Gears of War 4 Will Really Push the Xbox One Hardware with DX12; All Content Will Be Authored @4K on PC

The Coalition's Technical Manager Mike Rayner was interviewed by Epic'due south official YouTube channel at E3 2022 and he talked near the game's technical details on both Xbox Ane and Windows 10.

Nosotros're always keeping the game running on both platforms at all fourth dimension. Of course, we take to specialize for each platform to actually deliver the best PC gaming experience, targeting the most high stop hardware all the fashion downward to min spec hardware. And so, on Xbox One nosotros put a lot of try in really pushing the hardware to evangelize the visual showcase that Gears is known for.

On Xbox One, we've been able to use the DirectX 12 API. It actually allows us to button the visuals and get the most optimal performance. Then carrying that over to PC, it lets the states drive for higher frame rate and push the game as far as possible.

Ane thing that we're able to exercise with Gears of War 4 is to author all the content at 4K resolution. On Windows x, if you got a system that can back up it, you lot're gonna become high resolution texture packs, a existent premium 4K visual experience. On Xbox One, it'southward optimized for 1080P.

After the technical mess that was Gears of War Ultimate Edition for PC, this sounds like good news. Gears of War iv will also support cross-play between Xbox One and Windows 10 in co-op modes, via the new Xbox Play Anywhere program.

The multiplayer parts of GoW 4 are beingness co-developed by Splash Damage, a developer with lots of experience in this field (they recently made Dirty Bomb). On Xbox One, the game will run at 30FPS during the entrada and 60FPS during multiplayer; there will be a dynamic resolution scaling arrangement to allow consistent frame rate during the most intensive scenes. The Coalition'due south Rod Fergusson hinted that the Xbox 1 Due south will have less problems of this kind due to its slightly upgraded CPU and GPU.

On PC, the game will run at an unlocked frame rate even during cross-play. Gears of War 4 takes place 25 years after the destruction of the Locust. Protagonist JD Fenix (the son of Marcus) will have to face a new and unexpected threat aslope his friends Delmont Walker and Kait Diaz.

It will exist available for both platforms on October 11.