The Coalition has released the first patch for Gears of War: E-Day, a day before the game’s worldwide rollout begins on October 6 on PC and Xbox Series X|S. GameSpot reported that the update draws on issues identified by early access players and is focused mostly on stability and performance across the campaign, multiplayer and Horde Siege modes.
Among the fixes is the “Bilefrog-Kalona” error. The Coalition has given Gears-themed names to its network errors, GameSpot noted, and this one, named for the acid-spitting Locust frogs found in the game, is a split-screen issue. It occurred when a split-screen player was automatically signed out of online services after the console or PC was suspended and then tried to return to the game through Quick Resume.
On the online side, the patch notes also list a fix for Versus Social matches that stayed on the “Waiting for players” screen, improved Xbox authentication handling when the system clock differs significantly from the correct time, and better online-session stability.
Campaign and mode fixes
In the campaign, players joining an existing session could receive War Journal progress and Forge rewards earned before they joined, and players could remain attached to turrets when a cinematic or gameplay moment began. Both are listed as addressed, alongside four chapter-specific fixes:
- Act 2 Chapter 2: the objective could fail to update on entering Allfather’s Plaza after activities elsewhere in the mission were completed
- Act 2 Chapter 2: the Heavy Gear in the Black Raven Down side objective could appear without a Vulcan
- Act 4 Chapter 1: some side objectives could fail to start if players entered the area while introductory dialogue was playing
- Act 4 Chapter 2: one cause of the Power Station defense objective not completing after all visible enemies were defeated
Horde Siege receives fixes for Siege Blitz Secure objectives that could not be completed and for an extraction helicopter that could fail to appear during a Downtown West Blitz mission. In Versus, a bomb in Demolition could become stuck in a defusing state if a player was eliminated while starting the defuse. That is also listed as addressed, along with two interface changes covering the Online Diagnostic text and repeated attempts to claim the same Challenge Mail reward.
