Gears of Wars - Controls

A quick overview of the DEFAULT control style...

R Trigger	Shoot current weapon/throw grenade.
A button	Hold to aim.
L Trigger	Reload (Press again for Active Reload).
L Bumper	See objectives and squad status/orders.
L Thumbstick	Move character around.
R Thumbstick	Look. Click to zoom.
A button	Evade, Get into/Out of cover, Mantle (climb), Cover slip, Make swat turn, press and hold for Roadie Run.
B button	Melee, hold for chainsaw.
X button	Use/Interact.
Y button	Look at point of interest (Look for the prompt at bottom of screen)
D-pad Up	Switch to Frag/Smoke Grenade.
D-pad Down	Switch to Snub/Boltok Pistol
D-pad Left	Switch to left weapon.
D-pad Right	Switch to right weapon.
Click LT + A	Perform evasive roll.
Start	Pause the game and bring up the pause menu.
Back	View multiplayer scoreboard.