If you were worried that last year's cross-platform multiplayer test for Gears of War 4 wasn't to bare fruit, you'd be wrong. The Coalition sneaked the final implementation out a couple of days ago.
Late last year, the guys behind the long-awaited next-gen move of Gears of War 4 set up a very special weekend where players across the Windows 10 and Xbox One platforms could play with against each other.
Previously, players on both platforms could only interact through co-op game modes like Campaign and Horde. Spurred on by the thought that one platform would have a key advantage over the other, cross-platform play was locked to these co-operative gamemodes. During the test, however, the team looked to challenge that preconception by allowing cross-platform play in casual, more traditional multiplayer modes.
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Following the test, we didn't hear much from The Coalition about whether this meant the feature would become a permanent addition to the game. Through a sneak announcement over the weekend, they released data from the trial weekend that noted players on either side performed about as well as each other with overall match experiences being higher that with the platforms were split.
From now on, players of either version of the shooter will have the opportunity to be matched with or against players of the opposite field in casual playlists. Ranked isn't likely to receive the same love, however, just in case the slight discrepancies cause too much of a divide.
