Gears of War 4: Rise of the Horde Update Detailed

Launching June 6.

By Alex Osborn

Gears of War 4 developer The Coalition has detailed Rise of the Horde, the next major update coming to its third-person shooter.

According to the studio's announcement on Xbox Wire, Rise of the Horde will be available as a free update on June 6, bringing with it fifteen new Horde Skills, three for each of the game's character classes.

A new ability called Cloak will be available for the Scout class, allowing players to turn invisible. Magic Bullet is a new skill coming to Snipers, which increases the damage bonus rewards for landing a headshot. Meanwhile, the new Berserker and Last Stand skills for Heavies will give you the ability to deal and withstand more damage with Heavy Weapons when low on health. Several other new skills, including ones for Soldiers and Engineers are also on the way, all of which are detailed here.

The update will also allow you to strengthen all of your skills up to Level 6. Additionally, a Horde Skill will now drop for each Boss Wave players defeat at Wave 30, 40 and 50, and playing on a harder difficulty will increase the likelihood of getting a rare drop. 500G of new achievements are also on the way, as well as the arrival of Gears of War 2 map Avalanche and Gears 3 map Rust Lung. On top of that, a difficulty level, dubbed Inconceivable, is coming for both Campaign and Horde.

The Coalition also announced that a free trial version for Gears of War 4 will be available next week. Those who don't yet have the game will be able to play it free from June 9-15.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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