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Third-person shooter video game serial

Video game series

Gears of War
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Genre(s) Tertiary-person shooter
Developer(south)

Ballsy Games
The Coalition
People Can Fly
Splash Damage
Mediatonic

Publisher(s) Xbox Game Studios
Creator(s) Cliff Bleszinski
Platform(s)
  • Xbox 360
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One
  • iOS
  • Xbox Series X/Southward
Get-go release Gears of War
November vii, 2006
Latest release Gears five
September 10, 2019
Spin-offs Gears of War: Judgment
Gears Pop!
Gears Tactics

Gears of War , also known just as Gears , is a media franchise centered on a series of video games created by Epic Games, developed and managed past The Coalition, and owned and published by Xbox Game Studios. The franchise is best known for its third-person shooter video games, which has been supplemented by spin-off video game titles, a DC comic volume serial, seven novels, a board game adaptation and various trade.

The original trilogy focuses on the conflict between humanity and the subterranean reptilian hominids known as the Locust Horde on the world of Sera. The first installment, titled Gears of War, was released on Nov 7, 2006 for the Xbox 360. The game follows protagonist Marcus Fenix, a soldier in the Coalition of Ordered Governments tasked to lead a last-ditch effort to destroy the Locust Horde and save humanity. 2 subsequent titles, Gears of War 2 (2008) and Gears of State of war 3 (2011), featured a three-way conflict between humanity, the Locust Horde and their mutated counterparts, the Lambent. Gears of State of war: Judgment, a spin-off prequel to the serial' first title, was released in 2013; it focuses on Damon Baird, ane of Fenix'due south team-mates.[1] Gears of State of war: Ultimate Edition was released for the Xbox One and Microsoft Windows betwixt August 2015 to March 2016.[2] The fourth installment in the chief serial, Gears of War iv, is set 25 years subsequently Gears of State of war iii and follows Marcus Fenix'south son, JD and his friends equally they boxing security forces deployed by a totalitarian COG regime besides as the Swarm, a reconstituted version of the Locust Horde that once once again threatens humanity.[three] Gears 5 (2019) is the direct sequel to Gears of War 4 and revolves around Kait Diaz, a friend of JD, who embarks on a quest to learn the truth near her by and the connections betwixt her heritage and the Locust Horde.

Gears of War was developed by Epic Games. Cliff Bleszinski, who has previously worked on Ballsy's Unreal Tournament games, served as the series' atomic number 82 game designer for the first 3 installments. He was inspired past gameplay elements from Resident Evil 4, Kill Switch, and Bionic Commando.[4] The series was likewise guided past Rod Fergusson, the executive producer and director of development of Epic Games until 2012.[5] [6] The get-go four installments of the Gears of War series used a modified version of the Unreal Engine 3 engine.[7] [eight] In Jan 2014, Microsoft caused rights to the franchise from Epic Games. Canadian studio The Coalition developed Gears of War 4, which was released on October 11, 2016 for the Xbox One and Windows ten.[9] A sequel, Gears five, was released in September 2019. All half-dozen installments in Gears of War featured several multiplayer modes that allowed players to compete confronting each other or team-up to battle AI opponents on Xbox Live.

Gears of War became one of the acknowledged franchises for the Xbox 360.[ten] The series is well known for its emphasis on cover-based combat, in which players tin apply objects to avoid gunfire or safely engage enemies.[11] The Gears of War games have been amongst the almost popular and most played titles on Xbox Alive.[ten] [12]

Plot [edit]

The Gears of War series takes place on Sera, a fictional World-like planet. Human culture develops on Sera and endures a millennia-long conflict that leaves humanity on the brink of extinction. Sera's leaders broker an era of peace that ushers an era of scientific advancements and a cultural renaissance. Humanity's population sporadically grows and demands more free energy provided by fossil and nuclear fuels. Sera's scientists discover Imulsion, a naturally occurring substance that can exist refined into a strong energy source. Imulsion solves Sera's energy crisis just ultimately creates great economic disparity. Nations with direct admission to Imulsion prosper, while other nations autumn into financial turmoil.

Sera's citizens balkanize into two warring factions: the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) and Union of Independent Republics (UIR). The ensuing 79-twelvemonth strife, known as the Pendulum Wars, consumes millions of lives with both sides locked in a virtual stalemate. The UIR develops the 'Hammer of Dawn', a system of satellites capable of delivering precise and stiff orbital-to-surface laser strikes. However, a contingent of COG commandos, led by Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago, and Victor Hoffman launch a daring raid on a UIR stronghold and steal the schematics for the Hammer of Dawn. The UIR surrenders after witnessing the Hammer of Dawn devastate one of their naval vessels later beingness completed by Marcus Fenix'due south male parent, scientist Adam Fenix.

Half dozen weeks later the COG and UIR agreed to an armistice, a race of creatures known as the Locust Horde emerge from Sera'south depths and begin assaulting human cities, wiping out 25% of the world population in the first 26 hours. The Locust Horde overwhelms the already battleworn COG forces during this surprise set on, referred to as 'Emergence 24-hour interval'. The COG retreats to cities located on the Jacinto Plateau, their last bastion where the Locust cannot dig through, and reluctantly bombard their ain cities with the Hammer of Dawn to halt the Locust Horde'due south offensive. The ensuing scorched earth tactic destroys much of Sera'southward cities and human population. The COG continues to operate out of the capital metropolis of Ephyra and cities on the plateau such as Jacinto, while the surviving humans, known as Stranded, are left to wander through Sera's charred ruins.

