Gears of War: E-Day DDoS attacks are to blame for "intermittent disconnects" and "login issues", The Coalition confirm

DDoS attacks suffered by Gears of War: E-Day over the weekend were to blame for players being suddenly disconnected from servers and having trouble logging in, according to devs The Coalition. The chunkily-armoured shooter's online services were targeted, it would seem in a deliberate effort to grind the Gears to a halt.

"Earlier today, some players experienced intermittent disconnects, login issues, or other service disruptions in Gears of War: E-Day," the studio posted at around 2AM BST on October 12th. "These issues were due to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting our…