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Gears of War prequel E-Day revealed at Xbox Game Showcase

The final reveal at the Xbox Games Showcase was Gears of War: E-Day, a prequel to the main Gears series showing the Locust invasion.

The trailer didn’t reveal many details about the game, and we didn’t get a release date, but it had a hint of nostalgia with an instrumental version of the original game’s famous “Mad World” trailer song. According to developers The Coalition, it’s recreating the familiar third-person cover-based shooting of the series, but with next-gen tech adding new features to it. According to the developers, the prequel tells the story of Emergence Day on Sera, with Marcus and Dom fighting off the heretofore-unknown Locusts and forging their strong friendship.

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