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Gears of War: E-Day is back online after a weekend DDoS attack
The Coalition blamed Sunday's login failures and disconnects in Gears of War: E-Day on a DDoS attack, and Xbox says service was back to normal a few hours later.
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Game news
Daily Console Drop: Battlefield 6 joins Game Pass tomorrow
Battlefield 6 and Valor Mortis hit Game Pass on Tuesday, PS5 and Steam get a free Battlefield trial later in the week, and three Resident Evil remakes land on Switch 2 Friday.
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Daily Console Drop: Free Play Days end tomorrow
Xbox Free Play Days close Sunday, ARC Raiders stays free a bit longer on other stores, Clair Obscur leaves Game Pass Oct 15, and Hello Kitty’s NSO trial runs through midweek.
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Which Free Play Days games need Game Pass this weekend
Two titles need Essential, Premium, or Ultimate; ARC Raiders and four timed trials do not — and Embark's ARC window runs into Monday.