Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution Will Be Xbox Console Exclusives

Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution are the first Xbox Games Studios titles in a while to be confirmed as not coming to other consoles. The first one will be released on October 6, while the second one currently has a 2027 release date.

« As part of our focus on the return of XBOX, we also announced that Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will be XBOX console exclusives. These are not timed exclusives. Games already announced for multiplatform releases will stick to that plan – we’re committed to investing in and growing XBOX both on console and beyond, » the Xbox team said today.

Gears of War: E-Day got its own E-Day Direct broadcast today, which offered an in-depth look into the first new Gears game in six years. The game is set 14 years before the events of the original Gears of War game from 2006, and it features Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago facing the Locust Horde first erupts from below during Emergence Day.

Clockwork Revolution is the first game from inside Entertainment (a studio Microsoft acquired back in 2018) since the release of the post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 3 six years ago. The Xbox team described it as a « time-bending first-person action RPG set in the steampunk city of Avalon, » and it feels quite reminiscent of the cult-classic BioShock series.

Everything other new Xbox Games Studios title Microsoft showed today will be multiplatform, and here’s the complete list:

• DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations Revealed: Coming on July 7 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5
• Halo: Campaign Evolved: Coming on July 28 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5
• Fable: Coming on February 23, 2027 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5
• Minecraft Dungeons II: Coming on September 29 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch 1 and 2
• Senua: Coming in 2027 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5
• Spyro: A Realm Beyond: Coming in Spring 2027 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch 2
• State of Decay 3: Coming in 2027 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5

Overall, this year’s Xbox Games Showcase was pretty solid, and we finally got our first look at State of Decay 3 from Undead Labs, and the new Senua game from Ninja Theory seems to be taking more God of War-inspired direction. I expected that we would also get a release date for the PS5 version of Forza Horizon 6, but that will likely happen later this year.