Gears of War: E-Day Update on November 6 Brings PvP Changes

by Alex Co November 6, 2026 12:17 pm in Title Updates and Patches
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Gears of War: E-Day Update on November 6

The Coalition has released a new game update for Gears of War: E-Day and it’s live on Xbox Series X|S and PC.

This brings a host of PvP changes, and nerfs the Striga (finally!), and the dev team has also commented on the Mantle kick too.

Read on for every change made today.

Gears of War: E-Day Nerfs Weapons on November 6

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Here are the changes for today:

Overall power reduced for the Striga:

◦ Headshots now cause DBNO instead of death
◦ The gib range has reduced from 10m to 3.5m
◦ Reduced lethal damage range to 14m

Overall power reduced for the Lancer Mk1 (Retro)

◦ Reduced Active Reload damage bonus from 15% to 10%
◦ Short-range falloff now ends at 1200 from 1400
◦ Medium-range falloff now ends at 2200 from 3000
◦ Maximum damage falloff is reached at 4000 from 6000

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◦ Reduced Active Reload damage multiplier to 1.25x from 1.5x

Alongside that, the dev team is actively working on changes to the Mantle kick and that will be applied in a later update.

If you haven’t bought the game, read our review where we state, “If you’re a longtime fan, you would love Gears of War: E-Day. If you’ve never played a Gears game, this might be the perfect place to start. It’s where everything begins, and it’s the best the series has felt since the original trilogy.”

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