In addition to a fast-paced campaign with impressive cinematics, Gears of War: E-Day will also feature an extremely promising co-op mode.
In an interview with GamesRadar, Creative Director Matt Searcy discussed this four-player co-op mode. Implementing it was clearly no easy task for the development team.
“I’m not going to lie to you, it’s a huge investment. We made the decision to support four player co-op to reflect an aspect of how the core Gears DNA feels. Our stories are almost always about a four-person squad, right?
We set a goal from the very beginning of development that we wanted you to be able to play as every single character. So in our campaign, you can pick any of the characters from the story – the story will be told entirely from that perspective, and you’ll never leave their side.
We have had modes that have supported four-player co-op in them in the past and clearly they work, so this was all about building the right spaces at the right sizes. You know, we build to make sure the game plays great in single-player, in two-player co-op, and then in three- and four-player co-op as well.
We love single-player games, and Gears is built so that you can play it that way and have an amazing time. Our mechanics are designed in single-player, you’ll have the squad there with you, and the game will play great if you’re on your own. But we really believe in the co-op experience too, as you get to try different tactics and experiment with multiple things at once in our larger combat arenas – it’s a lot of fun.”
Gears of War: E-Day will be released on October 6, 2026, on XBOX Series and PC.
