Gears of War 5

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Gears 5 is a third-person shooter video game being developed by The Coalition that is published by Xbox Game Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One as part of Xbox Play Anywhere.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Gears of War 5 Outage Chart 03/12/2026 22:55

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Gears of War 5 users through our website.

  1. Online Play (52%)

    Online Play (52%)

  2. Matchmaking (24%)

    Matchmaking (24%)

  3. Sign in (20%)

    Sign in (20%)

  4. Glitches (4%)

    Glitches (4%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Gears of War 5 outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomAirdrie Matchmaking
FranceOrchies Online Play
NetherlandsHaarlem Sign in
ItalyModena Online Play
United KingdomLondon Online Play
ChileSan Bernardo Sign in
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Gears of War 5 Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • DestroWod Destro WOD (@DestroWod) reported

    @GearsofWar fix the freaking servers. Only 1 game on 5/6 load in rank cmon !!!!

  • GamerRoze Gamer RoZe (@GamerRoze) reported

    @OGSH33N @CoalitionGears Game not working.. please fix... cougar error

  • rntcsr Adebto da doutrina nintendista 🕹️ (@rntcsr) reported

    @CoalitionGears @GearsofWar hi. I'm playing gears 5. Just now i made a mistake. I"m on fourth act, chapter II and i accidentaly choose save Del insted of JD. There is any way i can fix It?

  • OGSH33N Sheen 🇨🇦 (@OGSH33N) reported

    @CoalitionGears @CoalitionGears I have the COUGARS error I cant play any game modes once its start searching for a game its cancel it..? Any help?

  • bear_danny19911 Danny (@bear_danny19911) reported

    @GearsofWar No one cares this game mode highlights the issues you still haven’t fixed with the shotty casual bot walking fest

  • psyco_pablo Psyco_Pablo (@psyco_pablo) reported

    @CoalitionGears @GearsofWar Can you explain this? I'm not understanding this hot fix.

  • Sivanagei Sivanageimer (@Sivanagei) reported

    @CoalitionGears Servers crashed, fix it

  • rntcsr Adebto da doutrina nintendista 🕹️ (@rntcsr) reported

    @GearsofWar hi. I'm playing gears 5. Just now i made a mistake. I"m on fourth act, chapter II and i accidentaly choose save Del insted of JD. There is any way i can fix It?

  • Stev1e_B Stevie B (@Stev1e_B) reported

    @CoalitionGears Can the game STOP sponging lower graded players or even better, just allow everyone to be the same! High ping and low ping causes mass problems for all 🤬 oh, and why does my guns stop firing intermittently??

  • OptionPence MopedSpeed (@OptionPence) reported

    @CoalitionGears I literally joined a match.. and it just kicked me out.. probably banned now hahah.. Ive noticed other games dont have these issues

  • TinnyOscar24 TInnyOscar24 (@TinnyOscar24) reported

    @CoalitionGears @GearsofWar Fix the flashbang. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it last forever, and other times it lasts for half a second.

  • beastrow Scot Burklin (@beastrow) reported

    @PezRadar He's killing me! He keeps looking off set because he's so worried he's going to get in trouble, poor guy!

  • GlassBroncos Chris Glass (@GlassBroncos) reported

    @CoalitionGears I still can't read the screen chat. I uninstalled my gears twice and still not working.

  • Joelopz1 IXSpartanXI (@Joelopz1) reported

    @GearsofWar are you all aware of the ‘COUGARS’ error on Pc, I was playing earlier and now I keep getting this error

  • OptionPence MopedSpeed (@OptionPence) reported

    @GearsofWar Im about to uninstall.. server issues again.

  • Braids2Dope JulesInTheBronx (@Braids2Dope) reported

    Nothing like working a 12 hour day then turning on @GearsofWar only to find an ERROR CODE 😤 smh

  • UrsoRaivoso Mario Lopez (@UrsoRaivoso) reported

    @CoalitionGears How about fixing the server connection issues that we are having since last night, getting this COUGAR code every time we try to connect.

  • KobeTrouble Kobe (@KobeTrouble) reported

    @CoalitionGears @CoalitionGears Fix Problem with Servers, since Op7 starting, servers r with a big lag matches...

  • Bromandudeguy2 Bromandudeguy (@Bromandudeguy2) reported

    @OptionPence @GearsofWar Error code "cougars"?

  • PJHunter813 P.J. Hunter (@PJHunter813) reported from Mount Juliet, Tennessee

    @CoalitionGears is the system down or having issues right now? Cant get in to anything game wise. Click on objective or escape and its counts to 2 and then back to the home screen

  • Ahayzo Andrew (@Ahayzo) reported

    @CoalitionGears Asking, yet again, just a simple acknowledgment that you guys broke parts of Gears 3/Judgment multiplayer earlier this year and removed playlists/maps needed for achievements. Seriously, just acknowledging it and whether you care enough to fix it is all we want.

  • P1DRU5 Pedro (@P1DRU5) reported

    @CoalitionGears @GearsofWar I'm getting error code: Trash

  • bear_danny19911 Danny (@bear_danny19911) reported

    @CoalitionGears @GearsofWar If you ever needed to know the issues with this games pvp this game mode encapsulates it it’s ridiculous how overpowered & broken the shotty still is in this game shot inconsistency pings breaking it further the range is absurd gib range is absurd just bot walk = win

  • OGSH33N Sheen 🇨🇦 (@OGSH33N) reported

    @CoalitionGears This is what I found about the COUGARS error code : Lobby service matchmaking service returned an exception during matchmaking

  • OG7UP 7🔴UP (@OG7UP) reported

    @LerbertShemon @CoalitionGears It’s insane. Kids are flat out laughing and taunting knowing they won’t get caught or in trouble. I send video proof of a guy triple boltok one shot headshot all 3 of us guarding a hill. He literally types two seconds later “ don’t worry it’s not an aim bot “

  • Lu_ke_v Luke (@Lu_ke_v) reported

    @CoalitionGears Fix matchmaking it’s broken

  • Ans7oniio DEHVIL (@Ans7oniio) reported

    @GearsofWar you guys gotta fix banning ppl when they lose internet connection. I didnt quit!

  • dewdlr2004 Danielle (@dewdlr2004) reported

    @Bromandudeguy2 @GearsofWar Same problem here

  • Bromandudeguy2 Bromandudeguy (@Bromandudeguy2) reported

    @GearsofWar Anybody else getting an error code right now? I keep getting....matchmaking failed. Go to gears support and search "cougars". When I do that, it says Lobby service matchmaking service returned an exception during matchmaking. What does that even mean lol

  • ReganRochford Regan Rochford (@ReganRochford) reported

    @CoalitionGears Fix ur game plz. All these wraps and reaction shots behind covers are annoying. 🤬