Episode 333 | "Gears of War: E-Day is one of the year's best."

<p>Emergence Day has finally arrived and it’s time for Jon, Nick and Jesse to sit down and catch up on all of the incredible games this week in the DayOne Show Episode 333!</p><p>In a nice change, the big topic this week isn’t on news, or rumours and industry drama, but on the games. None is making more conversation than <a href="https://playday.one/2026/10/01/gears-of-war-e-day-review/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gears of War: E-Day</a>, out now in “Early Access” on Xbox and PC. We’ve been playing it, and all agree it’s a genuinely incredible experience, and the best Gears has ever looked, sounded or felt to actually play, ever.</p><p>Incredibly, E-Day doesn’t stand alone this week in terms of squadmates on the battlefield that is the release calendar. This week has seen a ton of great games release, or their embargos lifted. We’ve got indie metroidvania <a href="https://playday.one/2026/09/30/end-of-abyss-review/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">‘End of Abyss</a>‘, which is dark, gorgeous and full of challenge and mystery, even if it needed a little more time in the oven.</p><p>There’s also the crowd-pleasing ‘<a href="https://playday.one/2026/09/28/minecraft-dungeons-2-review/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Minecraft Dungeons 2</a>‘, which while not necessarily a critical success certainly seems to be landing well with players, and is a vast improvement on the first game in the series. Lastly, we’ve got ‘<a href="https://playday.one/2026/10/02/star-wars-galactic-racer-review/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Star Wars: Galactic Racer</a>‘, which has reviewed very highly, and comes thoroughly recommended as an incredibly addictive AAA arcade racer. Really feels like something for everyone this week!</p><p>On the news front, there’s not a huge amount to talk about. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma declared <a href="https://playday.one/2026/09/30/xbox-is-not-for-sale-says-xbox-ceo-asha-sharma/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Xbox is ‘not for sale’</a> in a recent interview with the New York Times, as Xbox continues to make moves for its console fan-base, with <a href="https://playday.one/2026/09/29/mythic-achievements-available-for-xbox-insiders/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mythic Achievements available</a> for Xbox insiders on all test rings, and the <a href="https://playday.one/2026/09/30/xbox-disc-to-digital-now-available-for-all-players/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Disc-to-Digi