The Story of Gears of War E-Day

E-Day stands for Emergence Day — the single most important date in Gears of War history. On that day, the Locust Horde erupted from beneath the surface of the planet Sera, attacking simultaneously across the entire planet. Within a single day, billions of humans were dead. Civilization collapsed. The Locust War had begun.

Gears of War E-Day is set on and around that very day, 14 years before the events of the original Gears of War (2006). You play a young Marcus Fenix — before he was a grizzled war hero, before the betrayal and imprisonment that shaped him — fighting alongside his best friend Dom Santiago.

Timeline Context

Event	Relation to E-Day
Pendulum Wars	Decades of human-vs-human wars that preceded the Locust threat.
Emergence Day (E-Day)	The Locust Horde surfaces — the game's setting.
14 years later	Gears of War (2006) — Marcus and Dom's original story.
Later entries	Gears 2, 3, 4, 5 and beyond — the ongoing saga.

Why E-Day Matters

For fans, E-Day is the origin story — it shows how the heroes of the original trilogy became who they are. For newcomers, it's a fresh entry point: you don't need to have played any previous Gears game to follow the story.