Gears of War: E-Day's Multiplayer Thrives Off Its New Horde Siege Mode – IGN Preview
- IGN editor Michael Higham recently logged 10 hours in a hands-on preview of Gears of War: E-Day, which The Coalition plans to release on October 6 for Xbox Series X/S and Windows PC.
- It has been seven years since the last mainline Gears of War game; the new title explores Emergence Day, when the Locust attacked planet Sera and killed 25% of the human population.
- Horde Siege supports 12-player lobbies split into three squads of four, spreading objectives and enemy waves across the massive city of Kalona rather than using a confined level.
- Players navigate missions using one of four classes—Assault, Breacher, Marksman, and Medic—while The Coalition implemented refined controls mapping vaulting to the Y button and sprinting to a left-stick click.
- While Gears 5 left the series on a cliffhanger, E-Day focuses on the prequel narrative, aiming to sustain the Xbox franchise long-term with a dynamic PvE experience that retains the series' 20-year heft.
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The next evolution of Gears of War’s addictive wave-based co-op mode is coming, and a first look at it has me more excited than I thought I’d be. Gears of War: E-Day’s new Horde Siege mode looks and sounds like an incredibly fun time, as it brings back memories of countless hours in Horde on Gears of War 3 back in the day, while also offering something very new and unique to the formula. Image via Xbox In Horde Siege, three squads of four will d…
I played 3 hours of Gears of War: E-Day, and yep, it’s Gears of War!
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Gears of War: E-Day Horde Siege Preview – Welcome To My New Obsession
Gears of War: E-Day Horde Siege is a Mad World Whenever I think about horde-style modes built around surviving endless waves of gnarly enemies, Gears of War is the franchise that comes to mind. The series helped define the formula. For me, it’s always delivered one of the best co-op survival experiences in gaming. Sure, Call of Duty’s Zombies mode has arguably become the bigger phenomenon over the years, but there’s something about Gears’ blend …
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