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Gears of War: E-Day developer confirms DDoS attack
The Coalition, the developer of Gears of War: E-Day, said a DDoS attack targeted the game’s online services over the weekend.
Players on Xbox Series X and S and PC experienced intermittent disconnections and trouble logging in.
A DDoS attack floods online services with traffic, making them harder to use.
The Coalition said it had mitigated the disruption and that the game was running again.
Its teams are continuing to monitor the activity and will provide updates if there are significant changes.
The attack’s motive is not known, and online speculation about it has not been confirmed.
The incident disrupted access to the game, but the developer has not said that it affected sales or game data.
The Coalition confirmed that a DDoS attack targeting Gears of War: E-Day’s online services caused login problems and intermittent disconnects.
The developer said its teams were monitoring and mitigating the activity.
Xbox said service for the game had returned to normal.
The attack affected players trying to play the Xbox Series X and S and PC game.
- Who
- The Coalition, developer of Gears of War: E-Day, confirmed the attack.
- What
- A distributed denial-of-service attack targeted the game’s online services, causing login issues and intermittent disconnects.
- When
- Over the weekend.
- Where
- The attack targeted Gears of War: E-Day’s online services.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Our teams are continuing to monitor and mitigate this activity.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Service for Gears of War: E-Day is back to normal. Thanks for your patience while we worked to resolve the issue.
Players experienced intermittent disconnects and login issues while trying to play Gears of War: E-Day.
The Coalition said its teams were monitoring and mitigating the activity.
Xbox said service for the game had returned to normal.
- Developer
- The Coalition
- Attack type
- Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
- Affected services
- Gears of War: E-Day online services
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X and S; PC
- Confirmation published
- October 12, 2026
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