Five years after Emergence Twenty-four hours, the Locust reemerge and begin a campaign of occupying human cities located on the Jacinto Plateau to act as stepping stones in order to destroy Ephyra. The Locust are able to emerge and overrun the COG capital of Ephyra ten years after Emergence Day. During the chaos, Marcus Fenix leads an unauthorized mission to salvage his father, Adam, from the Locust assault. A helicopter is shot downwardly by the Locust Horde and crash-lands into the Fenix estate, presumably killing Adam Fenix. The COG's leadership court martials Marcus and sentences him to life imprisonment. Afterward losing Ephyra, the remainder of the COG retreats to Jacinto City, which resides on the edge of the plateau against an sea.

Gears of War is set fourteen years subsequently the Locust emerged and attacked Sera's human population. The COG forces devise a last-ditch offensive to destroy the Locust Horde with the Lightmass Bomb, a weaponized form of Imulsion. Marcus Fenix, now a disgraced veteran, is reinstated into the COG army four years after imprisonment to supplement the COG's depleted ranks. Marcus joins his all-time friend, Dominic Santiago, on a mission to map the Locust Horde's tunnel network in preparation for the bombing. Their unit is ambushed by Locust Ground forces and sustain heavy casualties. Fenix and Santiago regroup with two other survivors, Augustus Cole and Damon Baird, and continue their mission. Marcus prevails in mapping and successfully deploying the Lightmass Bomb and crippling the Locust Horde. The Locust Queen Myrrah pledges to continue the war effort.

In the weeks following the Lightmass Bombing, the homo population suffers from a status known as Rustlung, a fatal affliction acquired by the inhalation of Imulsion fumes - due to the evaporation of Imulsion caused by the Lightmass Bomb. The Locust reemerge and bring with them a force assuasive them to sink the cities on the Jacinto Plateau. Following the sinking of nearby cities Tollen and Montevado, and the desperate raid attacks on Jacinto Urban center, the COG fears that the Locust might be trying to sink Jacinto as well.

In Gears of War ii, the COG forces deploy thousands of soldiers into the depths of Sera to battle the Locust Horde and end their plans to sink Jacinto. The COG discovers after the sinking of Ilima City that the Locust have been using a gargantuan worm to sink the cities on the Jacinto Plateau. After killing the Riftworm, Delta Squad is ordered to locate the Locust stronghold by accessing intel from a decommissioned COG laboratory chosen New Hope, which is full of genetically altered humans called Sires, which Marcus believes were experiments that led to the creation of the Locust Horde. Locating the Locust stronghold Nexus nether Mount Kadar, the COG discovers during the battle that members of the Locust Horde are mutating from exposure from Imulsion into "Lambent". These abominations have been forcing the Locust to carelessness their cloak-and-dagger civilisation to try to merits the surface world every bit their new home. Marcus devises a program to intentionally sink Jacinto and using the surrounding sea water to alluvion the Locust and Lambent tunnel network. The COG evacuate Jacinto only as the city collapses and drowns a majority of the Locust Horde.

The remaining population of the COG rediscover an island base of operations not attacked past the Locust Horde called Vectes, with a town known equally Pelruan. The Stranded gangs on the isle threaten the rubber of the town, but the COG and Stranded cease when the Lambent brainstorm to overrun the island and surrounding bounding main. Due to the cloak-and-dagger being flooded, the Imulsion from the Hollow was raised into the surface of Sera, causing a pandemic and turning all life into Lambent organisms. The leader of the COG, Chairman Richard Prescott, is believed to be holding secrets from the population. Prescott abandons the COG, forcing them to disband and live as nomads, surviving against the Lambent and Locust stragglers.

Gears of War 3 is set ii years after the COG disbanded. Prescott returns to reveal that he kidnapped Marcus Fenix's father during the fall of Ephyra and transported him to a cloak-and-dagger isle facility known as Azura, and that Adam has created a device known as the Imulsion countermeasure that could neutralize both the Lambent and Locust. However, the isle was attacked and is occupied by Queen Myrrah and the remaining Locust forces. Marcus and his allies achieve Azura after Dominic sacrifices himself to rescue his friends from imminent demise. Adam is rescued and releases his anti-Imulsion weapon simply reveals he infected himself with the Lambent contagion to develop the weapon. The Imulsion countermeasure vaporizes all Lambent, including Adam, and crystallizes the Locust. Marcus kills Myrrah and dedicates her demise to his fallen friends, family unit, and comrades.

Gears of State of war: Judgment focuses on Baird and Cole during the early months after Emergence Day. With military cadet Sofia Hendrick and Garron Paduk, a former UIR soldier, they comprise the Kilo Squad. Baird disobeys orders to use a Lightmass Missile to destroy Locust forces and relieve survivors at Halvo Bay. Despite likewise killing the powerful Locust leader Karn, the squad is court-martialed because they disobeyed orders. But considering they saved Col. Ezra Loomis and killed Karn, they avoid execution or imprisonment, with Baird demoted from lieutenant to private. A divide campaign, "Aftermath", portrays Baird, Cole, and Paduk in the hours before the activation of the anti-Imulsion energy wave.

