. The ultimate alternative for most people is probably that, looking at the numbers and considering that you'll also get Sony's games there (if you care). About Xbox, if Microsoft keeps making consoles that are PC clones that run Windows, why not keep playing them if you like them? The relatively weak power of consoles is much better optimised for gaming and the games themselves are better optimised for consoles, while PC players need additional brute force to get the same results. I just started Expedition 33 (ambitious Unreal Engine 5 game) on Series X in performance mode and it plays and looks incredibly well. Series X still is awesome in 2025!

Nice, I still have my copy of Ultimate Edition and the original. Got no problem giving this version a spin since Gears 1 is still my favorite in the entire series.

People complain about a trilogy rumor never confirmed as it was Microsoft issue... I prefer to think this is a first step to something more important... Gears E Day! Maybe this year?

I was just thinking about a replay of the Gears of War franchise! Great timing

I aint gonna lie i am really thinking about dropping $2k n getting a decent PC. What is the point of an xbox console at this point? I will still have free ultimate using my reward points.

i think people shouldn’t worry about console wars

besides i think more people are seeing the valve of game pass more

You won't get E-Day this year, @antonioacm. No chance! What you will get is Gears of War: Remastered: Reloaded in August, and then my money is on Gears of War 2: Remastered in February 2026, and then Gears of War 3: Remastered next August.

If, and I think the release of this game may put it in doubt now, but if I am right, then Gears of War: E-Day may not release until 2027. However, if they go for a new Remaster every 4 months instead, then we could see E-Day release August 2026.

If the first 3 games have all been remastered, then it makes sense for Microsoft to give them a staggered release because then they will milk each title on the PlayStation...

and if people knew this was going to happen sooner or later, we shouldn’t act surprised

Gow 1 had best MP because it has the best movement imo.

@jerrylongbones I'm sure they are coming. MS is just being smart and piecemealing them out. They can only release these games on Playstation once. So Gears and Halo will probably be one release at a time if I was to guess. Will be most profitable that way as well.

to be honest i think ponies wanted us xbox fans act upset but we’re just glad that we’re regularly getting games

besides involving console sales, they’re still selling over the original xbox consoles

Why has my comment been removed for trolling.... When I basically said I am not fussed if the Xbox catalogue goes to playstation anymore...if it means Xbox gets more great games day one on gamepass

Bizarre moderation

@donv2135 Actually, I don't think that selling fewer Xbox consoles is a problem for Microsoft. I bet that future Xbox consoles will be optimised gaming PC clones running the same game builds as Windows. The only downside for us would be not selling hardware at a loss, but both Microsoft and Sony have revealed that they no longer will be doing that.

@Ken_Kaniff I mean I hope you're right but we got the Gears of War remake 10 years ago, I kinda hoped we'd see something by now for 2 and 3, not just 1 again.

But you may well be right...

Gears on Playstation, this is too much for my heart. My mood is ruined today. This can't be true.

The death of Xbox consoles is now set in stone, on the upside is seems MS gaming is thriving as a publisher.

I feel like this remake exists only to justify releasing on PS.
MS cares more about PS audience than its own. With such treatment I can say series X is my last console. I would consider PC-hybrid if it comes but never a traditional xbox console.
And i was the one who moved from PS to xbox during x one era. It was such a breath of fresh air, and seemed like xbox was underdog preparing for a comeback.
Guess I am going “home” next gen.

Xbox is officially a console for people who dont buy games and basically cant afford to sustain ps5.

@IOI next gen got to be a PC-hybrid. I dont see series gen reaching even 40M…next gen if a traditional SX sucessor will fail hard.

to be honest, i’m going based off sarah bond and phil spencer said about consoles, and i rather wait for a official announcement from them, before i’ll be worried

So another remake of the first game? So like the last of us? Sigh. Just port ultimate edition and give us remakes of 2 and 3. Is it really so hard to keep a series together? 🙄

The Death of Xbox is a science fiction film from 2013.

@Fiendish-Beaver they can just go e-day next. And after that 2-3.

@Banjo- death of xbox console is a reality next gen if they release a traditional console.
If they go pc hybrid we will see how they manage it.

This is so damn weird, Gears will be playable on Playstation...........

