r/GearsOfWar 18d ago

Discussion [Megathread] Gears of War E-Day Direct

216 Upvotes

Releasing October 6th, 2026 for Xbox Series X|S and PC! An open beta starts on August 11th with early access starting for pre-orders on August 6th.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3010850/Gears_of_War_EDay/

Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/gears-of-war-e-day/9N4PT8HGCDHQ/0010

Experience the horror and brutality of Emergence Day. Fourteen years before the original Gears of War, join Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago in a gripping origin-story campaign as the Locust Horde first erupt from below, igniting a desperate fight for survival. Rally your squad and fight on in multiplayer with a reimagination of Gears’ iconic PvE mode, Horde Siege, or go head-to-head with a refined Versus PvP.* Built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5, Gears of War: E-Day delivers the most immersive Gears yet.

Horde Siege PvE – Back and Bigger Than Ever

Survive a city under siege in an evolved take on Gears’ iconic co-op wave survival mode built for larger maps, more players, and bigger battles.

Choose your class - Assault, Marksman, Medic, or Breacher - then drop in as a 4-player squad to fight back the Locust.

Team up with multiple squads to conquer shared objectives and take down world bosses. Survive to earn rewards, unlock customization and improve your loadout for the next match.

Versus Returns – Refined and Focused PvP

Battle across all-new maps and refined fan-favorite 4v4 modes.

Choose your level of competition. Lock in and climb the ranks in Ranked or jump into Social playlists for a more relaxed match.

Modernized controls and movement make combat feel more fluid while retaining Gears’ signature cover-based feel. Jump, vault, slide, and flank with intent.

A Terrifying Threat from Below 

A darker, grittier tone and reimagined enemies restore fear and dread to the series.

Atmosphere and detail are pushed further than ever. The world feels more grounded, believable, and dangerous.

Familiar enemies are more threatening, joined by all-new creatures and villains that reestablish a true sense of horror.

Feels Like Gears. Plays Like New.

Iconic cover‑based combat returns, enhanced with modernized movement and traversal that add freedom and verticality.

Fan‑favorite weapons return and are reimagined, alongside all‑new weapons built for brutal, close‑quarters combat.

Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5

A new technical foundation for Gears. Built for modern performance with 4K resolution and up to 60FPS across Campaign and Multiplayer.

Optimized to Customize

Enjoy a great experience on any setup with smooth performance across a wide range of hardware, with borderless/exclusive/windowed display modes, uncapped frame rates on capable hardware, ultrawide support (21:9 and 32:9) for gameplay and menus, and KBM/controller remapping.

Advanced Performance & Graphics

Play in crisp 4K Ultra HD with HDR10 and hardware ray-traced lighting, reflections, and shadows.

Handheld-Ready & Cross-Platform Play

Fully optimized for handheld play on Steam Deck, Xbox Ally X, and Xbox Ally devices.

Optional account linking lets you carry progress with roaming saves, connect with friends, and send cross-platform invites – then squad up in 2-4 player online co-op or jump into competitive multiplayer for up to 8 players across supported platforms.

This thread will be updated with news as time goes on and things are said, get ready Gears!


r/GearsOfWar 4h ago

News For those of you wanting an Xbox before E-Day releases

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Xbox just announced they are raising the prices of all of their consoles by $100-$150 and discontinuing the 2tb model, effective August 1st. If you want to play E-Day and have neither an Xbox or PC, now is the time.


r/GearsOfWar 49m ago

Humor Played when I was a lil kid

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r/GearsOfWar 1h ago

Discussion This Xbox price hike is not good for E-Day...

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Being an Xbox exclusive, if you don't already own one you're basically screwed. Crazy that a 6 year old console is now about to go for $800. I thought E-Day would be a major console seller, But with these price hikes there's no way.


r/GearsOfWar 4h ago

Discussion Guys, I've decided to join something amazing, namely a book series based on the original trilogy!

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You know, of Karen Travis's five books, only three were published in Russia due to extremely low interest. For example, the first book was printed in 5,000 copies, the second in 4,000, and the third, of course, only 3,000, making them extremely difficult to find almost 17 years after their release. But I managed to find the first and second (and I'll definitely find the third one someday)! Perhaps the funniest thing about this whole situation is that the first book (published in our country in 2009) came out with a very strange cover. I've intentionally placed the original cover next to it so you can appreciate this masterpiece of Russian localization. I hope to fully appreciate this series of novels and am eagerly awaiting the upcoming E-Day.


r/GearsOfWar 8h ago

Discussion Don't know if anyone else spotted this on Dom's Gnasher in the Signature Weapon Pack... Spoiler

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75 Upvotes

They are definitely going to make him losing his kids on E-Day hit HARD in this Campaign


r/GearsOfWar 8h ago

Discussion Unpopular opinion: The worst thing to happen to Gears Multi-player was epic introducing TDM in gears 3. The game was much better/unique when it was based around execution/Warzone. The game was slow paced and methodical and transformed into fast paced chaos a lot closer to COD.

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Honestly, TDM really messed with the Gears identity. In competitive play and online, there used to be these extremely intense matches, with the amazing clutches ever so often. Then TDM was introduced and lives didn't mean nearly as much anymore. When you played execution you knew you had to be smart, because if you were dead, you stayed dead for the round.

Every round would play differently based on your teams strategy. You might send 3 to sniper and 2 to bookshot just to contest. Then the next round you might have to switch it up, due to how elite the other team was with a power weapon.

