{"id":379371,"date":"2026-09-29T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=379371"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:44:05","slug":"gears-of-war-e-day-gets-release-date-launches-october-6-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gears-of-war-e-day-gets-release-date-launches-october-6-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Gears of War: E-Day gets release date: launches October 6, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gears-of-war-e-day.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Gears of War: E-Day<\/a> hits Xbox Series X|S and PC at the same time on <strong>October 6, 2026<\/strong> at 3 p.m. UTC. Premium Edition and Collector\u2019s Edition owners get in five days earlier.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That early-access rollout starts on <strong>October 1<\/strong> at 8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m. EDT, 4 p.m. BST, and 5 p.m. CEST. In Japan and Australia, it lands a little later because of the time difference: 12 a.m. JST and 1 a.m. AEST on October 2. The standard launch follows that exact same regional schedule on October 6, or October 7 if you\u2019re in Japan or Australia.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if getting in early matters to you, the Premium Edition or Collector\u2019s Edition are the ones to buy. If not, <a href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Xbox Game Pass<\/a> or the standard edition will unlock the game on <strong>October 6<\/strong>. E-Day is a prequel set 14 years before the first <a href=\"https:\/\/gears-of-war.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Gears of War<\/a>, back when Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago were younger and Emergence Day had just begun, with the Locust bursting out from below. Reports point to a darker, more horror-leaning take, closer to the series\u2019 earlier tone.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game runs on <a href=\"https:\/\/unreal-engine.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Unreal Engine 5<\/a> and adds movement and traversal updates, <strong>4K at 60 fps<\/strong>, solo play, two-player split-screen, four-player online co-op, a 12-player Horde Siege PvE mode, and a reworked 4v4 Versus suite. It\u2019s also expected to have a spot in Xbox\u2019s holiday showcase. Reviews go live on October 1.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can preload Gears of War: E-Day right now on Xbox Series X|S or PC through the <a href=\"https:\/\/xbox.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Xbox app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam<\/a>, as long as it\u2019s already in your library. It\u2019s a <strong>day-one Xbox Game Pass<\/strong> release, and you\u2019ll want to clear some space first: the install size sits around 115 to 120 GB.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gears of War: E-Day hits Xbox Series X|S and PC at the same time on October 6, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. Premium Edition and Collector\u2019s Edition owners get in five days earlier. That early-access rollout starts on October 1 at 8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m. EDT, 4 p.m. BST, and 5 p.m. CEST. In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gears-of-war-e-day-gets-release-date-launches-october-6-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gears of War: E-Day gets release date: launches October 6, 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":379370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-379371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379372,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379371\/revisions\/379372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379371"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=379371"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=379371"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=379371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}