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Gears of War 4 Beta Early Access Key Distribution

The Coalition

"Gears 4 Beta Codes will be sent out in chronological order based on the date you first played the Ultimate Edition. If you bought the game and played online right at launch in August 2015, your code will likely show up on April 18, while people who got in at the last minute will have to wait the longest. All codes, which will be distributed through Xbox Live messages, should be sent out by April 21."

"There will be beta rewards in the Gears of War 4 beta for participating. You will be reading more about that before this weekend"

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UnholyLight3363d ago

Can't wait to try out the beta. So excited to finally see some full on next gen Gears. This game is near and dear to my heart, as when I finally upgraded from my Gamecube, OG Gears was one of the most intense games I had ever played.

fastNslowww3363d ago (Edited 3363d ago )

lol then you are in for a disappointment, unfortunately gears 3 looks better (minus the resolution) and plays better with smoother gameplay/animations and gore.

Only thing i'll be doing is the campaign for the story and I really hope its interesting...otherwise i don't see much replay value.

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Lennoxb633362d ago

1. Graphics aren't done

2. Gears 3 has been confirmed to stutter more than Gears 4

3. You're most likely not going to play this game anyways

4. Gears 4 has more and smoother animations than Gears 3. Even wall bouncing is smoother.

fastNslowww3362d ago

@lennox

1. Don't expect the graphics to look much better than what you already see, MP runs @ 1080p 60fps, for any console game expecially the weaker xbone, graphics will barely improve.

2. Yes it stutters due to bad emulation on the xbone and because it runs less than 30fps at times. thats normal.

3. I'm a Huge gears fan

4. NO it doesn't, replay gears 3 again. As for wall bouncing, its faster in gears 3 and definitely SMOOTHER, which is slightly tinted by the framerate.

UnholyLight3358d ago

Just checking in Not disappointed so far. @fastNslowww was wrong.

That is all

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fastNslowww3362d ago

@brief.....yes because there isn't any gameplay footage *rolleyes*

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Avowed Moved to Unreal Engine 5.3

With Support from The Coalition

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ThinkThink398d ago

That's great news. Hopefully the Coalition can smooth some of those edges from the last Avowed reveal.

phoenixwing398d ago (Edited 398d ago )

Well I'm annoyed. Especially at all the ppl who said the graphics sucked. It's your fault they probably shifted the game to unreal so it could look more fancy for you. I was ok with it and hoping to actually play it sometime soon. Now it's like 99% chance it's delayed.
Edit: effing graphics whores

Obscure_Observer397d ago

"Well I'm annoyed. Especially at all the ppl who said the graphics sucked. It's your fault they probably shifted the game to unreal so it could look more fancy for you."

What the hell are you talking about dude? Avowed was already in development using the UE5. The Coalition is just helping Obsidian in the transition to its latest version (5.3)

MrBaskerville397d ago (Edited 397d ago )

Probably not even that big of a difference. Coalition might only have helped because they got a deadline to meet.

Unreal isn't nearly as bad as Unity when you update a project. Though it obviously depends on the project. But unity generally gets an aneyurism if you threaten to update, where Ue is usually less stingy.

Reaper22_397d ago

In excited for Avowed and Gears 6.

Fishy Fingers397d ago

It already was Unreal 5, its just moving to the latest build.

CantThinkOfAUsername397d ago

Latest build is 5.4 and it's better than previous iterations, particularly in animation and performance.

Lightning77398d ago

Apparently the latest build looks way better graphically. This rumor from Jez Cordin (who's credible) pretty much confirms it.

Interested in seeing more on Avowed in a few weeks.

Notellin397d ago

UE 5.3 has been out since September of last year. I can't believe this is news or that anyone is hyping this up.

MrNinosan397d ago

As Hellblade failed to set the world on fire, just like Halo Infinite and Starfield before it, it's time to look forward to the next Game of the Decade candidate.
Of course it needs to be hyped up ahead of time 😏

Notellin397d ago

I didn't mean the game itself. I can't believe there is a news article about an Unreal Engine update that launched a year ago.

Reading comprehension is tough for fanboys on N4G.

got_dam397d ago (Edited 397d ago )

@MrNinosan I just want to see what Obsidian can do with a real budget and development time. They have a made a some memorable games with massive time constraints an lackluster funding.

