{"id":1980150,"date":"2026-06-09T08:51:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1980150"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:51:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:51:54","slug":"official-gears-of-war-e-day-video-gets-taken-down-for-including-a-ps5-logo-adding-more-fuel-to-the-last-minute-change-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1980150","title":{"rendered":"Official Gears of War: E-Day video gets taken down for including a PS5 logo, adding more fuel to the last-minute change theory"},"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 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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\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-09T08:51:54+00:00\">June 9, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-video-taken-down-ps5-logo-exclusive?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          20 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>It&#8217;s been an eventful few days for Xbox. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/gears-of-war-e-day\">Gears of War: E-Day<\/a> was officially confirmed during the Xbox Games Showcase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-and-clockwork-revolution-are-not-timed-exclusives-as-playstation-5-misses-out-on-upcoming-releases\">to be a console exclusive<\/a>, hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-release-platform-skipping-ps5-rumour\">a PEGI rating for the PS5 version surfaced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-console-exclusive-strategy-clockwork-revolution-gears-of-war-e-day\">Xbox had to further clarify in post-show interviews<\/a>, came after reports earlier that day suggested that platform leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-release-platform-skipping-ps5-rumour\">had made a last-minute decision to cancel the game for PS5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But just as we thought the whole debacle had reached its natural conclusion, along comes a new piece of evidence to reignite the chatter all over again.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Gears of War: E-Day | Official Gameplay Demo\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_Z0fd1zjYo?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\/K_Z0fd1zjYo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Gears of War: E-Day | Official Gameplay Demo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K_Z0fd1zjYo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>One day after the big Gears of War: E-Day blowout, a new episode of the Official Xbox Podcast was uploaded to the platform&#8217;s official channel on YouTube. The episode <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m8kSqrvBKoE\">offers a deep dive into the upcoming game<\/a>, featuring members of the development team. Quickly after it went live, however, the video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5LgNy-75qlI\">was made private<\/a> for the exact reason you might assume. That fumble was spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/gears-of-war-e-day-releases-october-6-2026-xbox-console-exclusive.1543111\/page-16#post-156137911\">Resetera user Jessie.Bristol<\/a>, who grabbed a screenshot from about halfway through the video showing the E-Day cover art with a PS5 logo.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The discovery added more fuel to the fire, lending credence to the reports that said the decision to lock E-Day to Xbox was made very recently, close enough to the Xbox Showcase that the team didn&#8217;t have time to change official materials to remove references to the PS5.<\/p>\n<p>Xbox, however, has a way of explaining this. Aaron Greenberg, vice president of marketing at Xbox, chimed in on X to clarify that it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aarongreenberg\/status\/2064120050693685388\">was not a last-minute decision<\/a>, it was simply one that only a few people within Xbox knew about.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/gears-of-war-e-day-ps5-xbox-podcast-grab-1.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.75625\" width=\"1405\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"gears-of-war-e-day-ps5-xbox-podcast-grab-1.png\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.75625\" width=\"1405\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Xbox, Jessie.Bristol.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I can confirm this is not true. We just limited the knowledge of this news to a very small internal group,&#8221; Greenberg said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aarongreenberg\/status\/2064109955117158455\">in an X reply<\/a>. &#8220;Intention was to share this news first with our players and everyone watching the showcase.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re curious when the decision was actually made, Greenberg revealed that he was &#8220;made aware of these exclusives&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aarongreenberg\/status\/2064129884985975134\">about a month ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully that will be the last we hear of this silly little saga forever. In case you missed it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-and-clockwork-revolution-are-not-timed-exclusives-as-playstation-5-misses-out-on-upcoming-releases\">inXile&#8217;s Clockwork Revolution<\/a> is the other previously-thought-to-be-multiplatform game that will now be an Xbox console exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Gears of War: E-Day arrives 6th October for PC, and Xbox Series X\/S. Clockwork Revolution has a nebulous 2027 release target.<\/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>It&#8217;s been an eventful few days for Xbox. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/gears-of-war-e-day\">Gears of War: E-Day<\/a> was officially confirmed during the Xbox Games Showcase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-and-clockwork-revolution-are-not-timed-exclusives-as-playstation-5-misses-out-on-upcoming-releases\">to be a console exclusive<\/a>, hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-release-platform-skipping-ps5-rumour\">a PEGI rating for the PS5 version surfaced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-console-exclusive-strategy-clockwork-revolution-gears-of-war-e-day\">Xbox had to further clarify in post-show interviews<\/a>, came after reports earlier that day suggested that platform leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-release-platform-skipping-ps5-rumour\">had made a last-minute decision to cancel the game for PS5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But just as we thought the whole debacle had reached its natural conclusion, along comes a new piece of evidence to reignite the chatter all over again.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Gears of War: E-Day | Official Gameplay Demo\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_Z0fd1zjYo?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\/K_Z0fd1zjYo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Gears of War: E-Day | Official Gameplay Demo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K_Z0fd1zjYo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>One day after the big Gears of War: E-Day blowout, a new episode of the Official Xbox Podcast was uploaded to the platform&#8217;s official channel on YouTube. The episode <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m8kSqrvBKoE\">offers a deep dive into the upcoming game<\/a>, featuring members of the development team. Quickly after it went live, however, the video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5LgNy-75qlI\">was made private<\/a> for the exact reason you might assume. That fumble was spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/gears-of-war-e-day-releases-october-6-2026-xbox-console-exclusive.1543111\/page-16#post-156137911\">Resetera user Jessie.Bristol<\/a>, who grabbed a screenshot from about halfway through the video showing the E-Day cover art with a PS5 logo.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The discovery added more fuel to the fire, lending credence to the reports that said the decision to lock E-Day to Xbox was made very recently, close enough to the Xbox Showcase that the team didn&#8217;t have time to change official materials to remove references to the PS5.<\/p>\n<p>Xbox, however, has a way of explaining this. Aaron Greenberg, vice president of marketing at Xbox, chimed in on X to clarify that it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aarongreenberg\/status\/2064120050693685388\">was not a last-minute decision<\/a>, it was simply one that only a few people within Xbox knew about.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/gears-of-war-e-day-ps5-xbox-podcast-grab-1.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.75625\" width=\"1405\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"gears-of-war-e-day-ps5-xbox-podcast-grab-1.png\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.75625\" width=\"1405\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Xbox, Jessie.Bristol.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I can confirm this is not true. We just limited the knowledge of this news to a very small internal group,&#8221; Greenberg said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aarongreenberg\/status\/2064109955117158455\">in an X reply<\/a>. &#8220;Intention was to share this news first with our players and everyone watching the showcase.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re curious when the decision was actually made, Greenberg revealed that he was &#8220;made aware of these exclusives&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aarongreenberg\/status\/2064129884985975134\">about a month ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully that will be the last we hear of this silly little saga forever. In case you missed it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xboxs-gears-of-war-e-day-and-clockwork-revolution-are-not-timed-exclusives-as-playstation-5-misses-out-on-upcoming-releases\">inXile&#8217;s Clockwork Revolution<\/a> is the other previously-thought-to-be-multiplatform game that will now be an Xbox console exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Gears of War: E-Day arrives 6th October for PC, and Xbox Series X\/S. Clockwork Revolution has a nebulous 2027 release target.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Gears of War: E-day Official Gears of War: E-Day video gets taken down for including a PS5 logo, adding more fuel to the last-minute change theory Cover shenanigans. Image credit: The Coalition, Xbox. 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