The Coalition has rolled out the first Gears 5 title update for all platforms which packs new Skills cards alongside various bug fixes.

　　This first title update is focused on fixing some of the most impactful issues reported by the Gears community and the developer has announced that more updates are on their way in the coming months, including fixes for audio issues on PC, button remapping on PC and much more.

　　“While some crucial fixes have made it into TU1, work is continuing on a number of other community reported bugs and requests that we’re looking to address over the coming months”, The Coalition writes.

　　We’ve included the release notes for this update down below:

　　NEW ESCAPE SKILLS

　　As part of our continuing support to evolve the meta of our PVE modes, new Skill Cards are coming for Mac, Keegan and Lahni for FREE beginning tomorrow!

　　These Skill Cards provide strong new bonuses when playing in the Venom for Keegan and Lahni, plus an additional Venom-based option for Mac. If you like to live dangerously, builds with these Cards will benefit you greatly – but only if you can survive on a knife edge.

　　LahniVenom Resistance (Rare, Level 11): All damage taken is reduced by 10% while in VenomVenom Blade (Epic, Level 15): Melee damage in Venom causes enemies to bleed for 10% of damage dealtKeeganVenom Explosive Resupply (Rare, Level 11): Resupply recharges explosive weapons while in VenomVenom Boost (Epic, Level 14): Kills inside the venom reduce the cooldown of Resupply by 20sMacVenom Resistance (Rare, Level 12): All damage taken is reduced by 10% while in VenomEach new Skill Card will be added to the Character Progression path for each Character at the listed levels.

　　If you have already passed the level requirements for the Skill Cards, we will be retroactively rolling out these new Skill Cards to eligible players within 48 hours of our Title Update releasing.

　　BUG FIXES AND CHANGES

　　Re-Ups are now visible in your Player Card on the Main menuImproved Tour of Duty Time Remaining display to more clearly reflect the length of the OperationAdded new DBNO markers for all weaponsFix for missing DBNO notification when players are DBNO (eg. downed when vaulting over cover)Kill feed now shows downs to all playersAdded an option to disable down/kill notifications next to crosshairsAdded an Easy Navigation accessibility option (allows navigating linearly forward/backward through interactive UI elements on screen)Added Aim Toggle Accessibility option – using this toggle requires you to tap the aim button to ADS rather than holdAsylum: In Escalation, trains now enter on a predictable timer based on the start of the round rather than match durationExhibit: Escalation rings are now the same across both halfsExhibit: Laser bridge cooldown doubled from 5s to 10sUpdated the Escape Veteran, Survivor, Escape Master Medal requirementsImprovements to Asylum’s train audio before it enters the play spaceResolved an exploit that allowed enemies to be de-spawned in EscapeEscape Leaderboards now show times in the correct format (HH:MM:SS), including negative timesNegative Escape times now consistently, correctly register on the leaderboardsFixed an issue where Jack’s Assault and Support Abilities can get into a state where they cannot be upgraded in Campaign Co-OpFixed an issue on Vasgar where Joining In Progress could cause issues traversing the mid exit to helicopter sideFixed a bug that could prevent Ultimates from being activated on PCResolved an issue that could rarely allow Horde enemies to spawn out of worldFixed a bug where players could get stuck on black screen after the credits rollFixed an issue where only a single playlist reward was granted even there the player is tiered in multiple modesFixed crashes when transitioning through some cinematics on Nvidia CardsFixed a bug where meatshields could block shots when they are dropped and ragdollingResolved an issue that could cause AI pathing issues on HarborGears 5 is available now for Xbox One and PC.