Get Ready for Gears of War 4 Beta With These Eight Tips

With the Gears of War 4 multiplayer beta scheduled to kick off very soon on Xbox One, developer The Coalition has now released an overview video that gives you a handful of tips for how to play.

The video covers basically everything you'd want to know, including details on franchise-first elements such as close cover combat and the new competitive active reload system. Check it out:

This video is titled "Beta Tutorials Episode 1: The Basics," suggesting more videos are coming in the future.

The Gears of War 4 multiplayer beta starts on April 18 for people who played Gears of War Ultimate Edition on Xbox One or PC by April 11. After an "early access" period for these players wraps up on April 24, an open beta for all Xbox Live Gold users will run April 25-May 1.

You can check out this post to see exactly how and when beta codes will be distributed in the coming days.

For more on Gears of War 4, which launches in full on October 11, check out the stories below.

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