Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is coming later this month, bringing a remastered, rejiggered version of the seminal Xbox 360 shooter to a new generation. It doesn’t seem like the rest of the games re getting the same sort of remaster treatment, but that hardly matters – because if you purchase the remaster early enough, Microsoft will be giving you the rest of the games in the series for free.
Yup. If you buy the Gears of War remaster, you’ll get Backwards compatibility-enabled versions of every other Gears of War game gratis; Gears of War2, Gears of War 3 and, ugh, Gears of War: Judgment. Plus the Xbox 360 version of Gears of War thrown in as well. That’s a sweet deal.
Remember, Xbox One owners playing backwards compatibility-enabled games will be able to play multiplayer with their Xbox 360-owning brethren, which means that Gears of War’s multiplayer is likely to get a triple-whammy of a resurgence. If you’ve not played the series now would, of course, be the perfect time to jump in and get your chainsaw-action on.
All you need to do is buy and play the game before the end of the year.
“Today, on the eve of gamescom, Xbox and The Coalition are excited to announce that all fans who purchase Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, or the Xbox One Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Bundle, will be able to unlock the entire Gears collection via Xbox One Backward Compatibility. By playing Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on Xbox Live from Aug. 25 through Dec. 31, 2015, you’ll get access to Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3 and Gears of War: Judgment in Backward Compatibility when it launches this fall.”
Last Updated: August 3, 2015
Sageville
August 3, 2015 at 15:49
Remastered for Ps4?
Nope?
Nobody?
Valshen
August 3, 2015 at 15:52
Buy the game you already own, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnddd get more games you already own!!!!!! *people clap*
Geoffrey Tim
August 3, 2015 at 15:53
There are MANY, MANY people who own an X1, and don’t own any of the Gears games. This is a cool extra.
Valshen
August 3, 2015 at 15:57
I will wait until I see a person who hasn’t played gears before get excited about this. For now it is a cheap way to dodge the Halo MCC package of games and just throw in backward compatible titles.
Seeker
August 3, 2015 at 19:19
I am one of those people and this looks like a sweet deal to me.
Gavin Mannion
August 3, 2015 at 16:17
Here you go
Valshen
August 3, 2015 at 16:30
You look so good in a skirt Gav.
Valshen
August 3, 2015 at 16:30
You look so good in a skirt Gav.
Valshen
August 3, 2015 at 16:30
You look so good in a skirt Gav.
Gavin Mannion
August 3, 2015 at 16:17
Here you go
Gavin Mannion
August 3, 2015 at 16:17
Here you go
Gavin Mannion
August 3, 2015 at 16:17
Here you go
Uberutang
August 3, 2015 at 15:54
OK microsoft. Now do the same for the PC version.
Geoffrey Tim
August 3, 2015 at 15:55
THAT would impress me. ;P
FoxOneZA
August 3, 2015 at 16:02
You get a graphics slider on the PC version :p
FoxOneZA
August 3, 2015 at 16:02
You get a graphics slider on the PC version :p
FoxOneZA
August 3, 2015 at 16:02
You get a graphics slider on the PC version :p
FoxOneZA
August 3, 2015 at 16:02
You get a graphics slider on the PC version :p
VampyreSquirrel
August 3, 2015 at 16:05
Played Gears 2… didn’t enjoy it, sold it, never played Gears again.
VampyreSquirrel
August 3, 2015 at 16:05
Played Gears 2… didn’t enjoy it, sold it, never played Gears again.
VampyreSquirrel
August 3, 2015 at 16:05
Played Gears 2… didn’t enjoy it, sold it, never played Gears again.
VampyreSquirrel
August 3, 2015 at 16:05
Played Gears 2… didn’t enjoy it, sold it, never played Gears again.
GooseZA
August 3, 2015 at 16:33
That’s pretty rad.
GooseZA
August 3, 2015 at 16:33
That’s pretty rad.
GooseZA
August 3, 2015 at 16:33
That’s pretty rad.
Peter Pan
August 4, 2015 at 12:53
I don’t get the point of remastering one game in a series. Unless this release is the test bed for the others.
Iusedtobe(a)regular
August 4, 2015 at 15:10
So remaster on Gears of war and throw in the others as a party gift?
A few months from now, some headline will read,
“Backwards Compatibility and the death of Xbox360”