Gears of War: E-Day Day One Update Lances Out Ahead of Official Release
For those without early access, Gears of War: E-Day officially launches tomorrow, October 6. Thanks to those who are already playing the game, The Coalition managed to spot some bugs and lancer the crap out of them.
The Gears of War: E-Day day one update not only focuses on stability and performance, but also on campaign-related issues as well.
Check out the official changelog below.
Gears of War: E-Day First Update Released on Launch Day
Stability and Performance
- Made various stability, performance, hardware compatibility, and reporting improvements across the game
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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 Downtown West 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
In related news, The Coalition said that they are proud the game is an Xbox-exclusive.
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