Gears of War: Ultimate Edition gets a bit more like Halo: The Master Chief Collection

When Gears of War: Ultimate Edition was announced at E3, some fans were taken aback that the game wasn’t a bundle of the full saga like Halo: The Master Chief Collection. A remaster of the original Gears of War, with multiplayer enhancements from later games in the franchise, is a decent deal at $40 but how would the Gears crowd get the full Dom and Marcus bro-love experience? Here comes backwards compatibility to the rescue! Purchasers of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will get digital copies of all four original Xbox 360 Gears games to play on the current-gen console.

By playing Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on Xbox Live from Aug. 25 through Dec. 31, 2015, you’ll get access to Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3 and Gears of War: Judgment in Backward Compatibility when it launches this fall.

Xbox One owners that already have the Xbox 360 version of the Gears games will be able to take advantage of backwards compatibility as well when the feature launches. In fact, Xbox One preview members can play the original Gears of War right now through the service.