Gears of War 4 special seasonal event kicks off today

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‘Tis the season for game developers everywhere to celebrate this most festive of times with special in-game content, and The Coalition are getting in on the act with their Gearsmas event.

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by Liam Andrews

@pass_controller

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Starting today, Gears of War 4 players will be able to pick up special Gearsmas Packs in the game’s store, with 28 unique pieces of content to be found.

Anyone jumping online today will receive the Chuzzmas emblem for free as part of the game’s Daily Rewards system, while the Ice Boomshot can be picked up between 24 - 26 December.

Gearsmas Packs will cost 400 Credits and contain one Bounty and two items from the seasonal content listed below:

• 3 ‘Ugly Gearsmas Armor’ Characters – JD, Kait and Swarm Drone
• 4x Gingerbread Weapon Skins
• 4x Festive Tree Weapon Skins
• 4x Snowman Weapon Skins
• 4x JD Wrapping Paper Weapon Skins
• 4x Kait Wrapping Paper Weapon Skins
• 4x Swarm Wrapping Paper Weapon Skins
• 1 Commemorative Gearsmas Emblem

There will also be a special playlist called Snowball Fight, in which players hurl deadly snowballs at eachother with Snowshots, and Crossplay Versus makes a return allowing both Xbox One and PC players to team up together in Social game modes. Both playlists will offer 1.5 XP for the duration of Gearsmas.

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