November 2006- THEE Xbox game, with the greatest video game trailer ever releases- as a PS3 gamer I was beyond jealous

And now I can play it on PS5-surreal moment

@Millionski They became PC-console multiplatform since Xbox One. The next Xbox console will likely run the same game builds as Windows, no reason for a walled garden with exclusives when it only works for Nintendo. Next Xbox being an optimised gaming PC is just the evolution of Xbox One. A gaming interface of Windows is currently being develop for handheld PCs and probably desktop PCs and future Xbox consoles. They will all be the same in different forms. If you believe in the Death of Xbox and want to move to PS, that's totally fine.

No physical copy I'm assuming. Except maybe on Playstation.

@Banjo- series with designated OS vs Pc with windows and all quirks is a huge difference. If you want a traditional console - xbox is out.

@Millionski That's the opposite of what I wrote. No sensible person is expecting a full Windows console with Office and Microsoft Teams working on the background. You have Surface for that. Consoles don't need that and Windows is able to turn on and off unnecessary processes. They are developing a Windows version/interface for gaming on multiple devices. That's the future of Xbox. That and Cloud.

and people say xbox is dead

to be honest sony is going to follow them soon or later, they did with nintendo, so xbox is coming eventually, especially if that xbox console/pc hybrid comes true

Stupid question: I have a physical copy of ultimate edition, is there a chance that I'm getting it for free too?

Aha I see what you did there Ol' Micky Softy.

You increase the price of your games across the board and THEN announce a remake of your top franchises on Playstation. It's almost like you KNEW PS owners were going to buy this. Crazy hustle.

@Boogaloo_Jenkins well, it also benefits xbox users that they’re getting a free upgrade if they bought the game prior to announcent

@FraserG too bad thanks for answering

You can see where this is going. A remaster of the original and a remaster of each version in the franchise will follow effectively milking PlayStation players to pay for each version at £70 per game and maximise profit. That's the ultimate goal no doubt. Next will be Halo of that I no longer have any doubt. But it's not over for Xbox, as a console as their primary focus, yes likely. But you can see they're transitioning into a publisher on multiple platforms where GamePass will be their primary focus and ports second. It's a win-win really. The final minority of people need to accept that. As someone who owns a PS5 and uses it primarily, if Sony were to port the likes of Spider-Man and other games to Xbox that wouldn't bother me one bit. They port games on PC so why not.

Edit- heck having just thought about it seeing Horizon series on Xbox would be wild and that I'd like to see. It's a fantastic pair of games with a third installment in the works. Such a thing might even get me to transition my primary console to an Xbox if they started doing that.

@Millionski bye.

Gears on PS5? Is this a joke? Are we getting God of War? Well, someone once told me to vote with my wallet. I think I'm pretty much done with Microsoft. I just don't like their business model for the Xbox. I understand that everyone has their right to their opinion, and so do I.

@Simu001 Not a remake. Just 4k with 120 fps. Big deal.

I'm now as curious as ever to see what hardware Microsoft dish up next generation. I got a PS5 shortly followed by Series X earlier this generation but until recently, it's mostly been remasters, remakes, backward compatible boosted games and only a handful of good exclusives. Yes there have been plenty of brilliant multi platform games but I became disillusioned enough to finally invest in a hand me down PC at the end of 2023 and upgraded this past weekend hoping it future proofs me for another 5-7 years. I think it's the way to go considering where consoles are at. If you really want a convenient small box under your TV then PlayStation 6 seems like the way to go. Microsoft are indeed becoming Sega albeit much much bigger.

@Fiendish-Beaver Man you cannot help yourself, @Kaloudz, it is not a whole new game, it remains little more than a patch.

What do you mean I can't help myself? Did you even read what I put? I was just trying to answer your question... 🙄

Edit Turns out I was right anyway. It's a new version of the game. Not a simple patch / upgrade to the old client.

This comment section is entertaining and quite sad at the same time.
Not many actually talking about how they are excited to play it. I’m so happy to see that MP is there as there was a rumour going around it would be stripped from a remaster.

@Romans12 that makes it sound worse imo. I mean couldn't they just upgrade the ultime version instead of making a whole new version? Idk I just find it very hard to get excited for this when so many "reputable sources" said we'd get the trilogy. It reminds me of the wind waker HD/twilight princess HD topic on the switch....

@Fiendish-Beaver as long as they fix the annoying flicker that appears due to VRR, I will be very happy! 😅

I just need State Of Decay on PlayStation and for me the collection on there is complete lol.

@S1ayeR74 I reckon you'll get SoD3 on Playstation. I certainly hope that's one game that releases day and days cross platform. It's built for as many people playing as possible and I'm all for it.

@ZeD don’t you know that you’re only allowed to own one toy/console ?!? you can’t spend your money on anything else!

@Kaloudz Fingers crossed, although it seemed to have slipped into development hell as news coverage in it dried up ages ago.

It's not a new version of the game, @Kaloudz. I think you'll find it is in the same engine, but now, instead of 1080p it's 4K, and instead of 30fps. it's now 60fps (120fps instead of 60fps in multiplayer). It quite literally is a polished Ultimate Edition, and that is why they are giving us this new version for free if you own the Ultimate Edition.

When they did the Ultimate Edition, you had to buy it because it was a remaster of the original. The fact that you owned the original counted for nothing, because it was a separate game. This is just a polish to today's standards, but it really isn't a new game, and claiming that it is would land Microsoft in all sorts of bother, hence they are giving away the game for free to those of us that own it.

Is it going to be better than the Ultimate Edition? Absolutely! Why have Microsoft done this? So as to introduce the game to the PlayStation gamer. That those of us that game on an Xbox are also getting the game is nothing but a fortunate by-product...

@K1LLEGAL no one is buying a console to play an old game that is now certain to releae in some half ass updated form on the console they own. It's just another reason not yk need an xbox moving forward

@Kaloudz it's a rez and frame rate update, that's it, most of us actual fans were hoping for an actual remake in UE5 but we are not the audience MS gives a ***** about, they shat this out for the Sony fans

@16BitHero yeah I am sad to say, it's over fir xbox consoles, I think PC us the best option, you get all xbox, and steam games and PS games after a little while or day 1 if its a PS exclusive that was money hatted to stay off xbox

@Valhura @Fiendish-Beaver It's not just a simple update to the UE though? It's a new version of the game. It's not like on launch day we get a simple update to the UE version to bring it up to scratch. It's an entirely new client - complete with a fresh achievement list. This might not be what you wanted, but this is a lot better than nothing at all lol... I for one am excited and I for one think MS are absolutely nailing it this year. I'll be there to tear this up day one!

@S1ayeR74 I think we'll see it this year at the showcase. Or at least I hope we do!

This makes me wonder if the MCC will actually get a PS port or if they'll just wait for the CE Remake that's being made.

I’ve never been a huge Gears fan but I’m happy to see this and will play when it drops onto Gamepass. I think you’d have had to be living under a rock to not expect Gears to end up of PlayStation so I really don’t get the surprise or disappointment.

This will sell well and that means the rest of the series will get the remaster treatment, so that’s good right?

And if Microsoft want to do a remaster of a remaster to bring it up to speed for modern consoles then that’s fine too - by comparison, how many times has Sony released and re-released The Last of Us at this point?…

It's not what I want, @Kaloudz, but then that's because I have played the UE version (and the original before it) so many times that I doubt that I'll notice any difference.

What I wanted was 2 and 3 to be remastered because they do feel old in comparison to the UE version...

They could go E-Day next, @Millionski, but I don't think that makes as much sense now that they have gone with the first game first....

@Fiendish-Beaver and I am sure 2 and 3 will come in good time, but, what would be the point in other platforms getting 2 or 3 before 1? and had they released 2 and 3 instead of 1, the same group of people moaning now would be moaning for 1 to get the same treatment as 2 and 3... damned if they do, damned if they don't, I guess...

Huge news! Love the first Gears of War!

Wow, just made the mistake of going to Push Square to see what PS owners were saying about this. What a mental comment section - utterly toxic.

Console fan boys are eternal, apparently.

@TheGameThrifter 👉 PS5 this is a XBOX, everything is a XBOX. You don't have to buy the one made by Microsoft, if they continue making consoles of course but with all these moves they made lately not quite sure there will be another generation of XBOX.

They removed Japanese language support for Gears of War Ultimate.

@Fiendish-Beaver i too am a little disappointed that 2 and 3 aren’t finished. Now that collection would have been super insane. Looks like they will do the resident evil remake thing here and sell them separately to make more money. They can stretch it to $120 for all 3 games this way. Which i will no doubt buy on both Series X and PS5. But i really wanted to see all 3. Happy that the no PVP rumor was wrong. Gears without the online modes would have been a big letdown. Wonder how long we will have to wait to get part 2?

Not the first one again...
We already got a remaster of that one.
I was hoping for the entire trilogy in one package...

