I would not hand Gears 5 to my wife. Cover shooting, rolling, melee, and a controller full of context buttons ask for a fluency she has no reason to build, and she would be lost in ten minutes. For regular gamers, though, this is the safest big-budget co-op campaign on the service. Up to three players fight through the story, Horde mode takes five, and the Game of the Year package includes the Hivebusters campaign. It is less inventive than the top picks, because it mostly asks you to shoot things well together. Plays on console, PC, and cloud, with local co-op on console.

Overview
About Gears 5: Game of the Year Edition
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears 5’s celebrated campaign, refreshed multiplayer and Hivebusters expansion are optimized for the Xbox Series X|S.
Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition includes:
• Gears 5 base game
• Halo: Reach Character Pack
• 30 days of Boost
• Gears 5: Hivebusters expansion
Campaign: With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself. New campaign features let you take your character and weapon skins into new playthroughs and enjoy bonus difficulties and modifiers.
Hivebusters Expansion: Play as Lahni, Keegan and Mac – the heroes of Escape mode – on their first operation as part of the secretive Hivebuster program. Thrown together and dubbed “Scorpio Squad,” their suicide mission to destroy a Swarm hive may hold the key to saving Sera and their own redemption.
PvP: May the best team win! With new modes and content since Launch, Versus rewards every competitive style, from casual to pro.
PvE: Co-operatively battle to survive. Pick your character, pick your class, and hunker down in Horde or push through in Escape.
Xbox Series X|S Optimized: Gears 5 has been upgraded to take advantage of Xbox Series X and S, including: reduced load times, instant resume, 120 FPS in Versus and variable refresh rates. Plus, experience 4K HDR Ultra visuals on Series X.
Smart Delivery: Buy a copy of Gears 5 for your console and automatically download the version optimized for your device for free, including for Xbox Series X and S.
Three-player Campaign Co-op: Battle alongside your friends in three-player online or split-screen co-op.
Accessibility: Customize your gaming experience with updated accessibility features, including full controller remapping, single stick movement, Adaptive Controller support, narrated UI and menus, improved subtitles and more.
Reference
At a glance
- Released
- December 15, 2020
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
- Genres
- Shooter, Adventure, Action
- Play modes
- Single Player, Multiplayer, Co-op, Split-Screen
- Age rating
- ESRB M
Media
Screenshots
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Playing together
Multiplayer & game modes
Gears 5: Game of the Year Edition offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.
Play Modes
Single Player • Multiplayer • Co-op • Split-Screen
Content
Age ratings
How rating boards around the world have classified Gears 5: Game of the Year Edition. Open a board for its content descriptors.
ACBMA 15+
CEROZ
- Violence
ESRBM
- Blood and Gore
- Intense Violence
- Strong Language
GRAC19+
- Language
- Violence
PEGI18
- Violence
- Bad Language
No Rating Summary
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