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Many games stick to a specific version of the Engine they had already been using to avoid delays, problems with migrations to newer stuff etc.
The version being released in September isnt really relevant, just that they decided to make the jump to it at some point in development, which is arguably good news since we know with each iteration, performance has been getting much better

MrNinosan396d ago

@got_dam
I actually look forward to Avowed, and hope that's the game that finally make my purchase of Series X in 2020 worth it.
The game I actually bought Series X for was Starfield, but sadly it didn't do it for me.

Avowed however has the potential to be incredible.

ThinkThink396d ago

MrNinosan, what is the last game that set the world on fire? Red Dead? GTA likely. Not every game has to set the world on fire. Those games that you mentioned fall into the 80's meta critic, and a lot of people enjoy them. And yes, I'm excited to see some of these 2024 games at the june conference.

MrNinosan395d ago

@ThinkThink
It's MS and its fans who make it sound like every game they have on the horizon would "set the world on fire" and they all failed to reached expectations.

I don't ask for it.

But to answer your question, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth would be the last game that everyone speaks highly about.

Before that, Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarök, Ghost of Tsushima, Last of Us Part 2, Zelda BotW, Animal Crossing, Half Life Alyx....

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anast397d ago

This was the only game I was jealous of, but It's a wait and see game now. Plus, I can wait until they release it on PSN.

Miraak82 397d ago

Right!!! Obsidian is like only XB GS that I wanna play there games . Pillars of Eternity is one of my fav game franchises and I'd love to step back into the world of Eora . Their world building and rpg systems are one of the best , I hope XB higher ups don't get in the way of them. If they released it on ps I would definitely buy it day 1

anast397d ago

I bought both Pillars for PC and Console. Good games.

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5 Video Games That Should Have Been Shorter, and 5 That Should Have Been Longer

GB: "Nailing an experience's length is easier said and done, and one way or another, these games left a little to be desired on that front."

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Petebloodyonion880d ago

I always have a problem with games that should have been longer when lasting 8-10 hours.
Here's a question I ask all the time when ppl say that.
How many times have you replayed the story of a great game like Tlou2, GOW, Final Fantasy remake, GTA, Zelda, or any other 20 hours plus game? and usually, the answer varies between 0 and rarely 1.

So what's the point of having great 30 hours plus games if you will never replay them because of level, section, grinding dragging too long?

Lifexline880d ago (Edited 880d ago )

I agree I’m not sure how people find the time to play all these games. 20 plus hour games are great but for me 8 to 10 is the sweet spot. Those games take to long to finish specially when you have a backlog of games waiting to be played. Plus 20 plus hour games always have downtime and unnecessary side quests that can be boring too much fodder imo.

Being on your phone is one thing you can access websites like this everywhere on your phone or mobile gaming. But games you have to find the time to play them. Which is why I don’t understand why so many people want like ten games it seems In a month.

LucasRuinedChildhood880d ago (Edited 880d ago )

I think you're missing the point a bit.

A game can be 8-10 hours long and use that time really well, but it can also only start to get good far into the playthrough and leave the player feeling short-changed.

Hotline Miami is only 4-5 hours long but it's extremely well paced and time well spent. But if only got really good towards the end, I'd want it to be longer.

Stanjara880d ago

You just look at trophies and se that around 20% or less actually finish their games.

CrimsonWing69880d ago

I've replayed all those games except GTA and Breath of Wild because I can never finish them.

The Last of Us 2 i've replayed 4 times. God of War (2018) 2 times, Final Fantasy Remake 3 time (technically Intergrade twice since went on Steam and I wanted 100% achievements), and if we do want to bring in Zelda I've played Ocarina of Time probably 4 to 6 times a few times on N64, another time on 3DS, and twice on virtual console Wii and Wii U.

I am sure I'm not alone in replaying long games and honestly it's like I'm finished within a week or two and that with balancing responsibilities and a social life. Shorter games take even less time.

BrainSyphoned880d ago

Without mentioning Skyrim.. I've got two platinum trophies for Persona 5 and am playing it on game pass right now. Beat FF7R on normal twice and hard once and will play it again before the next one. Non story games- MHW I've made characters on PC/Xbox/PS with at least 600 hours on each platform. I don't care to play a mediocre games that are 8 hours long. The reason my backlog is so long isn't because that many good games are released each year it is because I replay the best ones over and over. Same deal with audio books. I've gone through book series multiple times every time a new one is coming out.

