The pre-load for Gears of War: Reloaded is now available on Xbox Series consoles, and it’s a biggun.
We covered Gears of War: Reloaded with a preview back in June, stating:
Every part of the game has seen some form of improvement it seems. There’s new, augmented lighting, shadows and real-time reflections. On PC, they’ve included native Ultrawide support, AMD Fidelity Effects 3.1, DLSS 3.5 and even a benchmark mode so you can tweak Gears of War: Reloaded to your hearts content. It’s also very well optimised for handheld devices like the now announced ROG Xbox Ally X, but I’ll get into that in a bit. First we should talk about the other platform and the large number of players that get to enjoy Gears of War for the first time.
They’ve taken advantage of all of PlayStation 5’s native features, utilising the Dualsense controller’s adaptive triggers for a different feel depending on what weapon you’re using. Comms chatter and things of that nature use the built-in speaker, and they even light the Dualsense up in red or blue, depending what team you’re on – be it COG or Locust. PS5 Pro support is also included, giving the game an internal resolution increase of 25%, among other visual improvement bumps and PSSR support.
Pre-load
The pre-load on Xbox Series consoles for Gears of War: Reloaded is 68.34 GB. It is available far earlier than the norm for releases on the platform, as the game isn’t coming out until August 26th, 2025. It is a hair over 70 GB on PC in the Xbox PC App
