Gears of War: Ultimate Edition PC out today; official system requirements revealed

Surprise, surprise, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition goes live today on PC! The game is priced at $29.99/L22.99/€27.99. Windows 10 port offers even better visual experience than the Xbox One version thanks to unlocked framerate and up to 4K resolution. This, however, comes at a cost of high system requirements, which are on par with some latest AAA games. We should also note that unlike the 2007 original which used Unreal Engine 3, the Ultimate Edition is powered by Unreal 4.

Minimum requirements

1. Processor: Core i5 @ 2.7Ghz or FX 6-core
2. GPU: GeForce GTX 650 Ti or Radeon R7 260x (2 GB VRAM, DirectX 12)
3. Disk: 60 GB available space
4. RAM: 8 GB
5. OS: Windows 10 64-bit
6. Input: Keyboard + Mouse

Recommended reqirements 1080p

1. Processor: Core i5 @3.5GHz+ or FX 6-core
2. GPU: GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon R9 290X (4 GB VRAM, DirectX 12)
3. Disk: 60 GB available space
4. RAM: 8 GB
5. OS: Windows 10 64-bit
6. Input: Xbox One Gamepad

Ultra requirements 4K

1. Processor: Core i7 @ 4Ghz+ or FX 8-core
2. GPU: GeForce 980 Ti or Radeon R9 390X (6+ GB VRAM, DirectX 12)
3. Disk: SSD + 60 GB available space
4. RAM: 16 GB
5. OS: Windows 10 64-bit
6. Input: Xbox One Gamepad

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a work of collaboration between The Coalition and Splash Damage. Other than the improved graphics, the remastered version features all the content of the original Gears of War on PC plus its post-launch DLCs. It was also enriched with several multiplayer additions, such as new game modes (Team Death Match, Blitz, King of the Kill and a special 2v2 mode designed by fans) and 17 unlockable Gears of War 3 characters. On top of that, the PC version contains extra Deluxe Weapon skin pack and 11 bonus character skins.

Transition to Unreal 4 turned out to be costly.

As you can see, the original greenish glow disappeared.