We've deployed a hotfix today to address crashes and targeted issues across Gears of War: E-Day.
In addition, we're reviewing player feedback on Versus balance and are working on updates for Season 1. We'll share more details soon.
We appreciate your patience and as always, if you discover a bug or are encountering a problem, please get in touch at aka.ms/GearsSupport so we can collect more details on your issue.
GENERAL FIXES
- On PC, XBOX and handhelds, we made numerous improvements to stability, performance and crash reduction
- Fixed an issue where characters could T-pose when quickly aiming down sights after blind firing the Gnasher from medium cover
- On XBOX Cloud Gaming, fixed an issue causing default settings to be set to Quality instead of Performance
- Fixed an issue preventing players with incorrect system date/time settings from signing-in
CAMPAIGN
- In Act Two, Chapter Two, fixed an issue where entering a corner at the construction site could cause the camera to detach from the player and become stuck
- In Act Three, Chapter Three, fixed an issue where the Visual Navigation Aid could remain stuck pointing at the sinkhole instead of updating properly
- In Act Four, Chapter Two, fixed an issue causing the train car to get stuck during a Secondary Objective
- In Act Four, Chapter Four, fixed Auntie's dialogue at the start of the mission
HORDE SIEGE
- Fixed an issue where other squads closing E-Holes could prevent players from completing the "Close E-Holes" Secondary Objective
- Fixed an issue causing everyone to be kicked from a Horde server if one player fails to load in
VERSUS
- In Ranked, fixed an issue causing matches to dissolve 1 minute after a player disconnected and didn't rejoin (instead of 2 minutes)
- Fixed additional areas on Versus maps where the Demolition bomb could become inaccessible to players once dropped
- Fixed an issue causing the "Killjoy" ribbon to be incorrectly awarded when destroying enemy equipment
KNOWN ISSUES
We're aware of an exploit in Versus that allows players to see through Smoke Grenades. We are working on a hotfix. We have taken enforcement action against users playing with this exploit and others (i.e. aimbots)
We're aware and investigating reports that some players are still freezing or crashing during long play sessions.
