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Gears of War: E-Day

The Coalition

2026•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 17 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionhistoricalmonster/alien/supernaturalfastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearbig & varied

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and sweeping: a fast shooter, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

79 / 100

22 ratings

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About This Game

Experience the brutal horror of Emergence Day through the eyes of Marcus Fenix in the origin story of one of gaming's most acclaimed sagas. Fourteen 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. Built from the ground up with Unreal Engine 5, Gears of War: E-Day delivers unprecedented graphical fidelity.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Gears of War: E-Day is set on the planet Sera 14 years before the events of the original Gears of War, shortly after the conclusion of the Pendulum Wars. Humanity has entered a fragile period of peace, and many Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) soldiers called Gears are being demobilized. The game takes place in the city of Kalona, a major industrial center once known for innovation and scientific advancement that was transformed by decades of wartime Imulsion production.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionHistoricalMonster/alien/supernatural

Keywords

Prequel

Where to play

Details

Developer: The Coalition
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Released: 6 October 2026
Series: Gears of War
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 12h rushed, 17h normally, 23h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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