Following the cease of the Locust War and Lambent Pandemic, the humans of Sera began to rebuild and started with reorganizing the Coalition of Ordered Governments. Led past First Minister Anya Stroud, married woman of Marcus Fenix, the humans begin to rebuild civilization with the assistance of robotic engineers created by Damon Baird. The COG was successful in creating New Ephyra and other walled cities known as Settlements outside of New Ephyra. Following fertility treatment, Anya was able to bear Marcus Fenix's son, James Dominic "JD" Fenix. Anya died from birthing complications and the COG began a more authoritarian dominion - prompting many civilians to carelessness the COG and live off the country, known as Outsiders. JD was sent to boarding school and met his friend Delmont "Del" Walker. After joining the armed forces, both JD and Del were forced to execute civilians during a protest in Settlement 2, prompting them to get out the COG and becoming Outsiders. They joined a hamlet led past Reyna Diaz and her brother-in-law, Oscar. Reyna's daughter, Kait, became shut with JD and Del.

Gears of War 4 takes place 25 years later the original Gears of War trilogy. JD, accompanied by Kait and Del, conduct frequent raids on COG fortifications to acquire various supplies. The iii successfully fend off a COG counterattack just to accept their encampment devastated by a new foe, called the Swarm. Kait's female parent, Reyna, is captured during the chaos. JD, Kait, and Del reach out to Marcus, a disgruntled COG departer, who reluctantly agrees to help them. The COG, led by First Minister Mina Jinn, pursue the group later on erroneously believing they are backside a string of kidnappings. The iv reach a Locust burial site, where they uncover show suggesting that Adam Fenix'due south countermeasure caused the Locust Horde to enter a cocooned metamorphosis state. Their fears are confirmed when various Locust Horde soldiers attack them in conjunction with the Swarm. The group receives aid from Damon Baird along with Augustus Cole and Samantha Byrne. They battle their way to the Swarm'southward hive and defeat multiple Swarm and Locust monstrosities. Nonetheless, they reach the hive to acquire that Swarm'southward hive-mind has forcefully integrated with Reyna. Kait frees her female parent, knowing she will die only volition no longer suffer. Reyna gives Kait a parting souvenir that belonged to her mother – a necklace bearing the insignia of the Locust Queen, Myrrah.

Kait, JD, Del, and Marcus rejoin the COG and offer their intelligence to Jinn in order to help fight the Swarm. Kait begins to have nightmares and visions related to her mother, the Swarm, and the Locust - merely refuses to tell the others nigh it. Marcus and Baird believe they will need the Hammer of Dawn back online to aid defend against the upcoming state of war with the Swarm. Baird then uncovers additional Hammer of Dawn satellites at Azura.

In Gears 5, JD, Kait, Del, and Marcus travel to Azura to launch the Hammer of Dawn satellites. Afterwards, they help in the evacuation of Settlement 2 as the Swarm have begun their attack on COG Settlements. Four months afterwards, Kait is captured by the Swarm and connects her to the Swarm hivemind, assuasive her to command the Swarm to kill the humans, including her uncle. She is freed by Marcus and JD, but in her grief reveals that she has been having visions and nightmares and believes them to be messages past the Swarm, as evidenced by her amulet which bears the Locust symbol. Marcus has Kait and Del discover answers at the New Hope facility. After discovering New Hope and an additional lab in Mount Kadar, Kait and Del learn that the Locust were the result of genetic experiments washed to homo children sick with Rustlung and splicing them with the Deoxyribonucleic acid of creatures in the Hollow. The mutant children, known as Sires, were used to fertilize the stalk cells of Myrrah, who was born with a genetic amnesty to Imulsion. Kait discovers that Myrrah was Reyna's mother, making Kait the next in line for Queen of the Swarm. She manages to disconnect herself from the Swarm hivemind, but in doing and so allowed Reyna to exist awoken and get queen of the Swarm. The Swarm becomes stronger and more intelligent now that they have a queen and launch an assault against New Ephyra. Using the Hammer of Dawn, the COG is able to repel the Swarm attack, and Kait vows to kill Queen Reyna before she tin attack over again.

Gameplay [edit]

Marcus Fenix, the player-controlled grapheme, takes aim at a Locust Drone with a Lancer from behind cover. The game uses an over-the-shoulder camera angle when displaying the targeting reticle.

Gears of War is a tertiary-person shooter game, with its core concepts being derived from Resident Evil iv 's "over the shoulder" perspective, Kill Switch 's comprehend organization, and Bionic Commando 's swinging activeness akin to moving betwixt points of cover.[xiii] The series focuses on using cover to tactically appoint the enemy in battle to avert taking damage. While behind cover, the player tin fire blindly and inaccurately at their opponent, or tin look effectually the cover and aim advisedly, though exposing to enemy fire; the histrion can slide along cover, move betwixt nearby comprehend, or vault over encompass to race to a new point of cover. Equally the player takes impairment, the "Red Omen" appears on the HUD, becoming more defined every bit the role player nears low health levels. The actor can regenerate their health by staying out of harm's way for a curt while. Should the player take too much damage, they volition become incapacitated unless revived by a teammate; depending on game mode, the player may be able to recover from this state on their own, or may die after a brusque amount of time if non revived. When a combatant is down, a member of the other side may try to execute the downed histrion via a "curb stomp" or other brutal methods. Some types of damage will immediately kill the player with no chance of revival, such as explosive damage. In that location are five levels on the first two games; they are referred to as "acts" and each act is formed into a certain number of chapters.

