{"id":626139,"date":"2026-06-07T15:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626139\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T15:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:03:12","slug":"walmart-lists-gears-of-war-e-day-ps5-ahead-of-xbox-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626139\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart Lists Gears Of War: E-Day PS5 Ahead Of Xbox Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Microsoft has confirmed some of its upcoming first-party games, like\u00a0Fable<\/a>, will come to PlayStation 5, others, like Gears of War: E-Day<\/a>, have yet to have their possible multiplatform status confirmed. That\u2019s given hope to some Xbox diehards that it could remain exclusive as new gaming CEO Asha Sharma<\/a> re-evaluates that part of the Microsoft\u2019s strategy. But a new Walmart listing appearing just hours ahead of the Xbox summer showcase may have just extinguished that possibility.<\/p>\n

A placeholder Walmart store page<\/a> for Gears of War: E-Day was discovered earlier tonight and it lists a PS5 version for the game. It also includes a price of $100 for the \u201cstandard\u201d version of the game and several \u201cTBD\u201d bullet points for the product details. That indicates that this information could be subject to change. Either the PS5 part of the listing is accurate and it accidentally went live early, or the information is just a guess that\u2019s subject to change once Microsoft holds its showcase on June 7.<\/p>\n

That event will include an hour-long Gears of War: E-Day Direct<\/a>. In addition to a deep-dive into the story and gameplay, we\u2019re also likely to get a release date (currently rumored to be sometime in the fall), followed by confirmation of whether the game will come day-and-date to other platforms, remain a timed-exclusive like Forza Horizon 6<\/a>, or kept completely off of PS5.<\/p>\n

That last option would buck Microsoft\u2019s recent multiplatform strategy which saw the Gears franchise come to PlayStation for the very first time last summer in the form of a remaster of the original game. It sold decently there, according to some estimates, making it seem like an obvious choice to bring the new game to PS5 players as well. But Sharma is currently facing pressure for Xbox loyalists to reverse that trend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, we\u2019re increasingly becoming a platform,\u201d she told Bloomberg this week<\/a>. \u201cIn order to be a platform, you must have exclusive content and services. And so we\u2019re looking at that very closely. I think that we have to be very thoughtful about each title and how we want to think about it and learn from similar cases in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gears of War: E-Day will be the first litmus test for where that balance falls in terms of Sharma\u2019s vision for Xbox.<\/p>\n

Update 6\/6\/2026, 11:30 p.m. ET: The Walmart page has now been deleted.<\/p>\n

Update 6\/6\/2026, 12:30 p.m. ET: According to Giant Bomb\u2018s Jeff Grubb<\/a>, Gears of War: E-Day was at one point planes for PS5 but is now longer coming there, at least at launch.<\/p>\n

According to Jeff Grubb, Gears of War: E-Day will not release on PS5.<\/p>\n

“Gears of War E-Day was gonna be on PS5. It’s not anymore. That just happened. That was a decision that just got made.”<\/p>\n

via Giant Bomb @ Nite Day 2 https:\/\/t.co\/jLH1AYzmWs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/37PPt9tSj6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Wario64 (@Wario64) June 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cGears of War E-Day was gonna be on PS5. It\u2019s not anymore,\u201d he said. \u201cThat just happened. That was a decision that just got made.\u201d<\/p>\n