If you logged into Gears 5 last night, you might have noticed a big surprise: the price of Iron just went up.
Iron – the premium currency you can buy with real-world money – is spent on Gears 5 cosmetics such as character skins.
At launch, 500 Iron cost £3.99, 1000 Iron cost £6.99 and 2250 Iron cost £14.99.
Then, yesterday, these prices went up without explanation from either Microsoft or developer The Coalition. 500 Iron now costs £4.25, 1000 Iron costs £8.50 and 2250 costs £16.50.
What happened? Blame Brexit? Well, it turns out there was an issue with the previous pricing, and it had to be adjusted in regions outside of the US such as the UK. The problem was, The Coalition had no idea the change was being made, so it didn’t warn players beforehand.