With Microsoft's new Xbox Play Anywhere initiative, buying a digital copy of Gears of War 4 allows you to play on an Xbox One or on a DirectX 12-compatible PC at no additional cost. Captured at 4K on a GeForce GTX 1080 PC, the embedded video below gives you a near-identical look at the Gamescom gameplay demo from the comfort of your home, and an excellent taste of the PC edition of the game, which launches worldwide October 11th. Understandably most of you can't jump on a plane or train and pop on over to Germany for a quick visit just to play Gears of War 4, so we've teamed up with Microsoft to bring you a recording of the new demo. They'll get to play at 4K on GeForce GTX 1080-powered PCs, and will experience a 10-minute slice of gameplay that unveils new enemies and hands them control of new, devastating weapons. In the campaign, it makes you and the enemies both more vulnerable but provides fewer ammo and supply drops giving the game more of a survival focus.Attendees of Gamescom 2016 will be the first to go hands-on with Gears of War 4 on PC. In Horde Mode, it makes you weaker and the enemies stronger.

Inconceivable mode ramps up the difficulty beyond Insane to compensate for the additional powers and higher level caps being added. There are also two new difficulty levels to try out, Inconceivable and Ironman. Powers can also be leveled up to Level 6 now. This latest update adds 15 new Horde Skills, three for each class, new boss loot, and a new UI that reveals all 'Power drops' on the battlefield. The free-play event falls on the heels of the ' Rise of the Horde' DLC's release a few days ago.

Gears of War 4 will be discounted during the trial period. Like most other timed trials, you also get to keep all of your earned multiplayer loot and rewards, if you pay for the full game. The trial does include unlimited play of the co-op and versus multiplayer modes, but if you finish the first act of the campaign in under ten hours, you'll have to unlock it to continue. The trial version is the full game on a 10-hour timer with a lock, so if you decide to buy it, your purchase simply removes the lock.

From now until June 15, players can download and play Gears of War 4 for free.

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