Gears of War 4 Crossplay Test Hits Xbox and PC This Friday

Have you been enjoying Gears of War 4 on PC and on Xbox One? No doubt if you’ve been playing on at least one format, some of your friends are locked away on the other, and soon, that may not be such a stumbling block for multiplayer. A crossplay test will be held this weekend, starting on Friday, and will allow PC and Xbox One gamers to play against each other. While not a permanent solution at this time, it’s going to help the developers evaluate the potential for a more playlists like this outside of private matches.

By gathering data and feedback, they should be able to balance the mode more fairly, as well as iron out a few networking issues.

Are you looking forward to Gears PC vs Xbox One matches? Check out the full release from The Coalition below.

Hello Gears fans! 
 
The time has come for us to run a special test weekend event to trial Crossplay Versus in Gears of War 4. This test is being conducted to evaluate the potential of a more permanent Crossplay solution in the future to allow Windows 10 and Xbox One gamers to play together in Versus outside of Private Matches. 
 
Crossplay is divisive in any Versus experience, and Gears of War 4 is no different. From the beginning, we stated our intention to keep both platforms separate in non-cooperative game modes in order to preserve competitive balance. Conserving a fair, competitive environment remains a top priority for us. 
 
The purpose of this weekend is to give Crossplay a trial run in a public playlist. We care deeply about players on both platforms and we’ve heard you, so our goal is to use this event to bring in a ton of data and listen to feedback from players on both platforms to examine the results. 
 
What comes next after this hasn’t been decided – this weekend is an incredibly important first step in this process. Once we use the combination of our data and your feedback together, we’ll be able to make an informed next step (or not as the case may be). The key thing we want to stress is that we won’t be making any surprise changes all of a sudden based on this weekend. 
 
We need as many of you to participate as possible to make this a truly effective test. As a thank you for participating, we’ve increased the win / loss XP for match completion and allow squads of up to 5 players into this Social style playlist. Some of you may play this weekend and never match with another PC gamer. Others will. Regardless, we’d truly appreciate your feedback. 
 
The settings for this test are as follows: 
 
Playlist Settings 

PC and Xbox players can matchmake together in this special Versus Playlist from Friday December 2nd – Monday December 5th. 
 
Playlist Type: Social 
Modes: Team Deathmatch, Dodgeball, King of the Hill 
Maps: All (including Checkout and Dry Dock) 
Win XP: 1500 (up from 600) 
Loss XP: 750 (up from 100) 
Maximum Squad Size: 5 
 
Please do let us know your feedback by posting in this thread. Please tell us the Platform you play on and how you felt about the gameplay experience if you knowingly played with players on another platform. 
 
Even if you haven’t been in a match in Crossplay, we still want to hear your voice. Let us know your concerns or hopes for Crossplay Versus in this thread along with which platform you primarily play on. 
 
Thank you in advance for your feedback and time to help us perform this special test. 
 
The Coalition