“Gears of War: E-Day’s $500M Budget Reportedly Covers Years of Unreal Engine 5 Support for ” — what this page in the network covers. The Coalition’s work on Gears of War: E-Day reportedly cost around $500 million, but Windows Central’s Jez Corden says that figure reflects years of the studio serving as a technical Swiss Army Knife for Xbox, not just a single game’s production. Sources say The Coalition helped Epic Games with Unre
Sources say The Coalition helped Epic Games with Unreal Engine 5 demos like The Matrix Awakens and Alpha Point, then assisted Xbox Game Studios teams on titles including Avowed, Hellblade 2, Clockwork Revolution, State of Decay 3, Grounded, and even Blizzard’s StarCraft. The studio also spent over 18 months on a canceled prototype before Mike Crump became studio head and full production on Gears of War: E-Day began. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.