During its first official weekend, Gears of War: E-Day suffered through online server issues which The Coalition has confirmed to be a targeted DDoS-style attack. It's been an interesting week for Gears of War: E-Day, with many celebrating the return of the franchise and its return to the beginnings of the series. However, there have also been some major downsides happening as well.

For whatever reason, despite strong critical reviews for Gears of War: E-Day, there seems to be an undercurrent of negativity from certain fans. While E-Day takes players back to the start of the conflict, while also reuniting players with Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago, there seems to be a segment of gamers that are less than thrilled with the game, with many even kicking off a review bombing campaign for Gears of War: E-Day. Criticisms seem to range from Mags Carter, a new character introduced in the game, to other things like The Coalition's reported involvement with consulting firm Hit Detection. Either way, the backlash seems to have evolved as the online services were impacted during the game's opening weekend.

Following the early access period, The Coalition announces a major update for Gears of War: E-Day that fixes a number of issues at launch.

Following a weekend which featured an unusually high amount of server instability, The Coalition confirmed that the Gears of War: E-Day servers were hit by a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack, which essentially floods the online servers with requests, resulting in a variety of online issues from disconnects to problems logging in.

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