{"id":1977534,"date":"2026-06-07T17:13:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977534"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:13:49","slug":"gears-of-war-e-day-reportedly-no-longer-coming-to-playstation-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977534","title":{"rendered":"Gears of War: E-Day reportedly no longer coming to PlayStation 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/gears-of-war-e-day\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Gears of War: E-day<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Gears of War: E-Day reportedly no longer coming to PlayStation 5<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">UPDATE: PS5 release has been Fe-nixed, Xbox console exclusive release date confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Gears-of-War-E-Day_bwkbGlD.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Gears of War E Day\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Gears-of-War-E-Day_bwkbGlD.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Xbox Game Studios<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"updated_at\">\nUpdated on <time datetime=\"2026-06-07T17:13:49+00:00\">June 7, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-release-platform-skipping-ps5-rumour?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"1db72fe1-5c27-4e10-bfd2-fd2a5bc5d9b9\" data-name=\"Gears of War: E-day\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Gears of War: E-day\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Gears of War: E-day\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Gears of War: E-day\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Gears of War: E-day\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Gears of War: E-day\" title=\"Follow Gears of War: E-day\"><br \/>\n  Follow Gears of War: E-day<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><strong>UPDATE 6.09pm: <\/strong>And, just when I hit publish, Asha Sharma confirmed that Gears of War: E-Day will be an Xbox console exclusive. It arrives on 6th October, and will be available day one with Game Pass. <\/p>\n<p>\nAs well as this release date, we also have a new Gears of War: E-Day gameplay trailer. &#8220;Experience the horror and brutality of Emergence Day,&#8221; reads the blurb. &#8220;Fourteen years before the original Gears of War, join Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago in a gripping origin-story campaign as the Locust Horde first erupts from below, igniting a desperate fight for survival.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Gears of War: E-Day | Gameplay Demo Reveal | XBOX Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y85lNvF3kVQ?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/y85lNvF3kVQ\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Gears of War: E-Day | Gameplay Demo Reveal | XBOX Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Gears of War: E-Day | Gameplay Demo Reveal | XBOX Games Showcase 2026. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y85lNvF3kVQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The original story continues below. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL 6pm: <\/strong>It has been claimed that Gears of War: E-Day &#8211; which serves as a prequel to the original Gears of War, and is set 14 years before the events of that game &#8211;  is no longer coming to PlayStation 5.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to Jeff Grubb, who was talking during a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XPKk-cZ0g80\">Giant Bomb<\/a> stream. &#8220;Gears of War: E-Day was going to be on PS5,&#8221; Grubb said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not anymore. That just happened. That is a decision that just got made.&#8221; Grubb added that Xbox is &#8220;going backwards on this stuff&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"XBOX Games Showcase and Gears of War: E-Day Direct Livestream\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hQH1o1mQi_0?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/hQH1o1mQi_0\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">XBOX Games Showcase and Gears of War: E-Day Direct Livestream<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>XBOX Games Showcase and Gears of War: E-Day Direct Livestream. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hQH1o1mQi_0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Said Grubb: &#8220;They were like &#8216;this battle doesn&#8217;t make any sense&#8217;, now they&#8217;re like, &#8216;exclusives!&#8217; To what, sell another 20m Xboxes?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xboxs-state-of-decay-3-and-gears-of-war-e-day-heading-to-ps5-report-claims\">originally reported that Xbox Studio&#8217;s Gears of War: E-Day would be coming to PlayStation 5 consoles last year<\/a>. This was at a time when Xbox had been steadily adding more of its games to additional platforms. This included the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-published-sea-of-thieves-reportedly-surpasses-1m-sales-on-playstation-5\">Grounded, Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush<\/a>. Microsoft then went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-xbox-console-exclusive-forza-horizon-5-is-ps5s-highest-selling-game-of-the-year-so-far-says-analyst\">release the likes of Forza Horizon 5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-selling-faster-on-ps5-than-steam-and-xbox\">Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PlayStation<\/a>. Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-coming-to-playstation\">original Gears of War was also released on PlayStation last year<\/a>, as part of the revamped &#8220;Reloaded&#8221; edition of the game.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, there have since been a number of high profile changes at Xbox, most notably Asha Sharma taking over from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/phil-spencer\">Phil Spencer<\/a> as the brand&#8217;s CEO in February. Sarah Bond also left Xbox at this time. Since her appointment, Sharma has been making a number of changes at Xbox, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-game-pass-price-cut-working-asha-sharma\">cutting the price of Game Pass<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-drops-game-pass-prices-call-of-duty-exits-day-one\">taking Call of Duty out of the service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Sharma spoke about the company&#8217;s stance on exclusivity for first-party games, stating she is aware <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-boss-asha-sharma-hasnt-decided-exclusive-games\">that platforms &#8220;need&#8221; exclusive content<\/a>, but also that successful publishers need to reach players everywhere they can.