Gears of War 4 (X1)

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Little clip of dodgeball on checkout

https://youtu.be/iAPgGdM-8MA

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Some positive news for those turned off by micro transaction heavy content.

Next week marks a huge milestone for the Gears of War franchise. On November 7th, it will have been 10 years since the original Gears of War released on store shelves. We still can’t quite believe it!

Those ten years have included the release of five Gears of War titles, memorable character moments, emotional endings, and jumping 25 years into the future of Sera with Gears of War 4 to start a whole new saga. At the heart of it all, what truly makes Gears special is the fans– from the stories you share of finding love through Gears, the huge tattoos of your favorite characters, intricately crafted fan-art built from months of effort, to simply connecting with one another because of the game.

All of us at The Coalition feel incredibly proud and fortunate to be sharing this moment with Gears fans just one month after the release of Gears of War 4. As a thank you to one of the best communities in gaming, we’re announcing “10 Years of Gears”, a series of celebrations to mark this incredible milestone for Gears of War.

Tenth Anniversary Gear Pack
First seen in the Outsider community during the Gears of War 4 campaign, Gary Carmine is here and ready for action – if he can stay alive. Death runs strong in the Carmine family, and our Tenth Anniversary Gear Pack teaser pays tribute to the family tradition as Gary Carmine takes to the Versus battlefield. It’ll be up to you to save Carmine when you play as him this November!

Gary Carmine is part of a special Tenth Anniversary Gear Pack built for our fans. This special pack contains Gary Carmine, a trio of weapons themed to the previous Carmine brothers, commemorative anniversary weapons and emblems to collect as you play.

Obtainable exclusively through gameplay, each 200 Credit pack contains one 10 Years of Gears customization item, one 10 Years of Gears Emblem or bounty, and a random card from the Gears of War 4 Launch Series of Cards. The full list of content can be found below:

Gary Carmine Character
Anthony Carmine Longshot
Benjamin Carmine Gnasher
Clayton Carmine Lancer
10 Years of Gears Lancer
10 Years of Gears Hammerburst
10 Years of Gears Retro Lancer
10 Years of Gears Markza Mk. 1
10 Years of Gears Enforcer
Gary Carmine Emblem
10 Years of Gears Emblem
5 Bounties, each themed to a Gears of War game
The Tenth Anniversary Gear Pack arrives in game on November 7th.

In-Game Events
While you collect all the content on offer next week, enjoy brand new ways to play with returning fan-favorite playlists:

One Shot, One Kill, the ultimate fan-favorite special event with a new Gears of War 4 This sniping-focused mode spawns you only with a Longshot – but now the EMBAR is available for pickup on the battlefield to change the game. Now is the time to go for those collateral headshots!
Gnashers-Only King Of The Hill returns to Gears of War, bringing with it a gib-filled carnage of objective-driven, close-quarters combat. Your trusty Gnasher is your only friend as you battle to control the hill.
Community Events and Competitions
On top of all the in-game action, we’ll have a bunch of community events, announcements and competitions throughout the “10 Years of Gears”.

We want to celebrate the “10 Years of Gears” by playing online with you – the fans! We’ll be running a Game with Developers event next week so fans and developers from The Coalition can play together. Details on how to join will be announced soon.

Also coming next week is the official launch of The Coalition Army. Thousands of amazing fans have already signed up to be part of the initiative, and we can’t wait to welcome more of you into the family. We’ll be delivering brand new content hand-built by the team, and providing a new way to access amazing resources like our 4K Cosplay Guides, Stream overlays and more.

We’ll also have a variety of competitions over the next month, including opportunities to win the ‘Bodied’ community weapon skin and a whole lot more. Whether you’re a creator, hardcore player or simply a fan, there’ll be a competition for you.

Updates to Gears of War 4
Following the recent release of Title Update 1 and announced details on future fixes to Gears of War 4, we will be launching a new update to our Gear Pack system later today ahead of our anniversary. This update is focused on providing a more consistent Credit earning experience, and more ways to build your collection of customization content as you play.

Following in the footsteps of the recent increase to the Credit earn rate in Horde, this update increases the Credit earn rate in Versus Multiplayer. We’ve also increased the amount of Credits received when losing to be much closer to winning, providing a more consistent income even if you’re having a rough night in Versus.

We’ve also heard your feedback on wanting more from the Bounty system. Following this update, Bounties will award significantly improved XP or Credits (depending on the Bounty) based on their difficulty, and have been rebalanced to offer achievable but challenging goals for each game mode. Bounties are now a really great way to level up faster, or build your collection of Credits.

As our final part of this update, we’re also revamping a number of our packs to provide more ways to acquire customization content. Whether you’re wanting to level up fast with Versus Boosters or building your Horde Skills with Horde Boosters, our new Gear Pack revamp allows you to build your collection of customization content through the Packs that suit your style.

Versus Boosters now contain one guaranteed customization item and four Bounties. One Bounty has a chance to be a second customization item.
Horde Boosters now contain one guaranteed customization item, four Horde Skills and a chance for a Horde Skill to be a Horde Bounty
Operations Packs now contain two guaranteed customization items
We’ll be continuing to listen to your thoughts and feedback about Gears of War 4. We can’t wait to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Gears of War next week with all of you. Here’s to many more years of Gears!

