It's been 15 years since a mainline installment to the Gears of War series supported four-player campaign co-op. Developer Epic Games introduced the experiment back in Gears of War 3, the game which chronicled the desperate last stand of Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago. It's fitting then that four-player co-op returns as The Coalition prepares to chronicle the origin of the most beloved bromance in video game history.
Gears of War: E-Day is set to launch on October 6, 2026, for PC and Xbox Series X. Players across both platforms will be able to explore the emergence of the Locust together, in either four-player online or two-player split-screen configurations. Creative director Matt Searcy tells me that taking E-Day in this direction wasn't without its technical challenges, but he believes it's the right move for what is undoubtedly the studio's most ambitious entry during its decade-long stewardship of the series.
