Gears of War: E-Day Login Issues and Server Cashes Are because of Someone's DDoS Attacks, and Xbox Says Service "Is Back to Normal"
The Coalition said it restored services and is monitoring activity after players reported disconnects and login issues on Xbox Series X, S and PC.
- Over the weekend, Gears E-Day suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack causing login issues and server outages. Developer The Coalition confirmed the disruption and has since restored the game to full operational status.
- Last week, Alinea Analytics' head of marketing analysis, Rhys Elliott, reported E-Day sold an estimated 230,000 copies in its first week, described as a soft start. Game Pass subscription cannibalization was cited as a factor despite the game maintaining a "mostly positive" Steam rating.
- Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's "reset" of Microsoft's gaming business has cut nearly 2,000 employees already this financial year. One source told the site, "The mood is certainly 'let's not celebrate the game until we're three months post launch, just in case.'"
- The Coalition studio head Mike Crump recently told the BBC that success for E-Day extends beyond sales metrics. "Our goal basically is to be the best-looking game on the Xbox and really show the industry what's possible with our hardware," Crump said.
- This year's DDoS attacks extend beyond E-Day: Arc Raiders and The Finals were hit by "coordinated" attacks in January, while Final Fantasy faced similar targeting around the same time. Such incidents remain an ongoing industry challenge with no simple resolution.
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Gears of War: E-Day login issues and server cashes are because of someone's DDoS attacks, and Xbox says service "is back to normal"
Gears of War: E-Day's servers have been struggling because they've been suffering distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, apparently - so someone, or some people, have been deliberately trying to overload them.
The Coalition confirmed that the connection issues recorded over the weekend on Gears of War: E-Day were caused by a DDoS attack against online gaming services.
Gears of War: E-Day servers are in trouble in the last few hours. The game team confirmed that the difficulties experienced by players are caused by DDoS attacks. This means that someone is overloading the servers on purpose to throw the game down. Read more
Gears Of War: E-Day's Online Services Suffer DDoS Attack
Ah, that's why I had unlimited ammo...The Coalition has acknowledged the reason behind recent server issues with Gears of War: E-Day as being a targeted DDoS attack, which caused various connection drops, sign-in issues, and other server interference.The official Gears Community Twitter/X account posted about the attacks this morning, stating: "These issues were due to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting our online services".R…
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