Summary
The Coalition has shared some additional information about the storyline ofGears of War: E-Day, the next mainline installment in the titular third-person shooter franchise. As exciting as its reveal trailer was, there have been some lingering questions surroundingGears of War: E-Day’s plot and the direction the developers will take, but The Coalition has lately been providing clarification on what fans can expect from the upcoming title.
The2024 Xbox Games Showcase was filled with exciting reveals, likeDoom: The Dark AgesandSouth of Midnight, but one of the announcements that caught the most attention was the unveiling ofGears of War: E-Day. With the last major title in theseriesbeing released in 2019, theGoWfranchise had gone quiet for several years, leading many to wonder what exactly was going on with the IP. Many believed thatGears 6would be the next game in the series, while others surmised that a potentialHalo: MCC-style Marcus Fenix Collection could be in the works. To the surprise of many,GoWdeveloper The Coalition’s next project wasn’t either of those games and was instead aGears of Warprequel set during Emergence Day, the apocalyptic event that took place 14 years before the first entry in the franchise.
AGears of Warprequelin the vein ofHalo: Reachwas the last thing that most expected and, although its announcement was exciting, many questions were left unanswered. As such, a lead developer from The Coalition, creative director Matt Sercy, decided to set the record straight by providing some additional details aboutGears of War: E-Day’s storyline.Speaking in an interview with GamesRadar+, Sercy revealed thatGoW: E-Daywill take place across “multiple days” instead of just 24 hours, but that the game will primarily focus on the catastrophic Locust Horde invasion that kicked off the events of the franchise.
Gears of War: E-Day Will Let Players Experience Emergence Day Through The Characters' Eyes
ThoughGears of War: E-Day’s subtitledoes emphasize that the game is centered around the titular event in question, Sercy did make sure to note that the game is also about sticking withGoW’s cast of characters “from the moment…[E-Day] happens. Players will be with them every minute, through the days that play out of the city…really experiencing it through their eyes, both what’s happening to them, and also what’s happening to the city around them, the people around them, the other characters.”
In another interview, Matt Sercy also revealed thatGears of War: E-Daywill bring horror back to the franchiseby making the Locust feel like an army of menacing, scary monsters. This, combined with confirmation from The Coalition thatE-Daywill be strictly linear instead of open-world, sounds like just the thing thatGearsfans have wanted the series to return to. Hopefully,Gears of War: E-Daywill live up to the hype when it’s released sometime within the next few years.
Gears of War: E-Day
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The Story of E-DayFourteen years before Gears of War, war heroes Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago return home to face a new nightmare: the Locust Horde. These subterranean monsters, grotesque and relentless, erupt from below, laying siege on humanity itself. New FoundationsBuilt from the ground up with Unreal Engine 5, Gears of War: E-Day delivers unprecedented graphical fidelity.
