Gears 5 pre-load details, launch times, day one content revealed

Everything you need to know about Gears 5 ahead of launch.

Gears 5 officially releases September 10, but early access kicks off a week from now, on September 5. Gears 5 Early access is available to Ultimate Edition owners on Steam, Xbox One, and the Windows Store.

The Ultimate Edition is also part of the line-up for Game Pass Ultimate, so subscribers at this tier will also be able to play on September 5.

Gears 5 pre-load

Th pre-load has already gone live on Xbox One and the Windows Store. It’s not yet available on Steam, but it should go live between now and launch. The file size varies by platform, but it’s between 54GB to 65GB.

Gears 5 launch times

The Gears 5 Ultimate Edition unlocks at 9pm your local time on Thursday, September 5. For countries with multiple time zones, the game will unlock at the earliest time zone. For North America, that means unlocking at 9pm ET, which is 8pm CT and 6pm PT.

Gears 5 launch content

Gears 5 includes a full story campaign, playable solo or with two other players in co-op. Two players control story characters, whereas the third takes control of Jack the robot, which provides health buffs to teammates and can also harass enemy units.

Gears 5 launches with the updated Horde mode for five-player, wave-based defence action. Then there’s the entirely new mode, Escape, which is a race against the clock to escape an enemy base and extract.

Versus multiplayer is also present, with an entirely new roster of maps. A total of 11 maps will be available, seven of which are playable in multiplayer and Horde, whereas the other four are Escape only.

The Coalition is also throwing in a nice surprise for competitive fans. Five maps from Gears 4 are making the jump to 5, and they’re going to be available on day one, but only through private matches.

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