Gears of War: Reloaded has two Beta weekends coming, with the first starting tomorrow and they've announced zero platform restrictions for it. For the Steam release you do need to have pre-ordered it to access it, with the full game releasing August 26th
The dates and times for each of them:
- Friday, June 13 from 7pm UTC (12pm PST) to Sunday, June 15 at 7pm UTC (12pm PST).
- Friday, June 20 from 7pm UTC (12pm PST) to Sunday, June 22 at 7pm UTC (12pm PST).
On X/Twitter, they did a longer post explaining that there's no restrictions:
Are there any platform restrictions?
No, access to the Gears of War: Reloaded Multiplayer Beta will not be restricted to any specific platforms. You will be able to play the Multiplayer Beta on all platforms the full game will be released on, including Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam - including SteamOS and Steam Deck.
That's really great to see! Hopefully it will work well enough and be optimised for at least 30FPS on Steam Deck. The Steam page does also note "Optimized for PC & Handhelds" (emphasis mine).
My concern with the original announcement was the use of Easy Anti-Cheat, which many games still haven't enabled for Linux platforms but seems once again a Microsoft Xbox title will be enabled. Awesome. See more on our anti-cheat page.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Talon1024 6 hours ago
> Wasn't that developed and/or published by Epic Games? They would never bend the knee and release on Steam.
> Looks at Steam store page
> Developed by "The Coalition", published by Xbox Game Studios
> ....
Phlebiac 1 hour ago
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