You can get into the Gears of War Ultimate Edition beta right here!

It's slightly scary to realise that it's almost nine years since Gears of War arrived on the Xbox 360 and pretty much created the third person cover shooter.

Almost a decade on, its hard to imagine the slew of blockbuster action titles without the influence of Epic Games' seminal series. So it's very good news to hear that the original game is getting a re-release to celebrate its place in gaming history.

Gears of War Ultimate Edition was outed earlier this year and finally confirmed by Microsoft at E3 2015. It's coming back in a totally remastered form which includes full 1080p resolution visuals and 60 frames per second multiplayer gamplay. Players will also be able to enjoy five totally new campaign levels which were never released on Xbox 360.