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The Coalition Mitigates October 12 DDoS on Gears E-Day

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  • The Coalition confirmed a DDoS attack hit Gears of War: E-Day servers on October 12, 2026.
  • Xbox Support classified Xbox Live sign-in failure as a “Major Outage” that day.
  • Players faced login timeouts, long matchmaking queues, and cloud-save failures on Xbox and PC.
  • The @Community_Gears X account later said service was normal, though some users still reported issues.
  • The Coalition released a 10:00 AM mitigation patch, cleared queues before a second attack.