Xbox One and Windows 10 Gears of War 4 Multiplayer Cross-Play Now Available

The Coalition announced that cross-play between Gears of War 4 on Xbox One and Windows 10 is now available for multiplayer.

Liam Ashley, the Community Manager for The Coalition, stated on an official post:

“We are incredibly excited to bring our Xbox One and Windows 10 PC communities closer together in Public Versus multiplayer through the power of Xbox Live. Thank you for your participation, feedback and passion – without our incredible fans, this decision would not have been possible.”

This feature is currently only available on the Social Quickplay playlist and isn't supported by Core or Competitive playlists. 

“Despite the closely matched performance between users on both platforms seen in our cross-play Test Weekend, we always want to ensure our Ranked experiences are as closely matched and competitive as possible.”

The Coalition conducted a Test Weekend last year to bridge together Windows 10 and Xbox One Gears fans to make this decision:

Over 750,000 Matches Played

Over 115,000 Unique Participants – 91/9 split from Xbox to Windows 10

Average of 6.2 matches played by Xbox users, with 11.2 for Windows 10 users

Over 90% of all matches during the weekend included a mix of Windows 10 and Xbox One players

Windows 10 and Xbox players had closely-matched results when comparing Average KD, Score and Kills per match based on skill ratings

The quality of matches improved for both Xbox and Windows 10 users – social lobbies had a higher average user count, and players completed 95% of all social matches entered vs 90% prior to Cross-play Weekend

Gears of War 4 is now available on Xbox One and Windows 10. 

Source: Xbox Wire

Adam Siddiqui, NoobFeed
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