Gears of War: E-Day Co-op and Split-Screen

Co-op by mode

The Xbox Store lists “Xbox local multiplayer (2-2)” without saying which multiplayer modes it covers.

Campaign co-op

Bravo Squad has four members: Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago, Mags Carter and Lucas Reyes. Xbox says the entire campaign can be played as any of them from the beginning. Playing alone, you control Marcus and the other three are AI.

There is an achievement, “You’re My Brother,” for completing every act in co-op on any difficulty. IGN’s reviewer recommended co-op as the way around AI squadmates that sometimes failed to revive him.

According to the launch notes, a player who joins a lobby that is partway through a save receives the host’s prior Secondary Objective and Hard Case progress in their War Journal, along with the related Forge rewards. The Coalition lists that as a known issue, so do not rely on it staying that way.

Split-screen on Xbox

Two players can share one console. Pure Xbox’s review says split-screen co-op “works very well” but is limited to two players and 30 FPS on Xbox Series X. Official posts confirm the two-player limit and do not state a frame rate.

There is no official statement about combining split-screen with online players in one squad, so we are not claiming it either way.

Starting a co-op campaign

1. Make sure every online player on console has Game Pass Essential or higher.
2. Open the social pane on the main menu to invite friends.
3. For a friend on another platform, link accounts first; Steam players need a linked Xbox account to send cross-platform invites.
4. Pick characters. Any of the four squad members is available.
5. For split-screen, connect a second controller to the same Xbox. Official posts confirm the feature but do not document the menu steps.

Co-op in multiplayer

Horde Siege is co-operative by design: you queue as a squad of up to four, and two more squads share the map. You can revive players from other squads and share rewards from Invasion Events.

Combat Training also supports four-player co-op. It is a sandbox on a multiplayer map where a squad can test weapons and control schemes against small Locust encounters with no time limit.

On PC and Steam Deck

The Steam page’s feature list includes online co-op and cross-platform multiplayer, and its description mentions two-to-four-player online co-op. It does not list shared or split-screen play. If couch co-op is the reason you are buying, the Xbox Series X|S version is the one that is confirmed to have it.

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