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- The Coalition has released a major update for Gears of War: E-Day, addressing critical issues such as incorrect Ranked placement, performance issues, and memory leaks.
- The update fixes campaign progression blockers, missing rewards, and Co-Op session issues across all acts.
- Improvements include Horde Siege stability and Versus mode tweaks to enhance gameplay balance and fix bugs.
- Enhanced server-side anti-cheat protections and quality-of-life improvements, such as reducing on-screen diagnostic text and adding an audio chime toggle, have also been implemented.
Following the launch of Ranked Versus, The Coalition has deployed a major post-launch update for Gears of War: E-Day across PC, Xbox, and handhelds.
Addressing critical community feedback, the October 14 patch tackles everything from broken Ranked placement tiers to campaign progression blockers, memory leaks, and Horde Siege stability.
Here are the biggest highlights and key takeaways from today's patch.
1. Ranked Versus Placement Fix
Following yesterday's Ranked launch, many players noticed being placed into incorrect skill divisions. The Coalition confirmed this placement bug is now fully resolved, ensuring upcoming placement matches accurately evaluate and assign your proper skill rank.
2. Performance, Memory Leaks, & Anti-Cheat
- Crashing & Degradation: Fixed multiple memory leaks across PC, Xbox, and handheld devices that caused performance degradation or crashes during long play sessions.
- Anti-Cheat & Menus: Deployed enhanced server-side anti-cheat protections and resolved bugs with account linking, login errors, and the Social/Friends menu.
- Quality of Life: Reduced the size of the on-screen diagnostic text (bottom-left corner) and added a toggle setting to disable audio chimes for Campaign Collectibles.
3. Campaign Progression & Rewards
- Co-Op & Progression Blockers: Fixed issues preventing progress in Co-Op sessions, alongside soft-locks caused by out-of-bounds enemies, stuck elevators, and un-interactable switches across Acts 1 through 5.
- Missing Rewards Workaround: For players missing Campaign completion rewards (such as characters or titles), re-playing the final mission from a completed save file will now properly trigger and grant the missing unlockables.
4. Horde Siege & Versus Tweaks
- Horde Siege: Resolved issues causing invisible E-Hole spawns, unkillable Corpsers during Invasion Events, and missing audio during objective re-activations.
- Versus Balancing & Bugs: Fixed objective interaction bugs in Demolition (stuck bombs), melee collision issues with the Lancer Mk1, and phantom zone captures outside marked boundaries on the Precinct map.
Gears of War: E-Day Intel: Ranked Versus Mode Released
A return to its dark origins, the graphical power of Unreal Engine 5, and a massive new multiplayer mode. Gears of War: E-Day is shaping up to be an absolute must-play.
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