Players in Gears of State of war can deport four different weapons, with the exception of the fourth game, allowing two primary weapon slots that tin carry weapons which include, but are not limited to: assail rifles, shotguns, a sniper rifle, grenade launchers and an explosive bow; ane grenade slot, which may be filled with up to four grenades of a specific type (Fragmentation, Fume, Ink and Incendiary), and one pistol-type weapon. Players can either obtain ammo or swap out their current weapons with whatsoever weapon dropped by a downed foe or from those scattered around the various maps. Most weapons characteristic the "Active Reload" ability: either after a weapon has depleted an ammo magazine or when the player starts a manual reload, a meter is shown on screen, and the player tin can attempt to stop the meter in a certain marked expanse. If the player stops the meter in the marked expanse, their reload will exist completed faster than if they did not attempt an Active Reload, and if the thespian can stop the meter at a specific department of the marked surface area, they will gain a temporary slight damage boost with each reloaded shot and a faster reload. If the actor stops the meter outside this area, their gun will become temporarily jammed and slow down the reload time. While most of the weapons are based on standard shooter archetypes, Gears of War 'south signature weapon is the Lancer Assault Rifle, which has a mounted chainsaw bayonet that can be used in shut quarter combat to instantly kill a standard foe. Some other notable weapon is the Gnasher Shotgun, which is i of the most-used weapons in multiplayer modes for the series, likewise as its most divisive.[xiv] The Gnasher Shotgun, like many other weapons, tin can exist used to bash opponents in melee, or in the example of grenades, can exist stuck to a foe, exploding a few seconds later. In Gears of War 2 and Gears of State of war 3, all four types of grenades can exist planted on any reachable surface, detonating when an opponent comes close to it. If the opponent spots the grenade, they tin can detonate information technology from a safety distance by shooting it.

All Gears of War games characteristic a campaign fashion that can exist played cooperatively with one other player. The 2 players take the roles of 2 COG soldiers, Marcus Fenix and Dominic "Dom" Santiago, equally they fight the Locust. In the third game the campaign allows for up to four players to play together at the same time. The campaign fashion features several levels of difficulty. At various times, the campaign will offering a choice of paths the outset player tin can select; if the 2nd player is present, they will exist forced to have the other path. The third and fourth players in Gears of War 3 will be separated between the paths of the first and 2d players. In these areas, all players by and large take to work together to get them through the section, such as by ane player providing covering fire while the 2nd player opens a switch that allows the starting time player to proceed.

The competitive multiplayer mode in Gears of War features 8 players while in Gears of War 2 features up to ten players dissever between COG and Locust forces in a number of gameplay types. Modes include "Warzone" and "Execution", both similar to a typical deathmatch, and "Annex" and "Rex of the Hill" where teams have to control a marked zone on the map. In the way "Guardian" (but in Gears of War two) one member of each squad is designated every bit the leader. As long as the leader is withal alive, their teammates can respawn indefinitely. As soon every bit the leader is executed, their teammates can no longer respawn.

Gears of War 3 features meliorate AI, equally in past games the AI went around the obstruction even if it had been destroyed. However, in Gears of State of war 3 the AI will recognize that the obstacle has been destroyed and are free to walk over it.[xv]

Games [edit]

Release timeline
2006 Gears of State of war
2007
2008 Gears of War 2
2009
2010
2011 Gears of State of war iii
2012
2013 Gears of State of war: Judgment
2014
2015 Gears of State of war: Ultimate Edition
2016 Gears of State of war 4
2017
2018
2019 Gears Pop!
Gears 5
2020 Gears Tactics

Chief series [edit]

Gears of War [edit]

Gears of War is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published past Microsoft Studios. It was initially released for the Xbox 360 on Nov 7, 2006 in North America, and on November 17 in Europe.[xvi] It was released for Microsoft Windows on June eleven, 2007. Gears of War follows Delta Team'southward efforts to help deploy a Lightmass bomb deep in the Locust tunnels to wipe out the Locust threat.

A remastered edition of the game titled Gears of State of war: Ultimate Edition was developed and released for the Xbox One and Microsoft Windows by The Coalition, later Microsoft acquired the rights to the Gears of State of war franchise from Epic Games in 2014.[17]

Gears of State of war 2 [edit]

Gears of War 2 is a tertiary-person shooter video game published by Microsoft Studios.[18] Information technology is the sequel to Gears of State of war and was released worldwide November 7, 2008. The game uses a heavily upgraded version of the Unreal Engine 3.[xix] Gears of War ii takes place 6 months afterwards the offset game, where the Locust are attempting to sink Jacinto Plateau, and the COG forces accept decided to launch a counter-offensive to stop them before they can complete their attempt. Ultimately the COG sinks Jacinto themselves to inundation the home of the Locust (the Hollow) and drown them.

A PC version of the game was cancelled by the developers, citing poor sales of the original PC version of Gears of War likewise as concerns over piracy.

Gears of War 3 [edit]

Gears of War iii is the concluding part to the trilogy. Originally with an April 6, 2011 release date, it was moved to September 20 to anchor Microsoft Studios' holiday portfolio for the Xbox 360.[20]

Gears of State of war three takes place 18 months after the end of Gears of War 2. Marcus, Dom, and the concluding remnants of humanity must band together to survive against the Locust and Lambent, while trying to find Marcus's father and end the war.[21] In the stop, a weapon adult by Marcus' father Adam Fenix is detonated, wiping out the Locust and the Lambent, as well as ending the war.

RAAM'south Shadow [edit]

RAAM's Shadow is a secondary campaign for Gears of War three introduced equally a DLC. Taking identify several years before the original Gears of War game, RAAM's Shadow follows Zeta-Six during the Evacuation of Ilima, a city that appeared in ruins in Gears of War 2 as well as taking place from the perspective of Locust General RAAM. Zeta-Six is made up of Lieutenant Minh Young Kim from Gears of State of war, Tai Kaliso from Gears of War 2, Michael Barrick from the comic book series and Alicia Valera. Supporting grapheme Jace Stratton previously appeared as a member of Delta Squad in Gears of War 3.

Gears of State of war four [edit]

Gears of War 4 is an Xbox One and Windows 10 game developed by The Coalition and released on October 11, 2016.[22]

The game's plot is set 25 years after Gears of War 3 and focuses on JD Fenix, the son of Marcus Fenix, who joins his male parent and 2 new characters: Delmont "Del" Walker and Kait Diaz against the "Swarm", a new threat risen from the remnants of the Locust.[23]

Gears 5 [edit]

Gears five is a sequel to Gears of War 4. It was released for Windows and Xbox One on September 10, 2019.[24] The game focusing on Kait Diaz, every bit she looks for the means to counter the Swarm, learning near the true origin of the Locust and their connection with her family.

Hivebusters [edit]

Hivebusters is a single-role player downloadable content expansion pack for Gears v. Taking place before the events of the Gears of War: Hivebusters comic book series, Hivebusters follows Squad Scorpio — Corporal Jeremiah Keegan, Lieutenant Lahni Kaliso and Outsider Leslie "Mac" Macallister — every bit they investigate a method to infiltrate and destroy the Swarm'southward hives from within as seen in the "Escape" multiplayer mode of Gears five.

Spin-offs [edit]

Gears of War: Judgment [edit]

Gears of War: Judgment is a spin-off/prequel, released on March 19, 2013.[25] The characters include Baird, accompanied by Augustus "Cole Train" Cole and 2 new characters, Garron Paduk and Sofia Hendrik,[26] who brand up Kilo Squad. Kilo Squad is put on trial by some other new character, Ezra Loomis.[26]

Gears Pop! [edit]

Gears Popular! is a spin-off for mobile devices based on Funko's POP! toyline and released on August 22, 2019.

Gears Tactics [edit]

Gears Tactics is a turn-based strategy spin-off for Xbox I and Windows, developed by Splash Harm[27] and released on April 28, 2020.[28] Set before the events of the beginning game, it follows a military unit led by Sgt. Gabriel Diaz, who would later go Kait's male parent.

Other games [edit]

Characters from the Gears of War series have made guest appearances in games outside of the Gears of War franchise. Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago are playable in the Xbox 360 version of Lost Planet 2.[29] General RAAM was announced every bit a playable graphic symbol in Killer Instinct: Season Three during Microsoft's E3 2016 press briefing on June xiii, 2016, and was released following the presentation's conclusion.[xxx]

Backwards compatibility [edit]

Microsoft revealed on August 3, 2015 that the 4 Gears of State of war titles that launched on Xbox 360 — Gears of War, Gears of State of war ii, Gears of War 3, and Gears of War: Judgment — are compatible on Xbox Ane through the backwards compatibility program.[31]

Music [edit]

The video game music for Gears of War was composed by Kevin Riepl, who had previously worked with Epic Games on soundtracks for Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Unreal Championship 2.[32] The music for Gears of War 2 and Gears of War 3 was composed past Steve Jablonsky.[33] The music for Gears of War 4 is composed by Ramin Djawadi.[34] Ramin Djawadi continued to compose the music for the next title in the series, Gears 5.[35] [36]

Adaptations [edit]

The Board Game [edit]

Gears of War: The Lath Game was released in 2011 by Fantasy Flight Games. Designed by Corey Konieczka, it is a cooperative game for upwards to four players, including the choice for solo play. Each player takes command of a COG (represented by a miniature figure pre-painted in red), fighting their manner through randomly generated maps filled with Locust soldiers (represented by a miniature figure pre-painted in light grayness). These are controlled by an AI deck of cards: after each histrion finishes their turn, they draw a card from the AI deck and takes actions for each Locust animate being. Players play cards and whorl dice to accept actions besides as to resolve shooting and defense. The game gain until the player squad successfully completes the mission. In that location are seven different missions, each featuring dissimilar objectives and enemies in randomly generated map layouts. Since its launch, the game has received one expansion, Mission Pack i, which brought more weapons, two new missions and new enemies, including General RAAM.

Books [edit]

A serial of novels based on the Gears of State of war serial were written by Karen Traviss. The books aggrandize on the games and detail events which occur in between installments. Gears of State of war: Aspho Fields was the first in an expected trilogy,[37] although the total numbers of books has since grown to seven. Once the video game franchise was extended, writer Jason One thousand. Hough was promoted equally the author for more than tie-in novels set in the world.[38]

  • Gears of War: Aspho Fields (2008), by Karen Traviss, tells the story of Aspho Fields, a battle that inverse the course of the Pendulum Wars, while bridging the gap between the first and second game in the present twenty-four hour period. It also fills in some history of the relationship between Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago, also equally Dom'due south blood brother, Carlos.[39]
  • Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant (2009), by Karen Traviss, continues where Gears of State of war 2 ends, as the survivors of Jacinto search for a new life while fending off attacks from the last of the Locust. With the Horde all but defeated, humanity may nonetheless once more go its own worst enemy. It too details the events one year subsequently E-Day, when the new chairman authorized the use of the Hammer of Dawn.[40]
  • Gears of War: Anvil Gate (2010), by Karin Traviss, takes place between the second and the 3rd game. With the Locust apparently defeated, humans have once more succumbed to infighting. Only when the Lambent—the monsters that even the Horde feared—appear, the humans must remember the tactics of an old battle if they hope to survive this state of war.[41]
  • Gears of War: Coalition's Stop (2011), by Karin Traviss, finds a humanity on the brink of extinction, pushed back to the remote island of Vectes. There both Gears and refugees have banded together to survive a threat even greater than the Locust—the Lambent. It takes place approximately eighteen months later on the events of Gears of War 2 and leads directly into the events of Gears of State of war iii.[42]
  • Gears of War: The Slab (2012), by Karin Traviss, details the events of Marcus's imprisonment in the Slab, following his desertion in the middle of battle to attempt to salvage his male parent's life. The novel focuses on the backstories of Marcus and Adam Fenix, and also Victor Hoffman and takes place prior to the events of Gears of War.[43]
  • Gears of War: Ascendance (2019), by Jason M. Hough, bridges the gap betwixt Gears of War 4 and Gears v.[44]
  • Gears of War: Bloodlines (2020), by Jason M. Hough, takes place within the four month time skip in Gears v. It also features a flashback storyline featuring Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Diaz, Kait Diaz'due south male parent, during the Pendulum Wars. The book's ending also hints at the events of Gears Tactics with Gabriel's demotion to Sergeant and motor pool and a mention by Colonel Victor Hoffman of Ukkon, the master antagonist of Gears Tactics.[45]

Comic-book series [edit]

"Gears of War: Hollow" was the kickoff comic book series based on the Gears of War games, released in December 2008. The series was published under DC's Wildstorm imprint and was written by Joshua Ortega, with art by Liam Sharp. The story arc followed Jace Stratton, a young recruit of Delta Squad who fabricated an appearance in Gears of War 3 and Michael Barrick, a solo Gear found by Delta. The arc was 6 issues long and ended in May 2009. Two stand up-alone comic volume series were released. Upshot seven, "The Quickening", followed the life of Tai Kaliso from his domicile in the Due south Islands to the torture den of the Locust Horde. This was released on June nine, 2009.

The 2nd stand-lone was "Harper's Story". In Gears of War 2 there are collectibles which describe the end of Sgt. Jonathan Harper, a Gears veteran. He was captured by the Locust during the events of the Hollow. He managed to survive the vile deeds of the Locust Horde and escape. He helped a family reach safety, taking the bullets into his own body earlier falling to the basis.

Upshot number nine begins a new arc, "Barren", of which the commencement role was released in September 2009. The "other side" of the life of humans faced by total anything are shown. Birthing creches, or breeding farms, filled with women who are in that location to merely to give nascency. With humanity dying out and no people to replace fallen Gears, new humans are needed. The story focuses on an escapee from ane of these centers named Alex Make. Alleged to be barren at the historic period of 18, Brand was kicked from the convenance farm she was born in, sent to Kicking Military camp and trained to be a Gear. She accompanies Delta and Sigma Squads as they investigate a mysterious buoy call from the place at which she was born, which was thought to have been destroyed past Locust.[46] [47] [48]

Gears of War: The Rising of RAAM [edit]

Gears of War: The Rise of RAAM is a comic book series acting as a prequel to the Gears of War series and taking place from the point of view of iconic Gears of War villain General RAAM. The supporting characters included Locust Queen Myrrah, Skorge from Gears of War 2 and Karn from Gears of War: Judgment while the comics introduced Locust High General Sraak, Loftier Priest Vrol and the Locust scientist Ukkon who would afterward appear as the master adversary of Gears Tactics.

Taking identify years before Emergence Day, the Locust are in a losing war with Lambent in their domicile which was the Hollow. RAAM who was a Lieutenant in the Locust ground forces urges the Horde'southward leadership to invade the surface, exterminate humanity and claim the surface world for themselves. Despite RAAM having Skorge'due south backing, Loftier General Sraak refuses to hear them out even with evidence that the war with the Lambent is lost. Sraak subsequently attempts to assassinate RAAM with the assistance of Ukkon using a Corpser, merely he fails. As he was unaware that the Locust council is listening in, RAAM decides to include High Priest Vrol and Karn in his plot to convince Queen Myrrah to invade the surface. RAAM manages to get Karn to help past playing on his doubts and they purposefully allowed the Lambent to reach the Inner Hollow where they attacked the Locust temple. RAAM swoops in inside time to save the temple, convincing Vrol to help him.

