Gears of War: E-Day Smashes Steam Record, Xbox Series S Version Praised

In its first 24 hours of early access, Gears of War: E-Day peaked at 20,374 concurrent players on Steam, beating Gears 5's all-time record of 10,196. The Coalition used the SSD as an extra memory tier to supplement the 10GB of GDDR6 on Xbox Series S without lowering game quality. Full release is set for October 6.

• Steam peak hit 20,374 players vs Gears 5's 10,196
• The Coalition used SSD as extra memory for Series S's 10GB GDDR6
• The technique avoided lowering the game's quality on the weaker console
• Gears of War: E-Day fully launches on October 6