Playing with friends in Gears 5’s Escape mode is possible both in splitscreen and online co-op, and follows the same layout as the Horde mode more or less. Playing Gears 5’s Escape in Splitscreen & Online Co-Op This does change the menu screen, and you’ll have to press right on the d-pad to invite other players into your game or lock the slots. Instead, we found that we had to use the Campaign method to have Gears 5 acknowledge the second player, and then head into Horde’s menus. If you’re looking to play Horde in splitscreen, it gets a little stranger, as you can’t simply press the Menu button on the second controller from the lobby screen as you did in Campaign.

Have them accept the invite and you’ll then be able to play Horde in online co-op.

Press A on one of these open slots and then choose the friend you want to invite from your friends list.

You should now see your ‘Team’ over on the right side of the screen, with your Gamertag at the top followed by a number of ‘Slot Open’ spaces.

From there, you’re going to want to select ‘Custom Game’ and then ‘Host Match’ above the list of available games you can join. To play Gears 5’s Horde mode in either of the co-op multiplayer options, you’ll want to select the ‘Horde’ option from the main menu. How to Play Gears 5 Horde in Splitscreen & Online Co-Op You’re now free to play Gears 5’s campaign in co-op in both splitscreen and online multiplayer.

Select the friend you want to invite from your friends list and have them accept the invite.

To play online co-op in Gears 5’s campaign, press A on the ‘Invite Player’ option below one of the remaining characters.

Simply have the other person press the Menu button (to the right of the big Xbox button), on their controller and select their profile.

To play splitscreen co-op in Gears 5’s campaign.

There should be two remaining slots next to Jack and the other playable human character.

At the Lobby Menu, Player 1 should be already shown in the first available slot.

You can select to Load up an existing save, or start a New Game.

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