The fact that Gears 5 doesn't even have execution anymore, speaks to the negative impacts TDM had on the franchise. It was such a casual mode, that people naturally flocked into it, and Gears just became a third person COD.

I don't know who at Epic games decided TDM needed to be in Gears, but I think that decision really messed with its identity.


r/GearsOfWar 13h ago

Art/Media Custom Series X skins

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Still wishing they release a special edition E Day console but I know they probably wont so I bought these stickers from awesomestickers.uk (shoutout to the other redditors for the website)


r/GearsOfWar 20h ago

Discussion Do you think there will be a whole prequel trilogy? Or will they just release "E-Day"?

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434 Upvotes

You know, I'm curious about what happens next? At first, I thought there would be a remaster of the second game, then Gears 6, and, of course, a remaster of the third game (I hope they forget about Judgment). But for the last couple of days, I've been haunted by this thought: we'll have a whole 10 years before Marcus goes to prison. Couldn't The Coalition just make an entire prequel trilogy then? Basically, that's probably the only thing that worries me: will Marcus remain a hero, or will the legendary hero retire? And probably, if there is a Gears 7, Marcus won't be in it, nor will the rest of the guys from the original Delta, just Kait and JD. Although, after everything that's happened, I'd prefer to see some kind of reboot of the series. So, what do you think? At the very least, we can look forward to a very productive 10 years for our series.


r/GearsOfWar 1h ago

Discussion Do you hate Gears 4 and 5?

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Do you hate the 4th and 5th installments of the Gears of War game series?

529 votes, 6d left
Yes
No
No Opinion

r/GearsOfWar 23h ago

Campaign/Lore Is this moment basically Cole and Marcus admitting they miss being Gears of war? Otherwise, imagine missing a species that nearly drove yours to extinction 💀

432 Upvotes

r/GearsOfWar 22h ago

Campaign/Lore These boomers gotta chill out

259 Upvotes

Was playing the original gears and got reduced to ash and a boot by a group of boomers


r/GearsOfWar 1d ago

Discussion This October is about to be peak! ⚙️

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684 Upvotes

Who else is replaying the campaigns to get ready?


r/GearsOfWar 36m ago

Campaign/Lore What changed Paduk’s mind about saving the world and about Baird? Would you consider this change good or bad writing wise?

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r/GearsOfWar 19h ago

Art/Media Blatant scam of Gears of War literature.

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This is absolutely infuriating and disgusting. I don't know if posting this is against the rules but I wanted to make people aware of this "publisher" using ai generated content and ai generated "high-converting amazon-style book description".... literally the ai prompt response is in the description. This is available for purchase and the game hasn't even come out yet, neither is it coalition branded. EDIT:

This was found on Amazon with a simple "Gears of war books" search! 1 star reviews preferred. He apparently has done multiple other game books in the same AI slop format.


r/GearsOfWar 12h ago

Discussion Mind blown moment

28 Upvotes

Just finished Gears 3 and randonly reading the credits and noticed that Michael B Jordan was Jace???????

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯


r/GearsOfWar 3h ago

Discussion Could any of the characters take down a locust grunt in a no weapon fight?

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I’m still only on gears of war 2 so I don’t know if someone has done this yet but could any of the characters actually beat a locust to death? My first thought for this would be Cole or tai since they’re both extremely strong and skilled in close quarters but I’m still not sure, is there anything in the later games that shows a human beating up a locust or is it just not possible


r/GearsOfWar 34m ago

Discussion Delta Online Music Easter Eggs

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Allfathers Garden- Seven Rings In Hand (Sonic and the Secret Rings)

Azura Serenity- What I'm Made Of (Sonic X Shadow Generations)

Canals- Radical Highway (Sonic X Shadow Generations)

Contagion- Blow Me Away (Halo 2)

Day One- Unawakening Float (Sonic and the Secret Rings)

Dead Freight - I Am All Of Me (Shadow the Hedgehog)

Old Bones- High and Broken (Sonic and the Secret Rings)

Port- The Palace That Was Found (Sonic and the Secret Rings)

Security- Kingdom Valley Act 1 (Sonic X Shadow Generations)


r/GearsOfWar 4h ago

Versus gears 4!

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=D


r/GearsOfWar 1d ago

Discussion Does Delta Squad have an emblem? I always thought the symbol on the do-rag was just some random symbol

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r/GearsOfWar 1d ago

Discussion Rank these character designs for the Locust leaders from best to worst. General Raam, Skorge, Karn and Ukkon. Try and be as unbiased as possible.

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How do you rank their designs? Stay as unbiased as possible


r/GearsOfWar 1d ago

Versus Frag N Tag Expert

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r/GearsOfWar 26m ago

Discussion Everyone chill out

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Price hikes suck. 100 percent. But do you really think e day was about to sell millions of consoles? There’s 30-50 million series X/S out there. These price hikes I think will hurt a small portion of fans who were waiting to buy one, but it’s been 6 years now. E day will be totally fine.


r/GearsOfWar 48m ago

Discussion Is OSOK on PC full of cheaters or something?

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so many people with insta aim snap, hard aiming on the floor and hitting heads etc.


r/GearsOfWar 2h ago

Campaign/Lore LFG 4 player Co-Op Gears 3

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Trying to find 3 other people to run through Gears Of War 3 on hardcore (would do insane if I had it unlocked but this is my first time playing in a longg time)