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Soy880d ago

Disagree with Days Gone - yeah it took a while to really get going, but I appreciated it when I was done. Jumping right in at 4-5 hrs or whatever would've made the rest feel less impactful. RDR2 and Mankind Divided felt just right too, I wouldn't change them at all.

What needed less time was AC Valhalla. I was more than ready to be done with that by the time it was 2/3 over. Just too much useless stuff, and I hated the Asgard sections.

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Gears Of War Studio Is Donating 1% Of Revenue For Suicide Awareness Month

Microsoft's The Coalition studio has partnered with Crisis Text Line.

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Crows901024d ago

Absolutely. By now everyone should be plainly aware of suicide.

When life has no meaning for you and all you see is the bad suffering crap in your life. Never before has there been so many suicides and never before has there been such an enormous society completely alienated from each other. This is one reason I didn't like the shutdowns. Suicides and depression sky rocketed like you wouldn't believe. As much as we like to think mankind is evil and how horrible people can be...people need people.

I'm all for companies pitching in for universally good causes.

Noskypeno1024d ago

It's wrong for kids to laugh at another kid saying his grandma died from covid, it's also wrong to shutdown the universe and only have contact through the internet. The people who are either vulnerable or want to be locked down until every last person no longer is infected should do so. The people who want the freedom and want to show their faces should do so too, its sad to hear an elementary school kid talk about not seeing his classmates faces and not communicating clearly.

I don't want to downplay the pandemic, because it was bad, but the media and the people pulling the strings deserves some flak for saying a man that had three bullet holes in his head died from covid just because he had covid.

Crows901024d ago

@noskypeno
Anyone laughing at anybody's death should be spanked like a child. Of course the vulnerable should be protected. Makes you wonder whyd someone would send covid positive patients to nursing homes. Geez.

CBaoth1023d ago (Edited 1023d ago )

but the problem is, Coaltion is essentially donating 20 cents on every 20 dollars YOU spend. If it was THEIR money they would've announced they were gonna donate 1% of LAST month's sales with suicide awareness. Now, they sit on a sales boon created by customer's generosity, accrue interest 10x more than the donation itself, and use the donation as tax relief next year! Certainly for a good cause but not very altruistic, is it?

I know better than anyone all companies do it. My company asks for pediatric donations. Last year alone they donated 3.3 million to combat terminal illnesses with children. There's nothing more on Earth that pulls at my heartstrings than seeing a child and their family have to endure that. But it definitely pisses me off knowing my company does it for the financial windfall and not because they care. At the end of the day though, that 3.3mil will do more good than I could have ever hope to give. I guess we'll always have to struggle with the eternal debate, do the ends justify the means?

porkChop1023d ago

I understand where you're coming from, and I do agree.

rippermcrip1024d ago

I don't want to teardown a good cause.... but who exactly is buying any of these games att his point?

MadLad1024d ago (Edited 1024d ago )

You'd be surprised.
Even with Gamepass, the Gears games typically rank amongst the most sold anytime there's a big sale.
It's harder to track on Xbox.

Godmars2901024d ago

By what measure if MS isn't reporting those numbers?

And what does it really mean if by "sale" the game's being sold at a discount? Could be talking about $2-5?

If we're talking 10k sales at $5 that 1% of 50k or $500.

MadLad1024d ago (Edited 1024d ago )

@godmars

I've never seen Gears of War Remastered, Gears 4, or Gears 5 nearly that low in any sale.

Like I said, even being on Gamepass, even during large sales with many games on sale, they tend to be some of the biggest sellers. There a lot of people still buying the Gears series even after years of being released.
There's a lot more digital sales than I think you would assume.

HardKnockKid241024d ago

Your first thought should have prevented your second thought. Smh

Crows901024d ago

Not huge but not insignificant either.

Melankolis1024d ago

1% revenue is quite many. Means if they take 30% profit from their revenue, they actually give 3% and so on.

I believe you regularly give more than 1% of your revenue that's good, but as a company whose behavior is always driven by profit, the executives deserve credit.

MadLad1024d ago

1% more than 99% typically give.

moriarty18891024d ago

Very nice of them. A good cause for sure.

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