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Gears of War: E-Day October 5th Patch Released & Detailed

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Yesterday, The Coalition released the October 5th update for Gears of War: E-Day and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this pre-release update brought to the table.

The October 5 update for Gears of War: E-Day brought a long list of fixes and improvements. It focused on game stability, performance, hardware support, and error reporting.

The update also improved online play. It fixed some Versus Social matches that could get stuck on the “Waiting for players” screen. Xbox sign-in now works better when the system clock is wrong. It also fixed the “Bilefrog-Kalona” error, which could sign out a split-screen player after the game was suspended. Online sessions should also be more stable.

The Campaign got several fixes too. Players joining an active game should no longer get rewards earned before they joined. The update also fixed issues with turrets, War Journal progress, Forge rewards, and several mission objectives in Acts 2 and 4.

Horde Siege got fixes for Siege Blitz objectives and the extraction helicopter. In Versus, a Demolition bomb should no longer get stuck while being defused.

The UI also got a few fixes. Online Diagnostic text has been adjusted, and one issue that could make the game try to claim the same Challenge Mail reward again and again has been fixed.

Steam and the Microsoft Store will download this update the next time you launch their clients. That is, if you own the Premium Edition. For everyone else, it will be included in the game when it comes out tomorrow.

Below, you can find its full patch notes!

Gears of War: E-Day October 5th Patch Notes

Stability and Performance
  • Made various stability, performance, hardware compatibility, and reporting improvements across the game
Online and multiplayer services
  • Addressed an issue causing some Versus Social matches to remain on the “Waiting for players” screen
  • Improved XBOX authentication handling when the system clock differs significantly from the correct time
  • Addressed “Bilefrog-Kalona” error, where a split-screen player could be signed out after suspending and resuming the game
  • Improved online-session stability when accessing session information
Campaign
  • Addressed an issue where players joining an existing Campaign could receive War Journal progress and Forge rewards earned before they joined
  • Addressed an issue where players could remain attached to turrets when a cinematic or gameplay moment began
  • Addressed an issue where some join-in-progress players might not receive the expected Forge Discovery War Journal progress
  • Act 2 Chapter 2: Addressed an issue where the objective could fail to update when entering Allfather’s Plaza after completing activities elsewhere in the mission
  • Act 2 Chapter 2: Addressed an issue where the Heavy Gear in the Black Raven Down side objective could appear without a Vulcan
  • Act 4 Chapter 1: Addressed an issue where certain side objectives could fail to start if players entered the objective area while introductory dialogue was playing
  • Act 4 Chapter 2: Addressed one cause of the Power Station defense objective failing to complete after all visible enemies were defeated
Horde Siege
  • Addressed an issue that could prevent certain Siege Blitz Secure objectives from being completed
  • Addressed an issue where the extraction helicopter could fail to appear during a Plaza Ruins Blitz mission
Versus
  • Addressed an issue in Demolition where a bomb could become stuck in a defusing state if a player was eliminated while beginning the defuse interaction
UI
  • Adjusted the size and appearance of Online Diagnostic text
  • Addressed one possible cause of the UI repeatedly attempting to claim the same Challenge Mail reward