Gears of War: E-Day devs explain why classic features are missing

'We Started E-Day With an Empty Hard Drive' — Meat Shields, Chainsaw Duels and More Are Missing From Gears of War: E-Day at Launch

Classic features such as taking enemies hostage as "meat shields" and dueling with the chainsaw attachments on Lancer assault rifles won't be in Gears of War: E-Day at launch. According to a developer blog from The Coalition, it wasn't possible to build these features out for launch because this prequel was built from scratch, rather than on the bones of previous Gears of War titles."We started E-Day with an empty hard drive building our entire …

Gears of War: E-Day was 'built from scratch,' so meat shields and chainsaw duels are missing in the final product

Gears of War: E-Day devs explained why some classic features are missing from the newest game, which is a prequel.

Gears of War: E-Day devs explain why classic features are missing

The developers of Gears of War E-Day have explained why classic features like lancer duels and meat shields haven’t made it into the prequel.