Day one of E3 kicks off today with Microsoft’s press conference, where we learned that anyone who purchases Gears of War 4 will get it on both PC and Xbox One—and there will be crossplay between both platforms.


It’s all part of a larger program called “Xbox Play Anywhere,” which will allow crossbuy/crossplay for Xbox One titles. As we reported a few weeks ago, this feature is likely coming to all major Xbox One games.

Here’s a hunk of new gameplay from E3 as well—looks like weather is going to be a major nuisance in Gears 4:

Also coming for Gears 4: a special edition of the Elite controller. It looks spiffy: