Gears of War: E-Day Doubles Gears 5's Steam Peak Before It Even Hits Game Pass on October 6

Gears of War: E-Day peaked at 20,374 concurrent Steam players in its first day of early access for premium edition owners, double Gears 5's all-time record of 10,196, Pure Xbox reported on October 2. Digital Foundry praised the Xbox Series S version, which uses the SSD as an extra memory tier. The standard edition and the Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass versions arrive on October 6, Pure Xbox confirmed on October 4.