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Gears of War 4 Beta stars on April 18th
- Thread starter The Flash
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Steverulez
Member
It's a Coalition game, I don't think they said Splash Damage were doing most of the work just that they were helping.
Games these days often have multiple studios assisting them, halo games have had help from certain affinity over the years (not h5) for example
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Off-topic, but CA didn't help on Halo 5? What was the reason - they're usually pretty close-knit.
It's this soon AND there's an open beta?
I was not aware of this. Now I'm hyped.
I think I remember hearing on a podcast unlocked episode before MCC came out that they were working on "some other, non-Halo related multiplayer game" after doing H2A's multiplayer. I don't know what it turned out to be, if it's even announced yet, but I'm pretty excited for that. They're a talented bunch... H2A might be my favorite iteration of Halo multiplayer.
I was not aware of this. Now I'm hyped.
I think I remember hearing on a podcast unlocked episode before MCC came out that they were working on "some other, non-Halo related multiplayer game" after doing H2A's multiplayer. I don't know what it turned out to be, if it's even announced yet, but I'm pretty excited for that. They're a talented bunch... H2A might be my favorite iteration of Halo multiplayer.
The Last Wizard
Member
Hope we don't need gold
Poodlestrike
Banned
They're working on their own thing, and good riddance, says I. H5 maps might not be the prettiest things in the world, but they're better looking than the H2A maps by a long stretch, and MUCH better playing than the H4 maps CA worked on.
'Fraid you do.
Reading the OP should help
flaxknuckles
Member
Why are they giving people who played GOW UE on PC Xbox keys? What am I supposed to do with that?
Buy a X1 or give it to a friend.
Did you expect they give you a Xbox One?
Give it to a friend?
flaxknuckles
Member
No, I expect they give me a PC key for Gears of War 4 or don't bother. Weird how ya'll don't think it's weird to be given access to a beta on a different platform than the one you played the previous game on.
SmartWaffles
Member
CA is working on DOOM.
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
Maybe after GDC the xbox keys will just work on PC (we can but hope) lol
The reason for MP beta's is they are testing the network.
Duxxy3
Member
Yes, because quote often it's the netcode that's broken and not lack of servers. You can't test network code stress until you get people using it.
Coalition-PezRadar
Director of Community, The Coalition
Because we actually are using the term 'beta' as a real 'beta' This isn't a demo.
We are looking for feedback so we can make changes before launch. We are also testing our back end
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
biosnake20
Member
When's the beta trailer?
Duxxy3
Member
Will be there trailer for beta?
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Finally, the date! Sucks that it's the 18th, though. I'll probably be knee deep in Dark Souls III at that time.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
I wonder if its really going to work with the keys this time around...
I had to post in the xbox.com forums to get my Gears BC codes..
I had to post in the xbox.com forums to get my Gears BC codes..
Coalition-PezRadar
Director of Community, The Coalition
We found most if not all users that had to request keys due to having incorrect account credentials. (ie: set Birthdates to 1800's, etc)
It's a common mistake due to XBL accounts being made so many years ago from many users and people skipping through standard registration processes.
Weird, yes... But I wouldn't prefer that the "didn't bother" with a key at all.
It's still an opportunity to check out the game early. If I couldn't play on a Xbox somewhere, I'd just give it to someone else...
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
But i dont have incorrect account credentials.
I was born in 1990 and that info can be found in my account.
A.D. Skinner
Member
A week early? Awesome. Most BETAs only last a few days, wonder what content it is if it is a week or longer.
kingwingin
Member
During finals... Rip in peace, my gpa
Miles Quaritch
Member
If the point of a beta is to test the back end, limiting its access to the people who bought the UE is short-sighted.
Why not just release the beta onto the store and have a proper test? These dummy tests are the reasons why games tend to have issues when they launch, the back end simply hasn't been test sufficiently.
Why not just release the beta onto the store and have a proper test? These dummy tests are the reasons why games tend to have issues when they launch, the back end simply hasn't been test sufficiently.
AndyMoogle
Member
This beta lasts longer than any other console game beta has ever done before. At least from what I can remember. I'm pretty sure the main reason for this is to get tons of feedback so they can tweak the gameplay before it's released. It's running on Azure, so I'm sure it will be fine in that department.
JayWood2010
Member
Itll likely be cycled. People need to remember betas are meant to get feedback to improve the final product, not a demo.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
I have worked as a game tester in the past, trust me the majority of the Betas are demos with a few exceptions of course
AndyMoogle
Member
This game isn't coming out until 6-9 months from now though. Most other "betas" are released weeks before the final release. This is an actual beta.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
Yes you are right, like I said a few of them are indeed real betas like in this case with GoW4
Steverulez
Member
You should re-read the OP Miles...
BananasWithGuns
Member
Two weeks, nice.
Hopefully the "codes in waves" things means they're going to be sending them out early for preloading or something, or that it doesn't take more than a few hours for them all to go out.
Hopefully the "codes in waves" things means they're going to be sending them out early for preloading or something, or that it doesn't take more than a few hours for them all to go out.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Awesome stuff. Really damn curious about how it looks too. Gears has always managed to impress on that regard. Sure it's MP so it won't look as pretty as the SP will when it releases but it should still provide a nice leap above previous Gears MP and UE's too. And even today that still looks great.