Playing Gears of War on a PlayStation console, DualSense's Impulse Triggers whirring underfinger as a Lancer Chainsaw Bayonet churns through flesh and bone, is a surreal experience. But joining a friend who is on Xbox Series X for a cross-platform co-op session? Quite honestly, it's quietly revolutionary.
When Gears made its debut two decades ago, the idea that players across rival console ecosystems would one day be able to play cooperatively and competitively together online was implausible. Cross-platform play may be ubiquitous today, but it has only been eight years since companies like Epic, Psyonix, and Xbox fought to change the status quo. And as for the idea that Gears of War, a flagship Xbox exclusive, would ever appear on PlayStation wasn't just implausible, it was laughable.