@IOI LOL. Your comments always make me laugh due to how absolutely ludicrous they are and how far off the path they are versus what's actually happening. Please, never stop.

These comment sections are always the same....

Those who understand business and can actually see what's going on praise Xbox/Microsoft for what they're doing.

And those who aren't business savvy and don't understand the industry make repeated claims that Xbox is going away and this is bad for Microsoft.

Yawn.

I don't recall moaning at all, @Kaloudz. I think 2 and 3 are already ready. Microsoft will release them at 4 to 6 month intervals because that way they can sell them on the PlayStation for £40 a time, thus garnering £120 for the lot. If they had tried to sell the collection of all 3 for £120 there would have been uproar on the PlayStation forums, and they would have ended up selling fewer copies and made less money. Doing it this way is entirely sensible from a money perspective. However, as we have a very similar Gears of War 1 game already, it does feel that as Xbox gamers, we are getting very little in the first round of releases. Come the second, we too will be rejoicing...

Xbox is over. Halo announcement will kill the console portion. It was a good 20 or so years.

Hard to believe they never boosted GoW Ultimate to 60fps until now!
(At first, I was thinking this re-remaster was completely redundant.)

EDIT: No, GoW Ultimate apparently got a 60fps boost to its campaign mode a few years ago, so this re-remaster doesn't seem to be a game-changer.

@smoreon It received and FPS boost patch years ago, it's already 60fps on Series S|X

Well, I've been waiting to play 3 thinking it would be a trilogy and not just the 1st game which I played a couple years back. Guess 3 is next on my Xbox hitlist. I still need to play 4 and 5 even though I own both.

@Fiendish-Beaver Speaking for myself, I'm all for it. UE came out ten years ago. Folks would moan if they ported that game over and nothing came to Xbox, and folks would moan if 2 Reloaded came to Xbox and 1 Reloaded (or UE) went to PS. They quite literally cant win lol. The bottom line here is that 2 and 3 are coming - but to give other platforms an entry point to the series, they've had to start with the first - which makes sense on not only a monetary level, but a storytelling level too.

@TheMule1983 that wishful thinking will never happen.l

@IOI lol elder scroll 10 and gta 15 will come before the death of Xbox consoles

I don't disagree with any of that, @Kaloudz. Calling the game 'new' is what I disagree with. Reloaded is quite literally UE but with a performance boost that has been repackaged as a new game so as to be able to port it to the PlayStation.

It's like if I were to take my shoes that are 10 years old, give them a good polish so that they come up like new, and put them in a new shoebox. If I then give them to you, they are, for you, new, because you never had them before. However, in reality, all you have received is an old pair of shoes with an extra shine and in new packaging... 😉

@demian lol sure. Xbox is done and everyone knows it.

@Fiendish-Beaver Imo if there are new achievements and it launches as a separate game it's a new game still a remaster but a new one ✌️

It's semantics, @Ricky-Spanish. It's only the UE with a performance boost and has only been repackaged so that it can be sold on the PlayStation because they cannot download a patch for a game that they already own.

However, as the game has been repackaged, it will come with new achievements to be earned (should that be of interest).

If you have never played the game, then yes, it will be new. If you have played the UE version, then all you are getting is a performance boost and the ability to re-earn those achievements, but let's be honest with ourselves; it is not a new game, and the only reason it has been repackaged is so that it can be sold on the PlayStation. And, because it is now going to be available as a separate game, you will get new achievements as a consequence.

Truthfully, other than earning those achievements again, I doubt most of us will notice any difference if we have played the UE version recently (as I have).

I will be receiving a free copy of the game. Indeed, I believe I may get two codes because I bought it on PC, and then again on the Xbox, because when it first released it was not a Play Anywhere title, so you had to buy it twice. Regardless, I will happily play through it once more, as I do pretty much every year, and although I don't really chase achievements, I do get satisfaction from popping the Insane achievement for completing the campaign on the hardest difficulty. That said, what would really please me is if they implemented the Inconceivable difficulty, and gave an achievement for completing that solo...

@OldGamer999 ” My Sony A95L 65” and Dolby Atmos surround set up is in for a real treat come August.
Real Dolby vision and Dolby Atoms in a game.”

