Thank you to everyone who's been playing in the early access period of Gears of War: E-Day. Ahead of global release, we've made some updates and improvements. An update is available today.
Stability and Performance
- Made various stability, performance, hardware compatibility, and reporting improvements across the game
Online and multiplayer services
- Addressed an issue causing some Versus Social matches to remain on the “Waiting for players” screen
- Improved XBOX authentication handling when the system clock differs significantly from the correct time
- Addressed "Bilefrog-Kalona" error, where a split-screen player could be signed out after suspending and resuming the game
- Improved online-session stability when accessing session information
Campaign
- Addressed an issue where players joining an existing Campaign could receive War Journal progress and Forge rewards earned before they joined
- Addressed an issue where players could remain attached to turrets when a cinematic or gameplay moment began
- Addressed an issue where some join-in-progress players might not receive the expected Forge Discovery War Journal progress
- Act 2 Chapter 2: Addressed an issue where the objective could fail to update when entering Allfather’s Plaza after completing activities elsewhere in the mission
- Act 2 Chapter 2: Addressed an issue where the Heavy Gear in the Black Raven Down side objective could appear without a Vulcan
- Act 4 Chapter 1: Addressed an issue where certain side objectives could fail to start if players entered the objective area while introductory dialogue was playing
- Act 4 Chapter 2: Addressed one cause of the Power Station defense objective failing to complete after all visible enemies were defeated
Horde Siege
- Addressed an issue that could prevent certain Siege Blitz Secure objectives from being completed
- Addressed an issue where the extraction helicopter could fail to appear during a Plaza Ruins Blitz mission
Versus
- Addressed an issue in Demolition where a bomb could become stuck in a defusing state if a player was eliminated while beginning the defuse interaction
UI
- Adjusted the size and appearance of Online Diagnostic text
- Addressed one possible cause of the UI repeatedly attempting to claim the same Challenge Mail reward
For other issues or support needs, please get in touch at https://aka.ms/GearsSupport
