Gears of War: E-Day returns to the opening of the Locust invasion, fourteen years before the original Gears of War. Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago fight to survive a campaign built around cover-based shooting and the horror of the war’s first days.
Alongside the campaign are cooperative Horde Siege and competitive Versus modes. The standard edition launched on PC and Xbox Series X|S on October 6, 2026; Premium early play began on October 1.
The Metacritic score shown here is for the PC version, checked November 4, 2026.
Our editorial rating uses a 0–10 scale. Metacritic and OpenCritic use a 0–100 scale, with links to the original sources.
Gears of War: E-Day
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