Gears of War: Ultimate was recently released for Windows 10 via the Windows Store. Only a PC release for Halo 5 would be bigger news among the fanbase. Gears of War for Windows features the amazing tactical action and multiplayer excitement found in the Xbox 360 version, but also adds a variety of all-new. LIVE supports online matchmaking for Gold members. Gears of War for Windows features original content and all-new achievements to unlock. Gears of War 4 would be another huge signal of Microsoft’s changing priorities should it arrive on PC. To survive you must suppress your enemy, take cover, and use weapons and teammates to outlast the Locust Horde.
The recent confirmation that Quantum Break was no longer an Xbox One exclusive caused a huge reaction, although subsequent to that Forza 6 also joined the ranks of titles making the jump. Nonetheless, an increasing number of Xbox exclusives are making their way to PC. However, Spencer quickly played down talk of a perceived softening of Microsoft’s support for Xbox One, and also backtracked on comments that appeared to suggest the X box could become an upgradable platform like the PC. This is to be done under the banner of its Universal Windows Platform standard – which in itself has proved controversial – that runs across Xbox and Windows 10. Earlier this month it was revealed that Xbox boss Phil Spencer had argued that Microsoft’s priority was to bring its titles to as wide an audience as possible by decoupling our software platform from the hardware platform”.
