THIS WEEK IN GEARS: DEC 1 – 7

Just you, your Gnasher and your dream of ruining the day of seven other players.

Lace up your best bouncing shoes on and head into Gnashers Only FFA this week to prove your skills.

HORDE EVENT: CLASSIC HORDE

Classic Horde is… well, Classic, meaning there are no fabricators, ultimate abilities, skill cards or passives, and everyone starts off with a Lancer, Gnasher and Snub.

Unlike the original Horde, however, the Classic Horde playlist uses the Horde Frenzy model of 12 waves with a boss every 4 waves. The playlist will also be restricted to only the new maps introduced in Operation 5, giving players a great opportunity to try out the new maps as well!

As an added treat, we’re rolling out a Classic Horde medal group where you can earn the complete Bloody Weapon set.

Here are the challenges:

• Classically Trained – Survive 36 waves of the Classic Horde event
• Lone Wolf – Get 100 kills with the Gnasher (any MP mode)
• Hold ‘em Back – Get 100 kills with the Lancer (any MP mode)
• Scavenger – Get 25 kills with heavy weapons (any MP mode)

ESCAPE HIVE: THE GAUNTLET

Fresh weekly hive. Fresh weekly rewards.

The Gauntlet returns! This intense, one-act Hive forces you and your squad to battle through three huge fights (and bosses) in rapid succession to escape the Venom in time.  

WEEKLY STORE

• Stranded Dizzy – 500 Iron
• Dizzy Banner – 100 Iron
• Dizzy Skull Mark – 65 Iron

FEATURE STORE

• Winter Armor JD – 250 iron or 2,000 Gears Coins
• Swarm Winter Sniper – 250 Iron or 2,000 Gears Coins
• Frigid Blast Weapon Set (Full) – 850 Iron or 6,800 Gears Coins
• Snowflake Bloodspray – 125 Iron or 1,000 Gears Coins

ESPORTS

• Chrome Steel Hivebuster Mac – $9.99 USD

GEARS TACTICS TITLE UPDATE

Attention Gears fans!

Here are the patch notes for the latest update for Gears Tactics!

This Title Update will be out at November 30, 2020 at 7:00 pm PT. The full patch notes can be found below:

ALL PLATFORMS – GENERAL

• Improved narration in the equipment screens.
• Improved narration of the hit chance UI element.
• Fixed white flash that could occur for one frame in the loading screen.
• Fixed the character animation snapping when backing out of name customization in the Barracks.
• Fixed goggles not disappearing from the Deviant Sniper when it is killed by a headshot.
• Fixed flickering between the occlusion shader and some buildings in Act 2 and Act 3.
• Optimized content in Act 2 to improve performance.

ALL PLATFORMS – GAMEPLAY

• Controller Only: Fixed a timing issue where sticky cursor abilities (e.g. execute) could be confirmed before the preview was shown.
• Controller Only: Added camera limit to Jacks free aim abilities so the camera won’t push past the limit of the ability.
• Improved targeting of free aim abilities, like Overwatch or Jacks capsules.
  The ability can now be confirmed while hovering over another unit instead of that unit being selected.
• Fixed the turn getting stuck when a player unit attempts to chainsaw an enemy unit that has an opportunity attack
  and the opportunity attack is triggered while the player unit is mantling over cover.
• Fixed enemies spawning in the ground if player units are too close in some missions.
• Fixed a case where a unit revived in a corner could get stuck.
• Fixed elite enemy reveals being in the wrong location when loading a save game.
• Fixed hit chance UI element background sometimes not appearing.
• Fixed sounds cutting out during later stages of the Brumak fight.
• Fixed Tickers appearing on the ground for one frame while dropping from the Reaver.
• Fixed Jack facing in the wrong direction after opening doors.

PC

• Improved boot times.
• Added a new advanced video setting “Fast Pipeline State Cache”. This setting decreases boot times but increases system memory usage by up to 600MB.
• Optimized planar reflections, the GPU cost of the feature has been greatly reduced.
• Added a user facing message when file read errors happen so the user can be alerted to potential file corruption errors.
• Fixed misaligned text on buttons in some resolutions.

XBOX CONSOLES

• All: Fixed lighting being too dark in night environments.
• All: Fixed Gabe missing his undershirt during the intro cinematic if the game is still installing Act 2 content when the cinematic loads.
• Xbox One X|S: Fixed a visible hitch when units drop from a Reaver for the first time.
• Xbox Series X: Enabled enhanced reflections. See below for comparison images

Xbox Series X: Enhanced Reflections – OFF

Xbox Series X: Enhanced Reflections – ON

STABILITY

• Fixed a crash on Xbox One X when browsing characters in the convoy later in the campaign.
• Fixed a crash that could happen when using bayonet charge.
• Fixed a rare crash while using the torque bow.
• Fixed a rare crash in gameplay while planning the enemy turn.
• Fixed a rare rendering crash.
• Fixed a few rare crashes in loading screens.
• Fixed a rare crash during streaming install when the game is suspended.
• Fixed a rare crash that could happen after the game is saved.
• Fixed a rare crash on boot while registering users and controllers.
• Fixed a crash when a mine explodes on an e-hole and the unit that placed the mine is dead.