Oh yeah, and Carmine is back.

[KingTocco]

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Man this game looks good, I really gotta get it.

[The JareBear]

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OK, I'm having a lot of fun with the multiplayer. Here's some of my thoughts so far.

Maps:
Love - Harbor, Forge, and Fallout. These are my favorite so far, with Harbor being my favorite. I've played the most on Harbor so far, it looks great, there's no map gimmicks, it's just great.

OK - Lift, Relic, and Foundation. These three are growing on me. Relic has a Gears 1 feel to it, which I like.

Not liking so far: Reclaimed, Impact, and Dam. They say Dam was built with TDM in mind and I've only played KOTH on it, so perhaps that's where my frustrations come in. Impact is visually stunning, but I haven't found myself enjoying the level too much.

I've spent most of my time in KOTH so far and the spawns on some maps in this mode are very frustrating. On Lift I had multiple times where I would literally spawn next to an enemy. Hopefully this is getting addressed.

As for weapons, I haven't tried the new ones too much yet. The dropshot seems like a lot of fun, though. The classic Gears weapons all feel the same, which is nice. I'd heard some people say the hammerburst is overpowered but I don't feel like it is. It's very strong when you hit an active but that's the same with all weapons.

Very much looking forward to Checkout and Drydock when they're released.

I agree one hundred percent about KOTH spawns

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December Update:

Speyer

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vqgTHNWqTog

Glory

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hkTtWFE6K-g

Updates and Improvements

Since launch, we’ve listened closely to fan feedback to help guide our development of updates and improvements. This latest update includes several highly requested improvements along with some new features including:

A Daily Rewards system

Improved visual feedback for damage dealt with the Gnasher

Vertical Split-Screen for Windows 10 players

Improvements to footstep audio balance, audio/video settings

A whole lot more!
We’ll be detailing the full map rotation changes and Title Update notes this Friday on GearsofWar.com.

Our team continues to work on additional important features to improve the online experience for future updates, including a pre-game lobby for Core and Competitive as well as a number of punitive tools to discourage or prevent quitting. Thank you for all your feedback – please keep it coming!

Bonus Credits and XP for Season Pass Holders
With this update, Season Pass holders will earn additional XP and Credit rewards when playing the Developer Playlist during the week it’s available. Season Pass holders will continue to get early access to new maps (December 6 for Speyer and Glory), and have access to all DLC maps permanently for use in Versus and Horde Private Matches. We’re continuing to look at adding even more benefits and value for our Season Pass holders in the future.


eSports Recap
History was made with Gears eSports at the MLG Columbus Open as 64 teams competed for a record breaking $300,000 prize pool in a weekend filled with surprises and huge upsets. OpTic Gaming and Team EnVyUs continued their rivalry in the Grand Finals matchup with EnVyUs resetting the bracket and delivering the first ever map losses to OpTic Gaming at a Gears 4 live event, but in the end of the day OpTic was able to persevere and walk away as the MLG Columbus Champions!

The next Gears Pro Circuit live event will take place in London on December 10th and 11th in partnership with Gfinity. Players can find out more about the Gear Pro Circuit at www.gears.gg.

The Game Awards 2016
The Game Awards 2016 take place today, and we’re incredibly honored to be nominated in the “Best Action Game” and “Best Multiplayer Game” categories. As an added bonus, our friends Run The Jewels will be performing live at the show in a special Gears themed performance! The show kicks off on Xbox Live from 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT.

To celebrate the upcoming Run The Jewels tour, the RTJ Airdrop featuring 20 guaranteed RTJ-themed items is BACK. The Airdrop contains El-P and Killer Mike as playable characters for Versus and Horde, 14 weapon skins, two emblems and two bounties! You can find it on the Xbox Store now.

Never A Better Time To Join The Fight
There’s still plenty more to come from Gears of War 4 this December! The Gears Holiday tradition of “Gearsmas” will be returning in style, with new content to earn through play, special holiday heads and a new Special Event featuring a wintery twist on a classic Gears of War weapon. We’ll be talking more about “Gearsmas” soon, as well as some first looks at what else is coming this December.

If you haven’t picked up Gears of War 4 yet, that’s not the only reason now is a great time to jump in. Starting today through December 28, Gears 4 is featured in the Xbox Store Holiday Sales for 33% off! Click this link to find the price in your region.

If you’re already part of the Gears family or just about to join us, stay tuned for more news throughout December including details on “Gearsmas” and a few other surprises!

http://news.xbox.com/2016/12/01/gears-war-4-december-update/#zcpMLvMQpui1GOAk.99

[Gotmadskillzson]

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This game was much better then I thought it would be. Never did play the first 3 Gears. Solid 9 out of 10 for me. I did find the game ultra repetitive though.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Man I forgot how much I loved Gears. I played 1 co-op and most of 2 but I just love the game play loop, it feels so satisfying. Even if it's always some variation of run, cover, shoot, the mechanics are so tight I never feel frustrated or like I can't do exactly what I want. The Coalition did not let me down. Great game play, great story, can't wait for the next one. I'll probably go back and play the old ones again now that they've given them for free twice between UE and this. I wish they were all on PC.

[WaddupCouzin]

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I am having an absolute blast playing this game on Xbox One X! Beautiful game and I forgot about the fun and humor of the Gears series.

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