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, a <a href=\"https:\/\/pegi.info\/search-pegi?q=e-day&amp;op=Search&amp;age%5B%5D=&amp;descriptor%5B%5D=&amp;publisher=&amp;platform%5B%5D=&amp;release_year%5B%5D=&amp;page=1&amp;form_build_id=form-vAEgGTaBhclyr2g6hD7YYSop1rW39ws6Z3DurDjB2Ho&amp;form_id=pegi_search_form\">PEGI listing for Gears of War: E-Day still lists PS5 as a release platform<\/a>, so if indeed the game does end up skipping Sony&#8217;s console, this was clearly a very recent decision.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-games-showcase-2026-time-date\">dedicated Gears of War stream is scheduled for later this evening<\/a> (7th June), so we will hopefully have clarification one way or another on E-Day&#8217;s release platforms. Before that, we also have the Xbox Games Showcase in a matter of minutes. Our Lottie is once again covering the roundup as the show happens, so be sure to stay tuned for all of the announcements and trailers to come.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><strong>UPDATE 6.09pm: <\/strong>And, just when I hit publish, Asha Sharma confirmed that Gears of War: E-Day will be an Xbox console exclusive. It arrives on 6th October, and will be available day one with Game Pass. <\/p>\n<p>\nAs well as this release date, we also have a new Gears of War: E-Day gameplay trailer. &#8220;Experience the horror and brutality of Emergence Day,&#8221; reads the blurb. &#8220;Fourteen years before the original Gears of War, join Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago in a gripping origin-story campaign as the Locust Horde first erupts from below, igniting a desperate fight for survival.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Gears of War: E-Day | Gameplay Demo Reveal | XBOX Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y85lNvF3kVQ?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/y85lNvF3kVQ\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Gears of War: E-Day | Gameplay Demo Reveal | XBOX Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Gears of War: E-Day | Gameplay Demo Reveal | XBOX Games Showcase 2026. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y85lNvF3kVQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The original story continues below. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL 6pm: <\/strong>It has been claimed that Gears of War: E-Day &#8211; which serves as a prequel to the original Gears of War, and is set 14 years before the events of that game &#8211;  is no longer coming to PlayStation 5.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to Jeff Grubb, who was talking during a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XPKk-cZ0g80\">Giant Bomb<\/a> stream. &#8220;Gears of War: E-Day was going to be on PS5,&#8221; Grubb said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not anymore. That just happened. That is a decision that just got made.&#8221; Grubb added that Xbox is &#8220;going backwards on this stuff&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"XBOX Games Showcase and Gears of War: E-Day Direct Livestream\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hQH1o1mQi_0?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/hQH1o1mQi_0\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">XBOX Games Showcase and Gears of War: E-Day Direct Livestream<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>XBOX Games Showcase and Gears of War: E-Day Direct Livestream. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hQH1o1mQi_0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Said Grubb: &#8220;They were like &#8216;this battle doesn&#8217;t make any sense&#8217;, now they&#8217;re like, &#8216;exclusives!&#8217; To what, sell another 20m Xboxes?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xboxs-state-of-decay-3-and-gears-of-war-e-day-heading-to-ps5-report-claims\">originally reported that Xbox Studio&#8217;s Gears of War: E-Day would be coming to PlayStation 5 consoles last year<\/a>. This was at a time when Xbox had been steadily adding more of its games to additional platforms. This included the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-published-sea-of-thieves-reportedly-surpasses-1m-sales-on-playstation-5\">Grounded, Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush<\/a>. Microsoft then went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-xbox-console-exclusive-forza-horizon-5-is-ps5s-highest-selling-game-of-the-year-so-far-says-analyst\">release the likes of Forza Horizon 5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-selling-faster-on-ps5-than-steam-and-xbox\">Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PlayStation<\/a>. Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-coming-to-playstation\">original Gears of War was also released on PlayStation last year<\/a>, as part of the revamped &#8220;Reloaded&#8221; edition of the game.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, there have since been a number of high profile changes at Xbox, most notably Asha Sharma taking over from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/phil-spencer\">Phil Spencer<\/a> as the brand&#8217;s CEO in February. Sarah Bond also left Xbox at this time. Since her appointment, Sharma has been making a number of changes at Xbox, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-game-pass-price-cut-working-asha-sharma\">cutting the price of Game Pass<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-drops-game-pass-prices-call-of-duty-exits-day-one\">taking Call of Duty out of the service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Sharma spoke about the company&#8217;s stance on exclusivity for first-party games, stating she is aware <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-boss-asha-sharma-hasnt-decided-exclusive-games\">that platforms &#8220;need&#8221; exclusive content<\/a>, but also that successful publishers need to reach players everywhere they can.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, a <a href=\"https:\/\/pegi.info\/search-pegi?q=e-day&amp;op=Search&amp;age%5B%5D=&amp;descriptor%5B%5D=&amp;publisher=&amp;platform%5B%5D=&amp;release_year%5B%5D=&amp;page=1&amp;form_build_id=form-vAEgGTaBhclyr2g6hD7YYSop1rW39ws6Z3DurDjB2Ho&amp;form_id=pegi_search_form\">PEGI listing for Gears of War: E-Day still lists PS5 as a release platform<\/a>, so if indeed the game does end up skipping Sony&#8217;s console, this was clearly a very recent decision.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-games-showcase-2026-time-date\">dedicated Gears of War stream is scheduled for later this evening<\/a> (7th June), so we will hopefully have clarification one way or another on E-Day&#8217;s release platforms. Before that, we also have the Xbox Games Showcase in a matter of minutes. Our Lottie is once again covering the roundup as the show happens, so be sure to stay tuned for all of the announcements and trailers to come.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Gears of War: E-day Gears of War: E-Day reportedly no longer coming to PlayStation 5 UPDATE: PS5 release has been Fe-nixed, Xbox console exclusive release date confirmed. 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