Ready for a new Gears of War: E-Day update? The third one has arrived today (October 22) in the form of a hotfix for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC, focused on addressing "crashes and targeted issues".

It's mentioned here that there have been improvements to stability, performance and crash reduction across all devices (even including the ROG Xbox Ally), along with patches for various bugs related to multiple game modes.

The Coalition also mentions that it's "reviewing player feedback on Versus balance" and "working on updates for Season 1", while also working on a hotfix to address a Smoke Grenade exploit in Versus.

"We’re aware of an exploit in Versus that allows players to see through Smoke Grenades. We are working on a hotfix. We have taken enforcement action against users playing with this exploit and others (i.e. aimbots)."

As for reports that the game is crashing or freezing up during particularly long game sessions, this is another area that is still being investigated by the team for a potential future fix.

That's about it for now! We'll leave you with the full patch notes down below.

GENERAL FIXES

  • On PC, XBOX and handhelds, we made numerous improvements to stability, performance and crash reduction
  • Fixed an issue where characters could T-pose when quickly aiming down sights after blind firing the Gnasher from medium cover
  • On XBOX Cloud Gaming, fixed an issue causing default settings to be set to Quality instead of Performance
  • Fixed an issue preventing players with incorrect system date/time settings from signing-in

CAMPAIGN

  • In Act Two, Chapter Two, fixed an issue where entering a corner at the construction site could cause the camera to detach from the player and become stuck
  • In Act Three, Chapter Three, fixed an issue where the Visual Navigation Aid could remain stuck pointing at the sinkhole instead of updating properly
  • In Act Four, Chapter Two, fixed an issue causing the train car to get stuck during a Secondary Objective
  • In Act Four, Chapter Four, fixed Auntie’s dialogue at the start of the mission

HORDE SIEGE

  • Fixed an issue where other squads closing E-Holes could prevent players from completing the “Close E-Holes” Secondary Objective
  • Fixed an issue causing everyone to be kicked from a Horde server if one player fails to load in

VERSUS

  • In Ranked, fixed an issue causing matches to dissolve 1 minute after a player disconnected and didn’t rejoin (instead of 2 minutes)
  • Fixed additional areas on Versus maps where the Demolition bomb could become inaccessible to players once dropped
  • Fixed an issue causing the “Killjoy” ribbon to be incorrectly awarded when destroying enemy equipment

What are you hoping to see in the next Gears of War: E-Day update? Tell us in the comments section.

[source gearsofwar.com]