At the Xbox Games Showcase this year, Microsoft officially announced the next entry in the Gears series, and it's going back in time. Gears of War: E-Day, as it's called, is coming to Xbox and PC in the future. Of all the biggest reveals at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024, this was arguably the biggest.

The announcement is good news for fans who wanted to see the series continue, even if it may be going in the opposite direction on the timeline compared to what fans may have expected. Gears 4 ended on a dramatic cliffhanger, so some fans were hoping to see Gears 5 instead of a prequel, but that could be a story that's being saved for another day.

In this post, we're rounding up everything we know so far about Gears of War: E-Day, including what the story involves, who's developing it, what platforms to expect the game to come to, and more.