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'We Started E-Day With an Empty Hard Drive' — Meat Shields, Chainsaw Duels and More Are Missing From Gears of War: E-Day at Launch

The Coalition said the prequel was built from scratch, forcing trade-offs on legacy features while adding a revamped gore system and jump mechanics.

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Classic features such as taking enemies hostage as "meat shields" and dueling with the chainsaw attachments on Lancer assault rifles won't be in Gears of War: E-Day at launch. According to a developer blog from The Coalition, it wasn't possible to build these features out for launch because this prequel was built from scratch, rather than on the bones of previous Gears of War titles."We started E-Day with an empty hard drive building our entire …

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The Coalition's studio explained the absence of some of the usual functions in Gears of War: E-Day at the start.Gears of War: E-Day did not get a number of the usual functions of the series at the start, including the ability to use enemies as meat shields, chain saw duels, some weapons, private lobby and leadership tables. The Coalition explained that the reason was not the lack of interest ... The Post Developers of War: E-Day cut out their fa…

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Dexerto broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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