In 2026, the series will celebrate its 20th anniversary, and the main event of the anniversary will be Gears of War: E-Day. The Coalition calls the project the most ambitious in the history of the franchise. The game is being created from scratch on Unreal Engine 5 and will receive an updated visual component and redesigned gameplay.
Gears of War: E-Day will take players back to the beginning of the story — to Marcus and Dom's first encounter with the Locust. The studio notes that this is a convenient entry point for new players, and promises to reveal additional details later.
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of Gears of War, and we can't imagine a better way to celebrate it than by releasing Gears of War: E-Day. This is our most ambitious project to date, built from the ground up on Unreal Engine 5 so you can feel like you're part of Gears and play in a new way. It's a return to our roots — Marcus and Dom face the Locust for the first time. This is the best place to get acquainted with the Gears universe, and we look forward to sharing more next year.