Gears of War: E-Day — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
Gears of War: E-Day is #96 on Steam with a 24h peak of 31,517; 9,599 playing when sampled at 08:19 UTC. Latest official patch in our feed: RTX: Inside the Game | Gears of War: E-Day with DLSS 4.5 and RTX Mega Geometry (Aug 26, 2026). As of Oct 8, 2026.
Latest official update
Gears of War: E-Day is Available Now
Today marks the worldwide launch of Gears of War: E-Day, now available on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, Game Pass and Steam. One of XBOX’s most iconic sagas returns to where it all began, taking players back to the opening hours of Emergence Day and the catastrophic event that…
See update details ↓Data from Steam · Last updated Oct 8, 2026 · Refreshed daily
- Steam rank
- #96
- 24h peak
- 32K
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- Not available
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Latest updates & patch notes
12 English-language official updates in the last 90 days.
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News Steam · Official
Gears of War: E-Day is Available Now
Today marks the worldwide launch of Gears of War: E-Day, now available on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, Game Pass and Steam. One of XBOX’s most iconic sagas returns to where it all began, taking players back to the opening hours of Emergence Day and the catastrophic event that…
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News Steam · Official
Gears of War: E-Day is Available in Early Access Today
Today, Gears of War: E-Day Early Access begins for Premium Edition players and Game Pass subscribers with the Premium Upgrade. To mark the occasion, we’re releasing the Launch Gameplay Trailer, featuring Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”Today is a moment we’ve been looking…
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News Steam · Official
Gears of War: E-Day Has Gone Gold, Full PC Specifications Revealed
EDIT 9/28/2026: Updated the launch PC specifications graphic to fix an error. Today, I’m proud to share that Gears of War: E-Day has officially gone gold, marking a major milestone for the team as we enter the final stretch toward launch. On behalf of everyone at The Coalition…
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Patch Steam · Official
RTX: Inside the Game | Gears of War: E-Day with DLSS 4.5 and RTX Mega Geometry
Gears of War: E-Day launches October 6th With DLSS 4.5, RTX Mega Geometry, and ray tracing. Learn more: Gamescom 2026: DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Out Now & RTX News | NVIDIAGo behind-the-scenes with The Coalition’s Studio Technical Director, Kate Rayner, and Rendering Lead…
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Open Beta (Weekend 2) Updates
A reminder to PC players to ensure the best experience: SSD Required: HDDs (slower mechanical drives) are not supported and may cause severe loading issues, missing assets, stuttering, and crashes. Update your drivers: please ensure all NVIDIA, AMD or Intel drivers are updated…
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Gears of War: E-Day Beta Known Issues
The beta is not final software. If you experience any bugs not listed below or game-breaking issues, submit a ticket through our support site here: and Performance is still a work in progress and you can expect crashes and performance dips. Latency issues or delays in…
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Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta Details
UPDATED AUGUST 4. We heard you. We acted. PvP Versus is coming to this weekend's early access period for the Open Beta. Available for pre-download now.~~~~~The Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta is your chance to get hands on with Gears of War: E-Day and provide essential feedback to…
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Gears of War: E-Day Multiplayer Deep Dive
The squad has always been at the heart of Gears of War. Whether you’re holding the line with your friends in Horde Siege or battling against another team in Versus – multiplayer in Gears of War: E-Day is built around fighting together. Go deeper into today’s Multiplayer Reveal…
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Multiplayer Reveal | July 30th at 6am PT
Tune in on July 30th at 6:00am PT | 9:00 am ET for the Gears of War: E-Day Multiplayer Reveal.youtube.com/xbox
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News Steam · Official
Bloodied Hunter Tai | Epic Character Skin
No matter the foe, beast or being, Tai Kaliso is always the hunter, never the hunted. Private Tai Kaliso was recruited by Marcus Fenix after his home village on the South Island of Irohma was wiped out by UIR forces during the Pendulum Wars. Tai’s imposing presence is at odds…
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Exfil Dom | Pre-Purchase Bonus
As a member of the Special Tactics Group Commando detachment, Dom was trained by Sgt. Bernadette Mataki on combat survival techniques while infiltrating behind enemy lines. He is no stranger to infiltration missions and is often selected for operations deep within UIR-controlled…
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How The Coalition and NVIDIA are Building Gears of War: E-Day for PC
At XBOX and The Coalition, our goal for Gears of War: E-Day is simple: deliver the most visceral and technically ambitious Gears of War to date — whether you prefer to play on a console or on PC. Built on Unreal Engine 5 and DirectX 12, E-Day is being optimized across a broad…
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Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 29 Sep — 6 October 2026
* ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE ; * EA SPORTS FC™ 27 ; * WARDOGS ; * Gears of War: E-Day ; * Transport Fever 3 ; * Cyberpunk 2077 ; * Minecraft Dungeons II ; * The Outlast Trials ; * Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 ; * Dressmaker ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on…
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Game overview
Experience Emergence Day – the brutal origin story of one of gaming’s most acclaimed third-person shooter franchises.
- Steam rank
- #96 ＝
- Peak (24h)
- 32K
- Genre
- Action, Adventure
- Developer
- The Coalition
- Released
- Oct 6, 2026
- Price
- $69.99
- Recommendations
- 5K
View Gears of War: E-Day on Steam →
Screenshots
About Gears of War: E-Day
Emergence Begins 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. The Story of E-Day Fight through the chaos of Emergence Day in a gripping origin story campaign. Battle alone or…
Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit 22H 19045.7291 Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel i7‑6850K / i5‑10400 Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: Hardware Ray Tracing capable GPU is required. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 / Radeon RX 9060 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 115 GB available space Sound Card: Windows compatible audio device Additional…
- Languages
- English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Japanese * , Korean * , Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil * , Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese *…
- Controller
- Full controller support
- DLC
- 2 available on Steam
Frequently asked questions
- Is Gears of War: E-Day free to play?
- Gears of War: E-Day is listed at $69.99 on Steam.
- What is the latest Gears of War: E-Day update?
- The most recent official update in our feed is "Gears of War: E-Day is Available Now" (Oct 6, 2026), categorized as News. Today marks the worldwide launch of Gears of War: E-Day, now available on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, Game Pass and Steam. One of XBOX’s most iconic sagas returns to where it all began, taking players back to the opening hours of Emergence Day and the catastrophic event that…
- How many people play Gears of War: E-Day?
- Gears of War: E-Day is #96 on Steam with a 24h peak of 31,517; 9,599 playing when sampled at 08:19 UTC. Latest official patch in our feed: RTX: Inside the Game | Gears of War: E-Day with DLSS 4.5 and RTX Mega Geometry (Aug 26, 2026). As of Oct 8, 2026.
- When was Gears of War: E-Day released?
- Gears of War: E-Day was released on Oct 6, 2026 by The Coalition.
- What kind of game is Gears of War: E-Day?
- Gears of War: E-Day is a Action, Adventure game, featuring single-player, multi-player, pvp.
24-hour peak player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Oct 8, 2026). Official announcements and third-party reporting are labelled separately; follow the source links for full notes. Gears of War: E-Day and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.