After 'Crunching Hard' Through Their Final Months, Gears of War: E-Day Developers Are Reportedly Now Expecting Layoffs
- On Thursday, The Coalition launched early access for Gears of War: E-Day, with full release arriving Tuesday, October 6th on Windows PC and Xbox Series X|S.
- Set 14 years before the original Gears, E-Day depicts emergence day when the Locust Horde revealed itself, arriving as Xbox undergoes restructuring under CEO Asha Sharma that slashes around 3,200 jobs.
- Twenty years after the original, the cover-shooter formula still hits hard with visceral action; reviewers praise setpieces as among the series' best while noting Gears has evolved into self-aware satire akin to Starship Troopers and Robocop.
- Reviewers documented bugs including levitating Gears and hitbox failures, while AI-led Bravo Squad members fail to revive downed allies during solo play, prompting recommendations for four-player online co-op despite framerate hitches in Performance Mode on Xbox Series X.
- The campaign clocks 20 to 25 hours on Hardcore difficulty, the "intended" setting, leaving 10 years of narrative before Marcus Fenix enters prison; story director Juan Vaca's layoff just before launch raises questions about franchise continuity.
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Gears of War: E-Day is a great game launching at a terrible time
There are few blockbuster games that are as confident as Gears of War: E-Day. A prequel to one of Xbox's most transformative titles, E-Day knows exactly what it wants to be: a brutal, tense, and self-aware action game, one that is stronger because it doesn't deviate from that premise. Twenty years since the original Gears […]
The new Gears of War: E-Day promises to go back to its origins, bringing some more terrifying Locusts than ever, and yes, it does more than ever.
After 'Crunching Hard' Through Their Final Months, Gears of War: E-Day Developers Are Reportedly Now Expecting Layoffs
Gear of War: E-Day developers are reportedly in no mood to celebrate the game's imminent release, following months of overtime and fresh fears of further layoffs.That's according to a Eurogamer report that includes comments from various sources at The Coalition, Microsoft's dedicated Gears of War team that has been working on E-Day for the past five years. Microsoft has made numerous rounds of redundancies over that time, though staff at The Coa…
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