Gears of War E-Day VR Mod: Full Campaign in Progress

rockonthehill has shown a work-in-progress PC VR mod for the entire single-player campaign of Gears of War: E-Day. Road to VR and MIXED reported on the project. The trailer appeared on the modder’s YouTube channel on October 18, twelve days after the game’s worldwide launch on October 6. The mod is planned as a free, unofficial release, but no download or release date exists.

Features shown in the early build

The trailer lists stereo rendering, full-body IK, manual reloads, manual weapon switching and two-handed aiming. It also supports fighting from cover throughout the campaign and includes the King Raven gunner seat for helicopter turret sections.

A first changelog on the modder’s Ko-fi page and under the trailer adds more detail. The Lancer chainsaw starts with its lever and cuts without a canned animation. The build also has physical melee, hand and weapon collision, a working Longshot scope, and gun-specific reloads such as loading the Gnasher shell by shell. A short chainsaw preview followed on Ko-fi on October 22; more features are due in the next gameplay video.

VR.org News reports that each weapon has its own magazines. Players carry those magazines in their hand and on their chest.

Free, unofficial and single-player

rockonthehill says the finished mod will be free. Ko-fi tips “do not give early access or any exclusive content.” Players still need to own the game. The video description says development follows Microsoft’s Game Content Usage Rules and that Microsoft does not endorse the project or have an affiliation with it. The mod is therefore a fan project, not an official VR mode from The Coalition.

The project is intended for single-player only. In replies under the trailer, rockonthehill says the modded game will start in offline mode so players cannot join multiplayer and risk a ban. Road to VR expects the mod may be a fork of praydog’s UEVR injector for Unreal Engine games, but rockonthehill has not said which tools the project uses.

Update (2026-11-01): VR.org News reports that Steam lists Easy Anti-Cheat for Gears of War: E-Day and provides a launch option named “Gears of War: EDay Protected.” Valve’s Steam Frame testing marks Gears of War: E-Day unsupported because of its anti-cheat configuration. Steam Deck notes require an active internet connection even for single-player.

Release status and hardware

There is no release date and no published PC requirements. The build is developed on a Pimax Dream Air SE with an RTX 5080 graphics card. rockonthehill promises tips for higher frame rates at release.

The Xbox app and Game Pass version has not been tested, although the modder expects it to work. Until a release is announced on the modder’s YouTube, X or Ko-fi pages, any download claiming to be this mod should be treated as fake.