Ahhh, yes... The mythical Dolby Atoms.
Sound so good, your skull basically erupts into atoms. 🤯

😉

@Fiendish-Beaver Once its improved and has new achievements I'm happy enough with it although it's not going to be a massive improvement on the normal gow ultimate edition from the Xbox one it will still be an improvement!
Like the old saying goes it's better then a slap in the face with a wet fish 🤣✌️

Have you ever been slapped in the face with a wet fish, @Ricky-Spanish? If not, I highly recommend it... 🤣

@Fiendish-Beaver It smelt like fish if you get my drift 🤣 didn't taste like fish though haha 🕴️

Nope! You're gonna need to spell it out for me, @Ricky-Spanish (and then get permabanned straight after!)... 🤣

@Fiendish-Beaver I mean obviously it's not a new game in the sense that it's a brand new story, but it's a new game based on the fact that it's a new client. It'd be like people throwing their arms up in the air back in 2015 because the UE version was released...

...that too is a game based on an older version. The funny thing here is that there was almost the same amount of time between releases;

Gears of War 2006
Gears of War UE 2015
Gears Reloaded 2025

So yes, it's not a new mainline release but it's still a new game in the sense that it has it's own achievements and it's own client. This is essentially to UE what UE was to GoW. Either way, I would kindly suggest not to look a gift horse in the mouth 😅 it's better than nothing and 2 and 3 will be coming too.

@vrubayka Thanks, I was clearly getting mixed up there. Maybe I was thinking of the way that the original version was only 30, and that it was sometimes advertised/listed as 60 due to the multiplayer. I don't know.

Though the comparison screenshots here are a little misleading, as they don't acknowledge that the Ultimate edition already runs at 60fps.

No, @Kaloudz. You are wrong! UE was a remaster. Reloaded is a performance boost using UE as its base.

UE was a new game. Reloaded could have been given to us a patch, but I guess Microsoft knew that would cause uproar when it PlayStation were being given what would potentially have been perceived as a new game in comparison to UE just getting a performance boost. Basically, Microsoft have thrown us a bone in the hope of keeping us quiet!

Regardless, it is 2 and 3 that will really get the much required love. They will be proper remasters, and so worthy of being called a new game. And for that, I cannot wait! Within 6 months is my guess, and then 3 months within 6 months after that...

@Fiendish-Beaver I have absolutely no idea what you could be talking about my good man 🧐😳

@Fiendish-Beaver I just don't see it that way. I see it as a new and improved way to play the game that so many folks love. If the Marcus Fenix Collection was announced instead, it would only have included this very same version of this very same game. People are either upset that it's not 2 and 3, upset that it's now cross platform, or upset about something between.

MS can please some of the people all of the time, but never all of the people some of the time.

@Fiendish-Beaver I think they should have done a full remake of the trilogy. It would please existing fans and put the best foot forward for new people to the franchise, if they wanted to build a fanbase on PS

@shoeses While I loved halo ce at the time, it's quite dated now remake from the ground up would be the way to bring it to a new audience

If it had been a collection, @Kaloudz, then yes, it would have been classed as a new game because it would have contained 2 new remasters.

I'm not annoyed with Microsoft in the slightest. I think what they are doing (milking the PlayStation gamer) is the wisest way forward, as I said previously.

I simply don't accept that it is a new game. It has been given a performance boost, plain and simple. It has been put into a new package because that way it appears to be a new game to the PlayStation gamer. It's crafty, but clever.

Rest assured, if this game had not been ported, if Microsoft had done this performance boost for us (and I doubt they would have without the intention of putting it on the PlayStation) then it would have been delivered as a patch because that would have been the cheapest option.

2 and 3, once remastered, will rightly be classed as new games...

I've said everything I need to say about this going back to Feb 2024 when they announced this was happening to anyone who wasn't in complete denial.

Pentiment must have done REALLY well when they were "testing the waters," right guys who kept saying it's just 4 games?

@Fiendish-Beaver Bruh, it's a new game. New client. New achievement list. Tell me you won't load that beauty up and play it? Tell me you won't be hitting that game up when it arrives?

If the answer is yes, then you're in the target audience group. I know I am 😅

Two things, @Kaloudz, I was speaking to a mate that used to develop games, and I asked him about the new client issue that you are raising, and he simply said 'Nope! That does not make it a new game!'. A new client is basically a new server where the digital code is stored, that's all. So, he believes that the current client for the UE version will shut down, and the new client will be where the game, with it's performance boost, will be stored. Shutting down the original client does make sense because that would explain why all of us that own the UE will be getting the game for free, because without that, we would not be able to access the original UE version. On that bit, I guess we'll know soon after the release of Reloaded because we can try to play the UE version and see whether it works.

I also asked him about his view regarding the upgrades, and as I have been saying, his view is that this is basically a quality patch. A performance boost.

As for being able to earn the new achievements, that goes hand in hand with it being on a new client. That's all there is to it.

All of this has been done to facilitate the PlayStation version. I did ask whether the would be using the same client, and he suspects not, and that PlayStation would be hosting the client, but he's not sure...

@Fiendish-Beaver Whether your friend develops games or not is besides the point. Gears Reloaded is a new game. It's what UE was to Gears OG. I think we're gonna have to file this under our growing list of disagreements lol. We just see things differently on the matter. I personally see Gears Reloaded as a new game due to the new client. Sure, it's perhaps something that UE could have been patched with, but they chose instead to release a new version. UE is ten years old now.

As to your question regarding whether I would play this version, @Kaloudz, the answer is a resounding yes, because you are unlikely to find a bigger Gears of War fan than I on these forums.

I have over 2000 hours in Gears 5 alone, and am in the top 100 in the World as an Engineer class in Horde.

I have the Collector's Editions of GoW3, GoW4, and GoW5 (despite it only being available in the US). I have two 1:1 busts of a Locust (one on display, and one still in its box). They are numbered, cost £500 each, and they only made 500 of them. I have a GoW3 canvas that measures 6 foot by 3 foot, though it's not currently on display as I am waiting to decorate my living room first. I also have a GoW3 blanket (well worn by this stage).

As for the games, I play through each of the campaigns on an annual basis (or thereabouts), playing them in chronological order (so starting with Judgement). And I play a duo (or trio) Insane Gears 5 Horde every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Honestly, you will struggle to find a bigger fan of the series than I, so yes, I will be playing Reloaded because, despite it not being a new game, it will still be the definitive place to play GoW1...

@Fiendish-Beaver And so, you're their target demographic. You've done little but protest the existence of this game and you're still gunna play the heck out of it 😅 I assume 2 and 3 are your favourites?

There is a real difference between the 360 GoW1 game and UE, @Kaloudz. UE is a remaster that could not have been delivered through a patch. The performance boost being given to UE could have been delivered through a patch, but I believe that Microsoft felt that offering UE with a performance boost to the PlayStation crowd would have been less well received than doing it the way that they are.

However, on a point we can agree on, yes, we disagree, and we are clearly not going to agree (despite you being wrong!)...

I don't know, @Kaloudz, it depends if you consider playing through only the campaign once a year as playing the heck out of it!?! I don't touch the multiplayer at all.

And I like all of them, including Judgement, Gears 4 and 5...

@Fiendish-Beaver We can indeed agree to disagree, but it's youuuuuu that's wrong my favourite carrot eating beaver.

That said, if you plan on playing it, then on some level you surely must be glad that it exists at all...?

Of course I am glad it exists, @Kaloudz. It is indeed better than nothing, although the base UE version of the game plays perfectly well, and for me, it's questionable whether I will actually notice the difference. I'm sure it will look nice, and will indeed be the best version of the game, but it's the gameplay that matters, and I don't think they have touched that at all from what I am reading.

As for carrots, they are too sugary for your average beaver, and would likely be akin to junk food! In my picture, I am actually eating a fish. Just another example of where you have things wrong... 😂

@Fiendish-Beaver What? What the hell sort of fish is that supposed to be? 🤣

Maybe a goldfish, @Kaloudz! However, it is most likely to be a Carp.

I mean, if it was a carrot, that's one big carrot (or one small beaver!)... 😂

@Fiendish-Beaver Lmao. Well now, that's one bloody orange fish. Kinda makes me feel grossed out now though. I wish I'd never have pointed that out lol!

@CallMeDuraSouka if you have waited 19 years to play gears, your not a real gamer, or have made some unbelievably bad financial decisions

@Ricky-Spanish so if I paint my car and hang a new magic tree of tge rear view mirror it's all of a sudden a new car?

@Valhura Are you coming on to me??🤯

@CallMeDuraSouka I was replying to your comment where all you stated was you were jealous of Gears as a PS3 gamer and can now play it on PS5, I dont read all of your posts

@Ricky-Spanish no just pointing out that a remaster of a remaster is in no way shape or form a "new" game, anymore than painting your old car makes it a new car, it's an old game that runs better on modern hardware.

@Valhura Let's agree to disagree dude👍✌️