Gears of War: E-Day Confirms DLSS 4.5, Ray Tracing & PC Upscaling
Xbox Wire’s July 14 PC technology announcement details how The Coalition is preparing Gears of War: E-Day for multiple graphics vendors and storefronts. The disclosure arrives before the August Open Beta window and the game’s October launch.
News summary
Xbox Wire confirmed on July 14, 2026 that Gears of War: E-Day will support hardware ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS 4.5, Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, DLSS Super Resolution and NVIDIA Reflex on compatible PCs. The Coalition is building the game on Unreal Engine 5 with DirectX 12, ahead of the August 6 Open Beta and the October 6 launch.
Announcement overview
NVIDIA is the exclusive PC technology partner, but The Coalition also confirmed AMD FSR, Intel XeSS and Unreal Engine Temporal Super Resolution, so PC players get vendor-neutral upscaling options rather than one required GPU brand.
Advanced Shader Delivery supplies precompiled shaders on supported configurations, starting with the Microsoft Store and the Xbox PC app. Steam players should wait for The Coalition's storefront notes before assuming the same shader package applies there.
Key details
Final benchmark targets, graphics presets and minimum or recommended PC specifications were not part of the July 14 announcement.
| PC item | Confirmed detail |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 5 |
| Graphics API | DirectX 12 |
| NVIDIA | DLSS 4.5, Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, Super Resolution, Reflex |
| Other upscalers | AMD FSR, Intel XeSS, Unreal Engine TSR |
| Shader system | Advanced Shader Delivery |
| First storefronts | Microsoft Store, Xbox PC app |
| Open Beta | August 6, 2026 |
| Launch | October 6, 2026 |
Trailer, screenshots, and media
The July technology trailer shows E-Day's ray-traced lighting and reflections in combat, alongside Xbox Wire's Unreal Engine 5 and Bravo Squad stills.
Source timeline
Xbox presented the wider E-Day release and beta plan on June 7, 2026, then published the NVIDIA and PC technology breakdown on July 14. Open Beta early access begins August 6 and the full launch follows on October 6.