Gears of War: Ultimate Edition released for PC

Developers The Coalition and publisher Microsoft have announced that Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is available today for Windows 10 PCs via the Microsoft Store.

Originally released on Xbox One last year, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a comprehensive remake that includes all content ever released for the third person shooter – from maps and modes released as downloadable content, to exclusive campaign chapters from the original Windows version.

Unique to DirectX version are the improvements to the characters and environments. Most every object in the game has been “uprezzed” in poly count by about 10-30 percent, while most character models have doubled. Same with the textures: They’ve all been uprezzed, and if you’re playing the game on the highest settings, your GPU will be streaming in the neighborhood of 5-10 gigabytes of textures when you play through Gears’ Prison level, as an example.

On the Windows version, “medium” settings will net you performance on-par with how the game runs on Xbox One. A system with a “high-end” GPU running the game at the highest settings will be able achieve 60 frames-per-second at 4K in the single-player campaign, and stay quite close to that benchmark in multiplayer.

For more on the game, read our Gears of War: Ultimate Edition review.

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