Gears 5 update (Sep 14, 2021) is now available to download on PC(Steam). According to the official Gears 5 patch notes, the latest update added new changes, fixes, improvements, and more.
Unfortunately, since the last patch, players are experiencing several issues with the game. Today’s Gears 5 patch will address a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
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Gears 5 Operation 8 Drop 2 Update Patch Notes – Sep 14, 2021
VERSUS EVENT: NEW MAP RUMBLE
To kick off Operation 8 Drop 2 we are running a New Map Rumble Event that will allow you to take charge of your new stomping grounds Village and Dawn, and shed enemy blood on Ritual. You’ll be battling it out in Control and Capture the Flag, and these will be 5v5 matches!
We also have a special medal group for this event which will lead you to earn the Snake Loadout Reward Set.
| Medal Name | Description | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| Rumble Veteran | Complete 5 Matches in New Map Rumble | 4 |
| Rumble Carnage | Deal 50,000 Damage in New Map Rumble | 5 |
| Rumble Body Count | Get 50 Eliminations in New Map Rumble | 5 |
| Rumble Champion | Win 5 Rounds in New Map Rumble | 6 |
FEATURED HIVE: THE SPLIT
The Split forces you to make a choice. Do you head to the med-bay where you can give yourself an “extra life” or will you make your way to a fabri-station where you can get some lethal weapons?
Which will you choose?
XP EVENT
To celebrate Drop 2, we will be running a Double XP Event + Boost (including class XP) from Friday, September 17th to Monday 20th. This will go live at 10:00 AM PT, so get ready to grind all weekend!
PATCH NOTES
PVP
- Fixed various level of detail issues in Ritual (in a wall carving, a wall carving near the COG Spawn, and on treetops).
- Addressed a bug where female characters sometimes held the gun like a pistol, during idle animation.
- Addressed a bug where two users could not hear each other after switching to Game Chat from a Party Chat when one of them was muted.
- Addressed a bug where Trinity Vrol would use Kantus voice for some lines.
- Fixes to various rare crashes across Versus.
PVE
- Blademaster’s Shock Chain Skill Card now functions correctly against Lambent enemies in Horde.
- Infiltrator’s passive will no longer deal bonus damage for shots that are not your first shot during cloak.
- Addressed a bug where a player’s gun can fire blanks after missing first reload in Horde when the Active Reload Mutator is enabled.
- Fixed a rare issue where the game could crash while skipping Waves in Horde.
- Addressed a bug that was causing missing enemy spawns across multiple Escape Hives.
- Addressed a bug where the scoreboard could not be closed if it was opened while the match results screen was active.
- Addressed a bug in Horde and Escape where switching classes with LB/RB was causing incorrect class to be chosen.
- Fixes to various rare crashes across Escape.
OTHER
- Card and Icon art for the Savage Swarm Grenadier is now displaying correctly.
- Highlighted text in the Pause Menu will now respect colorblind settings.
- Store page can now be reached from Expression preview.
- Addressed a bug where the game crashed while downloading images to show in Store and News.
- The correct character customization model is now set after the player returns from the store.
- Fixed minor instances of debug text being visible when language was set to Italian.
Gears 5 OPERATION 8 DROP 2 LAUNCH TIME
Operation 8 Drop 2 arrives tomorrow. The title update will launch at 10:00 am PT and the live update will launch at 12:00 pm PT, meaning this is when you will get your hands on all the new content!
Download Gears 5 patch on PC.
 is now available to download on PC. Read the official Gears 5 patch notes (Operation 8 Drop 2).){kind=link}