Gears 5 is out later today, at least for owners of the Ultimate Edition or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The developers have thus wanted to inform the community of their post-launch plans for free multiplayer DLC. The new concept revolves around 'Operations', which will last three months and 'refresh' the gameplay experience in multiplayer.
PC users with an AMD graphics card can already get their optimized Adrenalin driver, while NVIDIA will probably post their Game Ready driver later today.
WHAT’S IN AN OPERATION?
Operations are huge quarterly updates contain a ton of new content including:
TOUR OF DUTY REFRESH
Complete Challenges and Earn Medals to progress a fresh Tour of Duty with brand new earnable rewards
CHARACTERS
Collect new earnable characters including COG Team Heroes, each with their own unique abilities, skills and more. Learn more about Characters here.
NEW MODES
Our launch day collection of modes is only the beginning; expect even more modes post-launch beginning with Operation 2.
NEW MAPS
New arenas for Versus and Horde plus new tiles for Escape Map Builder.
MAJOR FEATURES
Operations will give us the opportunity to include major new features, such as support for Versus and Horde in Map Builder.
ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO
Prepare to master new Hives, battle for your weekly Ranked Division rewards, earn new Supply Drop content and dive into Special Events every single week.
In addition, we’ll also be updating the game regularly to continually improve and refine the game based on your feedback!
TOUR OF DUTY
Every Operation brings a new Tour of Duty – a season long progression system that is full of free earnable cosmetic content.
Complete daily objectives and seasonal medals to earn Stars that help you rank up in Tour of Duty. Every level you gain, or medal group you complete, will come with a new piece of exclusive customization – like character skins, weapon skins, executions, blood sprays, banners, expressions, marks and more.
The more you play, the faster you rank up in the Tour of Duty and unlock new content. Select rewards are only available during each Operation – so complete the objectives and get this exclusive content before the Operation ends!
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