With the backing of Skorge, Vrol and Karn, RAAM presents his example to the council, shocking Myrrah that his reports are so dissimilar from Sraak's. RAAM presents his programme to win the state of war by invading the surface, taking it over and flooding the Hollow with seawater in order to wipe the Lambent out in one case they are gone. Myrrah agrees and she promotes RAAM to her new High General while demoting the humiliated Sraak to RAAM's quondam rank of Lieutenant. Myrrah privately revealed her brotherhood with Adam Fenix to detect a solution to the Lambent and how Adam failed to deliver forcing her to invade the surface. Myrrah has also been aware about RAAM'southward insurrection from the beginning and while she agreed with his plan, she was waiting for RAAM to act. She also threatens RAAM's life should he e'er endeavor to dethrone her. RAAM promotes Karn and he instructs him to lead the destruction of the land of Gorasnaya. Ukkon also agrees to aid RAAM in exchange for human prisoners to utilize equally his test subjects.

On Emergence Twenty-four hour period, RAAM personally leads the attack on the human urban center of Jannermount. Skorge warns RAAM that according to his visions, RAAM will not survive the state of war. Nonetheless, RAAM is unbothered by the news as he intends Skorge to take over if he should fall. A crazed Sraak attacks the ii, intending to kill RAAM and Skorge and regain his power. However, RAAM anticipated Sraak's actions and he has two Theron Guards shoot Sraak, destroying the chest piece of his formidable armor. RAAM executes Sraak by ripping his heart out and he continues leading humanity's extermination.

Gears of State of war: Hivebusters [edit]

Gears of State of war: Hivebusters is a comic book series that came out in 2019. The comic focuses on Team Scorpio—Corporal Jeremiah Keegan, Lieutenant Lahni Kaliso and Outsider Leslie "Mac" Macallister—equally they work with Colonel Victor Hoffman, Doctor Hana Cole and King Raven airplane pilot Tak to destroy Swarm Hives beyond Sera. The Gears 5 DLC Hivebusters released in Dec 2020 acts equally a straight prequel to the comic volume series.

Having been captured and taken into the center of the Swarm Hive on the South Island of Pahanu, Scorpio is awakened in their pods by the adrenaline injectors that Hana created for them, although Mac becomes trapped in a nightmare of the loss of his family that the remainder of Scorpio experiences through the Swarm Hivemind. Scorpio is able to constitute their new Venom Bombs, but accidentally awaken the Hive in the procedure and take to fight off thousands of overwhelming Swarm forces as the deadly gas spreads. Tak is able to extract Scorpio as the Pahanu Hive is destroyed and Hana expresses a belief that destroying a Swarm Hive will kill all of the Swarm connected to it, taking out the remaining Swarm on the surface that they did non get. Hoffman rewards Lahni with a pardon for the criminal offence that had sent her to prison house and an official reinstatement into the COG and sets upwardly a meeting for Keegan with his old commanding officer who survived the Locust War. Hoffman offers Mac a new mission at present that they know that the Hivebuster programme works: destroy the Swarm Hive in the Outsider hamlet of Bravelle, Mac'due south old home. Although Hoffman offers to observe replacements, both Lahni and Keegan volunteer for the mission.

Scorpio is flown to the village of Croya due to Bravelle'south inaccessibility by air where they witness the aftermath of the Swarm's decimation of the town. Mac finds and repairs his old delivery truck for send while reliving his past as an award-winning commitment driver for both Croya and Bravelle earlier the Swarm attacked and killed everyone, including his young son Dillon. The Swarm attacks Scorpio, simply they manage to escape in the commitment truck. However, an assail past a Swarm Flock wrecks the truck and forces Scorpio to proceed the journey on human foot, encountering the remains of the convoy where Mac's ex-wife and father lost their lives during a Swarm ambush that Mac barely escaped alive from.

Reaching Bravelle, Mac leads Scorpio to the old COG bunker containing the Hive where Scorpio allows themselves to be captured by Snatchers. In his pod, Mac experiences a dream of telling a bedtime story to Dillon earlier awakening. Scorpio is able to plant their Venom Bombs and fight their way out, simply come across and fight a Warden on the surface and all suffer injuries. Mac eventually manages to kill the Warden by ramming it with a truck and then stabbing it through the eye and Scorpio escapes the bunker equally the Hive is destroyed.

Recovering Mac'due south old automobile, Scorpio drives back to Croya, only discovers that destroying a Swarm Hive does non kill all of the Swarm connected to it when they spot Swarm survivors off in the distance. Scorpio is attacked by the Flock again, but manage to kill it and are extracted by Tak. Mac decides to dedicate himself to continuing the mission of destroying Swarm Hives as it allows him to see Dillon again while he is podded and Lahni and Keegan agree to join him.

