Gears of War 4 Getting Ranked Crossplay and That is Amazing
If you are still playing Gears of War 4, it’s not likely due to its compelling single player mode. Your playing it because of its multiplayer madness. It has been awhile since we have heard anything from the developers at the Coalition but today we learned they are busy adding crossplay support between the Xbox One and Windows 10 platforms.
This update will take some time before it goes live but it should arrive in the next few months. It will enable players to play alongside one another in Core and Competitive playlists. In a blog post on the Gears of War website, TC Octus reported the following:
“Core and Competitive are key experiences in Gears of War 4 that offer a more skill-based matchmade environment. While we know many of our players will enjoy playing against their opponents regardless of platform, we also know many of our players will want to ensure a level playing field – and that means keeping their opponents on the same platform as they are.
As such, later this year, we will be adding a new ‘Ranked Crossplay’ Toggle for our Xbox One players! Xbox One players will have the choice of playing with or without Windows 10 players in any Core or Competitive Playlist with this toggle – though Social, Competitive Warm Up and Special Events will always be Crossplay enabled regardless. As we want to make sure Windows 10 players can experience any Ranked Playlist, the toggle will not be available on Windows 10.”
In addition to this announcement, TC gave us a little nugget about Achievements:
“With a reduced playlist offering available for Windows 10 players, the Ranked And Filed and Seriously 4.0 achievements cannot be completed due to their requirement of placing in all playlists. In our May Update, both of these achievements will be updated for players on both platforms to only require placement in one Core and one Competitive playlist.”
Gears of War 4 is available now for Xbox One and Windows 10.