UNOFFICIAL FIELD GUIDE
From your first fight to the Raven extraction. Find practical help for Campaign, co-op, Horde Siege, weapon upgrades and PC setup.
GuidesXBOX SERIES X|S PC
Learn the controls, move between cover and choose a weapon for the fight before heading deeper into the campaign.
Co-opJoin a second Xbox campaign player with a separate profile, and check the known suspend-and-resume sign-out issue.
Horde SiegeUnderstand squads, mission types, objectives, revives and the extraction condition that keeps your Weapon Parts.
Settings & PCCheck the official minimum, recommended and Ultra PC specifications, 115 GB SSD requirement and hardware ray-tracing boundary.
ABOUT THE GAME
Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago face Emergence Day, fourteen years before the original Gears of War. This guide focuses on the campaign, co-op and multiplayer systems of E-Day.
Official game page ↗Campaign supports up to 4 players online, or 2 players in local split-screen on Xbox Series X|S. PC does not support that local split-screen option. Horde Siege has 12 players in three squads of four; Versus is 4v4.
Campaign split-screen is supported on Xbox Series X|S, not PC.
Player countsAllow roughly 10–15 hours as a starting estimate for a first campaign run. Exploration and high difficulty can push a run beyond 20 hours; these are reported playtimes, not a measured average or a completion guarantee.
Campaign lengthE-Day supports Japanese full audio as well as interface and subtitles. Set Settings → System → Language → Language Select to Japanese, apply it and restart. That setting changes both audio and text; subtitle display has separate controls.
Japanese voice