Film [edit]

In March 2007, New Line Cinema had purchased the rights to make a Gears of State of war film, with Stuart Beattie writing the script along with Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, who will be producing it.[49] Producer Wyck Godfrey said of the motion picture adaptation: "I'm not a gamer, but what blew me abroad about Gears was how it captures the mythology of a war mission and how high the stakes are."[50] Len Wiseman was reported to directly the movie adaptation of Gears of War in August,[51] but Godfrey stated that they take "a director nosotros're about to attach" in order to flick the motion-picture show during 2009 and release in 2010. Cliff Bleszinski, the atomic number 82 designer of the Gears of War video games, will serve equally executive producer and consultant.[52]

Wiseman signed on in June 2008, with Chris Morgan performing script rewrites.[52] Morgan hinted on G4'south televised coverage of Comic Con 2008 that the film would be a prequel to the showtime game, "information technology could explain how Marcus Fenix got his scar".[53] According to Morgan, Wiseman "wants to make it as realistic as possible, and to blur those lines where your heed says, 'Oh, it's a big CGI film.'".[54] Wyck Godfrey said in Dec 2009 that the intention of the Gears of War flick was "to tell the epic story of an alien planet that's living in a horrific environment just feels similar the wrong mood right now".[55] In April 2010, New Line considerably scaled back the $100 million budget and story, stalling progress while they waited for a rewrite. Len Wiseman was no longer involved as he shifted his focus to other projects.[56]

In April 2013, Variety reported that "Creative Artists Bureau is eager to run across with producers in the coming weeks and set the project elsewhere" and that Stuart Beattie will write the film.[57] Scott Stuber is named to produce the moving picture.[58]

At the launch ceremony for Gears of War iv in October 2016, The Coalition'due south Rod Fergusson affirmed that a Gears of State of war flick is currently at development at Universal Pictures. Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark will produce the moving picture nether Universal's Bluegrass Films division, but no director or author has been selected at this betoken. Fergusson also stated that where the film takes place relative to the games has been determined.[59] Universal hired Shane Salerno to write the screenplay with Fergusson in May 2017, proverb that "the movie won't be based on one of the games but a new story prepare in the universe."[60] F. Scott Frazier was reported to write the film's script the following year.[61] The moving picture accommodation will not be fix in the same universe from videogames.[62]

Merchandise [edit]

In July 2007, NECA appear they would be producing Gears of War merchandise, including action figures.[63] The beginning serial, available in the second quarter of 2008, included Augustus Cole, Anthony Carmine, Baird, a Locust Drone, a Locust Sniper, Dom Santiago and Marcus Fenix.[64] TriForce Sales has obtained a license from Epic Games to create full-scale replicas of the armor and weapons from the game, with assist of sculptor Sid Garrand of Nightmare Armor Studios. The units were available for advanced guild in July 2008.[65] Mindzeye Studios has created foot high statues of Gears of War characters.[66]

Reception [edit]

All of the Gears of State of war titles have been received positively, and the original trilogy is critically acclaimed. IGN rated Gears of War 3 the 22nd best Xbox 360 game, out of a list of 25.[79] In 2010, Lasse Pulkkinen from Techno Buffalo chosen Gears of State of war two the best looking game on the Xbox 360.[80] In 2011, readers of Guinness World Records Gamer'southward Edition voted Augustus Cole as the 46th-top video game character of all time.[81]

Sales [edit]

According to Microsoft, the Gears of War series has sold over 22 million units and earned over Us$1 billion in revenue as of January 2014.[82] [83]

Legal problems [edit]

In January 2017, former American football game player Lenwood Hamilton sued Epic Games, Microsoft, and vocalisation actor Lester Speight, stating that the character of Cole Train in the serial steals from his own likeness and voice. The lawsuit contends that elements of Cole's graphic symbol, including being of African-American descent, having played in professional sports, and elements of the graphic symbol's clothing were all elements representative of Hamilton, and phonation assay shows that Speight's commitment of Cole's lines matches too shut with Hamilton'due south line. Hamilton had stated that Speight had approached him around 1998 about a video game, though Hamilton had turned it down due to the violence that would be in the game.[84] Lenwood was ultimately unsuccessful in his bid: "The commune court granted defendants' motility for summary judgment on Showtime Amendment grounds, holding that defendants' First Amendment right to free expression in creating the Cole character that allegedly resembled plaintiff outweighed plaintiff's right of publicity".[85] The U.s. Court of Appeals for the Third Excursion upheld the district court's decision, though Hamilton has petitioned to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom for review.[86] The Supreme Court denied to review the case in June 2021, leaving in place the summary judgment for Epic and Microsoft.[87]

Legacy [edit]

Former Naughty Dog programmer Lucas Pope has stated that the Uncharted franchise drew inspiration from Gears of State of war, with the first game in the serial existence delayed afterwards the first Gears of War game released in guild for certain core gameplay and technical elements to more resemble that of the latter.[88]

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Further reading [edit]

  • Gears of State of war: Aspho Fields, past Karen Traviss (2008) ISBN 0-345-49943-3
  • Gears of State of war: Jacinto'southward Remnant, by Karen Traviss (2009) ISBN 0-345-49944-1
  • Gears of War: Anvil Gate, past Karen Traviss (2010) ISBN 0-345-49945-X
  • Gears of War: Coalition'due south End, by Karen Traviss (2011) ISBN 0-356-50104-3

External links [edit]

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