Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is Microsoft Studios's Shooter, Third-Person, and Action game with a release date in 2015.
When you play Gears of War: Ultimate Edition you will enjoy the following styles of play.
- Shooter games are fast paced action games that are based on testing the players reaction time. They usually involve the player holding a weapon in front of them and attempting to shoot other players or characters. Some shooters are short lived arcade style, but most have both a single player mission series and some have a large multiplayer following. Common shooters include Call of Duty and Battlefield.
- In a third person game you typically run around looking over the shoulder of the main character. They are frequently shooters like Gears of War or platformers like Tomb Raider or Assassins Creed.
How to Port Forward Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
When you are playing Gears of War: Ultimate Edition you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and on occasion even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.
Before You Forward a Port
Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:
- The IP address of your network router.
- Your gaming machine's IP address.
- A list of TCP and UDP ports to forward.
How to locate your router's IP Address
The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.
How To Forward Ports
Most people use our Network Utilities software package to forward ports. It's the fastest way to forward ports when you need them and then close them when you do not. You can also do it by hand.
The usual process for forwarding a port is:
- Login to your router.
- Find your routers port forwarding section.
- Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the correct box in your router.
- Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the matching boxes in your router.
- On occasion you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
Ports Required for Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
The network ports that need to be forwarded for Gears of War: Ultimate Edition are as follows:
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition - PC
- TCP: 3074, 14001
- UDP: 3074, 3544, 4500, 5000, 7777, 8700, 8701, 9000, 13000, 13002, 14001, 30000-30099
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition - Xbox One
- TCP: 3074
- UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500
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