{"id":864857,"date":"2026-04-01T12:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/864857\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:45:25","slug":"five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/864857\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox&#8217;s Gears Of War: E-Day Direct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been almost two years since E-Day was first revealed, and developer The Coalition has been very quiet on the game since. In June though, we&#8217;ll get a proper deep dive on the next Gears title straight from the studio, and we have lots of things we want to see.<\/p>\n<p>So, we&#8217;re going to put together a quick list of some of the story beats, game modes, features and more that we want to see from Gears of War: E-Day &#8211; and indeed want to see shown at the game&#8217;s Direct this June. Exciting times ahead, Gears fans!<\/p>\n<p>1. A Proper Look At Kalona City, The Game&#8217;s War-Ravaged Location<br \/>\n<a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox&#039;s Gears Of War: E-Day Direct1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/e3634b0e2869b\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct1.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox's Gears Of War: E-Day Direct1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the most exciting things about Gears of War: E-Day is the game&#8217;s return to a more focused, tight-knit setting. Earlier this year, we found out that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2026\/01\/gears-of-war-e-day-will-be-packed-with-heart-and-emotion-set-in-a-single-war-ravaged-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the next Gears game would be set in a single war-ravaged city<\/a>, and although that&#8217;s been teased already with pre-launch images and such, we want to see lots more of it during the Direct.<\/p>\n<p>Show us the scale of the city and how its inhabitants are dealing with the imminent threat of the Locust. Show us how we&#8217;ll be traversing Kalona, whether on-foot or via Gears&#8217; famous Junker truck. A hint at how this will all be structured would be nice too, although given E-Day is harkening back to the series&#8217; roots, we are expecting this to be a largely linear affair.<\/p>\n<p>2. Give Us Something, Anything About The Relationship Between Marcus &amp; Dom<br \/>\n<a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox&#039;s Gears Of War: E-Day Direct2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/3c36c88fffa78\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct2.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox's Gears Of War: E-Day Direct2\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You all heard it, right? The haunting, tear-jerking tease of Mad World in the original <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EC20gLfUHeA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gears: E-Day trailer<\/a>? Well, it was certainly there, and with the trailer&#8217;s focus on the connection between Marcus and Dom being front and centre, we&#8217;d like to see more of that during the Direct in a few months&#8217; time.<\/p>\n<p>The Gears franchise has long been famous for its quips; the banter between Delta Squad &#8211; and we&#8217;d love to see the team link back to that here. Something like a campaign level walkthrough featuring an honest, down-to-earth chat with our famous Gears brothers-in-arms would put a huge smile on our faces. Anyone who&#8217;s played the original trilogy knows what we&#8217;ve been through with these characters, and we&#8217;re hugely looking forward to seeing that all fleshed out in E-Day.<\/p>\n<p>3. The Locust Look Scary In E-Day, And We Want To Know What We&#8217;re Truly Up Against<br \/>\n<a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox&#039;s Gears Of War: E-Day Direct3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/267ceea77538f\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct3.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox's Gears Of War: E-Day Direct3\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our first introduction to Gears E-Day made even the lowly Locust Drone look like a formidable foe, and honestly, we&#8217;re not sure we&#8217;re ready to face whatever else the Locust Army will throw our way. Those first few Gears games had some pretty frightening enemies like Corpsers, Boomers and Brumaks, and we&#8217;ve got a feeling that The Coalition is going to make them even tougher this time around.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we&#8217;re also expecting the team to give us plenty of never-before-seen enemies too, and these are what we&#8217;re most excited to see. The Swarm \/ DeeBee enemies in the newer Gears games just never hit the same, and we&#8217;re incredibly excited to see new Locust enemy designs here in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>4. Show Us Your Unreal Engine 5 Expertise, The Coalition<br \/>\n<a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox&#039;s Gears Of War: E-Day Direct4\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/4a8d1c06f73f7\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct4.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct4.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox's Gears Of War: E-Day Direct4\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before we move on to talk a little bit about the other game modes we want to see in E-Day, one other thing we want the campaign to show off is the game&#8217;s Unreal Engine 5 prowess. The Coalition has long been one of Xbox&#8217;s most impressive studios from a tech perspective, and with this being the first Gears game on UE5, we&#8217;re really looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-360\/gears_of_war\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gears of War<\/a> was a showpiece for Xbox 360, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-one\/gears_of_war_4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gears of War 4<\/a> got the most out of Xbox One and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-one\/gears_5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gears 5<\/a> was mighty impressive on Xbox One X and Series X|S &#8211; so let&#8217;s see just how far E-Day will push things. Based on what we&#8217;ve seen so far and what we know about this studio, Gears of War: E-Day could be one of the best-looking games to ever hit the current generation of consoles. Chef&#8217;s kiss!<\/p>\n<p>5. Horde &amp; Multiplayer Are Important, And We Want To See The E-Day Versions In Action<br \/>\n<a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox&#039;s Gears Of War: E-Day Direct5\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/922727404aaab\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct5.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/five-things-we-want-to-see-from-xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-direct5.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Five Things We Want To See From Xbox's Gears Of War: E-Day Direct5\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So far, all of the focus on E-Day has been centred around campaign, but what about Horde and multiplayer modes? After the game&#8217;s initial reveal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2024\/06\/xbox-dev-the-coalition-comments-on-multiplayer-modes-in-gears-of-war-e-day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Coalition promised us that the next Gears of War would be a full-blown title with all the modes you&#8217;ve come to expect<\/a>, and we sincerely hope that includes Horde and a suite of multiplayer features.<\/p>\n<p>On top of this, what about something entirely new? Gears has long experimented with co-op modes \u2014 such as Beast in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-360\/gears_of_war_3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gears of War 3<\/a> and Overrun in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-360\/gears_of_war_judgment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gears Judgment<\/a> \u2014 and we&#8217;d be down to see something like those again in E-Day as well. We&#8217;re very happy to see the tone of Gears shift back towards the beginnings of the franchise, but that doesn&#8217;t mean we don&#8217;t want plenty of new features too. Give us reasons to keep coming back to Gears of War: E-Day, Xbox!<\/p>\n<p>Those are just some of the things we want to see in the Gears of War: E-Day Direct this June (trust us, there&#8217;s lots more), but what about you folks? Is there anything in particular that you want to see from The Coalition during Xbox&#8217;s summer showcase this year?<\/p>\n<p>Talk to us about what you want to see from Gears of War: E-Day down below!<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been almost two years since E-Day was first revealed, and developer The Coalition has been very quiet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[46871,126,245940,507,53,16,15,289,71656],"class_list":["post-864857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-direct","tag-features","tag-gears-of-war-e-day","tag-microsoft","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-xbox","tag-xbox-games-showcase"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116329522426927875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}