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After the recent CoD Matchmaking servers being fixed, MS has also restored the original Gears trilogy matchmaking. Not sure if it's in anticipation of some kind of a formal remaster trilogy or someone there was just feeling generous for a change.

Original Gears of War Trilogy Restores Online Matchmaking Functionality

The original Gears of War trilogy revives its online matchmaking feature, enhancing the multiplayer experience for fans.

gameinfinitus.com

Following recent updates, online matchmaking for the entire original Gears of War trilogy has been restored, a move that will thrill fans of the renowned series.

Effective today, players can return to the war-torn planet of Sera in Gears of War 1, 2, and 3, allowing them to participate in online multiplayer matches. This represents a significant landmark in the series' ongoing support.

The match-finding feature for the inaugural Gears of War game is now back in service, facilitating players in searching and joining multiplayer matches seamlessly. This update complements the recent fixes made to the matchmaking system in Gears of War 3, ensuring a streamlined online experience across the entire original trilogy.

 

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FYI the original trilogy is also BC enhanced.


Gears 1: 720p/60 FPS (on both S and X)
Gears 2: 4K/60 FPS (1440p on S)
Gears 3: 1440p/60 FPS (on both S and X)

 

[Goalus]

Great.
I still hope the remastered collection rumors turn out to be true.

 

[ManaByte]

Previously if you wanted to play Gears 1 MP you had to play the remastered version. Now the older games work again just like the COD games.

 

[LostDonkey]

I wish they would remaster the PGR games with functional online.

That would be so sick.

 

[Shut0wen]

I wish they would remaster the PGR games with functional online.

That would be so sick.

And bring back forza 3 and 4, seriously why did turn10 even bother bringing back forza 3 as q demo for backwards compatible and MS not even bothering to drop the game

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Gears 1 online on 360 wasn't a good experience. All I remember was the delay in firing weapons and seeing it appear on screen. Probably something to do with the game being peer to peer. Gears 2 I believe largely fixed this.

 

[Shut0wen]

Gears 1 online on 360 wasn't a good experience. All I remember was the delay in firing weapons and seeing it appear on screen. Probably something to do with the game being peer to peer. Gears 2 I believe largely fixed this.

Gears 2 servers were even worse, game wasnt playable for about 6 months after it released plus host power was still a thing, wasnt as bad as gears ones host power though

 

[Pagusas]

whats up with Activision and MS both fixing their old games suddenly?

 

[CatsGamesWhatever]

I guess this confirms that the Gears games are getting the Master Chief Collection treatment.

 

[ManaByte]

I guess this confirms that the Gears games are getting the Master Chief Collection treatment.

How does it confirm that?

 

[Jetpac]

Gears 1 online on 360 wasn't a good experience. All I remember was the delay in firing weapons and seeing it appear on screen. Probably something to do with the game being peer to peer. Gears 2 I believe largely fixed this.

Boy do you have this backwards

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Boy do you have this backwards

Nope, Gears 1 was bollocks as was Gears 2, it was Gears 3 that had better servers.

 

[kuncol02]

whats up with Activision and MS both fixing their old games suddenly?

It's actually MS fixing old games. CoD games are fixed only on XBox AFAIK.

 

[mako]

Ah man rolling up and sticking people with those grenades was sweet.

 

[Mr.ODST]

Good time to be an xbox gamer id your older, alot of choices to go back and enjoy those mp titles

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Might jump in on some Gears 3 MP today. I remember Gears 1/2 multiplayer being kind of shite.

whats up with Activision and MS both fixing their old games suddenly?

The COD server update was done by Microsoft I believe not Activision.

I guess this confirms that the Gears games are getting the Master Chief Collection treatment.

How?

 

[acm2000]

And bring back forza 3 and 4, seriously why did turn10 even bother bringing back forza 3 as q demo for backwards compatible and MS not even bothering to drop the game

Why would they spend lots of money relicensing everything? New game is out this year and you can still play F7

 

[isual]

whoa. maybe I can finally get that 10k kills achievement in gears 1 now. I think I stopped at under 6k.

 

[Represent.]

Gears 1 on the 360 was arguably the GOAT online experience. i fucking loved that shit.

 

[Shut0wen]

Why would they spend lots of money relicensing everything? New game is out this year and you can still play F7

They can still still dump the backwards compatible without releasing it digitally on the marketplace, theres numerous games like that, forza horizon being one of them

 

[adamsapple]

They can still still dump the backwards compatible without releasing it digitally on the marketplace, theres numerous games like that, forza horizon being one of them

When they stopped the current BC program last year, they said that even making a game BC compatible requires licensing. I assume it's because you're playing the game on a hardware it was not licensed for originally, just a guess.

 

[Gudji]

Activision putting in some good work.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Gears 1 online on 360 wasn't a good experience. All I remember was the delay in firing weapons and seeing it appear on screen. Probably something to do with the game being peer to peer. Gears 2 I believe largely fixed this.

Yes it was terrible. Whenever I was host, I won. Because you would have 0 delay and shotguns were deadly as fuck then. The host advantage was real.

 

[adamsapple]

Activision putting in some good work.

 

[Rykan]

Gears 3 used to run on dedicated servers. I wonder if those are back up as well.

 

[SportsFan581]

When they stopped the current BC program last year, they said that even making a game BC compatible requires licensing. I assume it's because you're playing the game on a hardware it was not licensed for originally, just a guess.

That, and I don't think the X1/Xbox series systems can support the original Xbox360 code, all the backwards compatible games require downloads of a file that the newer consoles can process correctly. Great to see them working on all these older titles now.

 

[Shut0wen]

When they stopped the current BC program last year, they said that even making a game BC compatible requires licensing. I assume it's because you're playing the game on a hardware it was not licensed for originally, just a guess.

It just seems weird that some games you buy digitally while others require a disc like ace combat 6 and fear

 

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It just seems weird that some games you buy digitally while others require a disc like ace combat 6 and fear

I don't know about AC6 but the first F.E.A.R never got a digital release in the first place, it was always only available on disc. Maybe a WB issue or something

edit: Apparently FEAR 1 was Sierra and they had it digitally delisted a while ago.