
He and del have found sanctuary among outsiders whom they saved from cog reprisals, and, like them, now reject the oppressive government they once served. New difficulty settings have been added, as well as new re-ups and rewards.JD Fenix is a former lieutenant in the cog who went AWOL with his comrade and best friend, del, after being caught up in a classified military “incident.” The son of Marcus Fenix, JD is an idealist who wants to live his life with purpose. New skills have been added to each of the classes, as well as two new maps: the snow covered town from Gears of War 2, Avalanche, and the Gears of War 3 close quarters tunnels of Rust Lung. Players who take umbrage with the controller versus keyboard and mouse setup can turn the crossplay feature off to only play against others on their platform. Crossplay will now run across almost all game modes, including Ranked play.

The online multiplayer experience has been a focus throughout the lifetime of Gears 4 and The Coalition has reconfigured the online multiplayer for a smoother experience on both Xbox One and Windows 10. It includes the entire first act of the campaign and full access to the Horde and Versus modes. From June 9-15 there is a limited time trial version of Gears of War 4 to download which offers 10 hours of free play. Players who haven't had a chance to pick up Gears of War 4 yet can get a chance to play for free on both Xbox One and Windows 10. Gears of War 4 is receiving its largest update since release and it comes packed with a ton of new features including new maps, new skills, difficulty levels, crossplay ranked matches, as well as a free demo.
