Gears of War: E-Day is Available in Early Access Today, Watch the Launch Gameplay Trailer

Microsoft published this on 01 October 2026. Below is what our monitor is reading from Xbox Live’s own status feed right now, and how the servers have held up lately.

What the announcement says

Today, Gears of War: E-Day Early Access begins for Premium Edition players and Game Pass subscribers with the Premium Upgrade. To mark the occasion, we’re releasing the Launch Gameplay Trailer, featuring Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Today is a moment we’ve been looking forward to for a long time. On behalf of everyone at […] The post Gears of War: E-Day is Available i

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Announced by Microsoft on 01 October 2026. Source: news.xbox.com. We quote a short extract for identification and link to the original.