The Coalition: Gears of War: E-Day's intended difficulty is Hardcore

The Coalition creative director Matt Searcy said Hardcore is the intended difficulty for Gears of War: E-Day's campaign, even though the game defaults to Normal. The campaign offers four modes — Casual, Normal, Hardcore and Insane — with per-player difficulty in co-op. It launches on Xbox and PC on 1 October.

• Campaign has four difficulties: Casual, Normal, Hardcore, Insane
• Game defaults to Normal, but the developers play on Hardcore
• Co-op supports separate difficulty for each player
• Gears of War: E-Day launches on Xbox and PC on 1 October