On November 10, Gears Tactics is getting a free major update that adds new features to this critically acclaimed game. This update will coincide with the console version of Gears Tactics alongside the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S console launch. Check all the new items being added to Gears Tactics:

• Jack joins the fight – Gears of War’s signature companion bot, Jack will join Gabe and the heroes of Gears Tactics as a new playable character. In Gears Tactics, Jack is a new hero that changes the dynamic of the encounters, with 20+ new skills ranging from empowering auras to hijacking and controlling enemy units.

• New powerful enemies – Deviant enemies are introduced in Gears Tactics, adding a new layer of challenge in the battles, with special abilities that will defy the players’ strategies.

• New Supreme equipment – The new Supreme equipment rewards players with powerful gear to play through the campaign, defying massive bosses and facing the new Deviant enemies.

• Enhanced controller support – Optimized experience for Xbox controllers on console and PC.

Gears Tactics, which made its critically-acclaimed PC debut earlier this year, features an immersive and character-driven story, that is set 12 years before the first Gears of War. Follow the journey of the defiant soldier Gabe Diaz to rescue and build a squad to fight the emerging Locust threat. Players customize their squad and equipment as they face challenging enemies and massive bosses in aggressive and visceral encounters with the Locust Horde enemy all in an attempt to take down the powerful leader of the Locust army: Ukkon, the evil mastermind who makes monsters.