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Gears of War: E-Day story director laid off before the game's launch

In brief

The story director of Gears of War: E-Day was laid off as part of Xbox cuts. The director had worked on the game for more than four years and had been with The Coalition since 2022. The reported timing differs, ranging from four days after the game went gold to about two weeks before its release.

Summary written by HeraldLoop from 3 sources · updated 7h ago

What changed

  1. 22 Sept, 18:15Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just Four Days After Celebrating The Game Going Gold · Kotaku
  2. 23h agoGears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just a Week Before Early Access Launch · IGN
  3. 15h agoXbox lays off Gears of War: E-Day's story director barely two weeks before the game's launch · Eurogamer
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Chronological coverage

  1. Yesterday
  2. Latest15h ago

    Xbox lays off Gears of War: E-Day's story director barely two weeks before the game's launch

    The story director for Gears of War: E-Day has been laid off as part of yesterday's Xbox cuts , barely two weeks before the game he's worked on for more than four years is released. Read more

    EurogamerEurogamer•Connor Makar
  3. Follow-up23h ago

    Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just a Week Before Early Access Launch

    Gears of War: E-Day's story director has been laid off, just one week before the game's early access launch.

    IGNIGN•Cade Onder
  4. 22 September
  5. First seen22 Sept, 18:15

    Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just Four Days After Celebrating The Game Going Gold

    The Gears dev had been at the Coalition since 2022 and was excited for people to play the game

    KotakuKotaku•Zack Zwiezen