Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/gears-of-war

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

List of Gears of War media

none


none

Gears of War is a video game franchise that debuted on November 9, 2006 with Gears of War for the Xbox 360 and was a best-seller. The fictional universe of the series takes place on the fictional planet Sera and focus on a war between humans and creatures known as Locust. The franchise has since spawned several novels, art books, a series of comic books, and a board game by Fantasy Flight Games, with a film currently in pre-production.

Video games

2007—Microsoft Windows

  • A Limited Collector's Edition was released in a steel case with an additional disc with environment and stages artwork and a book titled Destroyed Beauty.

  • A Limited Edition version was released featuring a SteelBook case, bonus content DVD, a book titled Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2, and exclusive Xbox Live downloadable content.

  • Expansions: :*"All Fronts Collection" (2009)

  • A Limited Edition version was released featuring a SteelBook case.

  • Expansions: :"RAAM's Shadow" (2011) :"Horde Command Pack" (2011) :"Versus Booster Map Pack" (2011) :"Forces of Nature Map Pack" (2012) :*"Fenix Rising" (2012)

  • Epic Games co-developed the game with Polish studio People Can Fly.

  • Expansions: :"Call to Arms" (2013) :"Lost Relics" (2013) :"Dreadnought" (2013) :"Haven" (2013) 2016—Microsoft Windows

  • The first game in the series not developed by Epic Games. The Coalition led the game's development. 2016—Microsoft Windows

  • The first main entry in the series to be developed by The Coalition 2019—Android 2019—Microsoft Windows

  • Mediatonic led the game's development. 2019—Microsoft Windows 2020—Xbox Series X and Series S

  • Gears 5 will receive visual enhancements for the Xbox Series X upon its launch, including higher resolution textures, new visual effects such as volumetric fog, and running at higher frames per second

  • A Limited Edition version was released, which includes the Ultimate Edition of the game, a Limited Edition Xbox One X console, controller, headset, wireless keyboard, mouse from Razer, external hard drives from Seagate, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, and the standard versions of Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3, and Gears of War 4

  • Expansions: :*"Hivebusters" (2020) 2020—Microsoft Windows 2020—Xbox Series X and Series S

  • Set one year after Emergence Day and 13 years before Gears of War and focuses on Kait Diaz's father, Gabriel Diaz.

Printed

TitleRelease dateISBNMedia type
Destroyed BeautyNovember 9, 2006Supplementary book
Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2November 7, 2008Supplementary book
Gears of WarDecember 2008 – August 2012Comic book series
Gears of War: Aspho FieldsOctober 28, 2008Novelization
Gears of War: Jacinto's RemnantJuly 28, 2009Novelization
Gears of War: Anvil GateAugust 31, 2010Novelization
Gears of War: Coalition's EndAugust 2, 2011Novelization
Gears of War: The SlabMay 8, 2012Novelization
Gears of War: Rise of RAAMJanuary 2018 - April 2018Comic book series
Gears of War: HivebustersMay 2019 - March 2020Comic book series
Gears of War: AscendanceJuly 30, 2019Novelization
Gears of War: BloodlinesApril 21, 2020Novelization
Gears of War: Ephyra RisingNovember 16, 2021Novelization

Other media

TitleRelease dateMedia type
Gears of War: The Board Game2011Board game
Notes:
Gears of WarTBAFilm
Notes:

Soundtracks

TitleRelease dateLengthLabelRef
Gears of War: The SoundtrackJuly 31, 200769:08Sumthing Elseurl=http://www.en.game-ost.ru/info.php?id=742title= Music from Gears of War The Soundtrackpublisher=Game-OSTaccess-date=April 14, 2009}}
Gears of War 2: The SoundtrackNovember 25, 200862:27Sumthing Elseurl=http://www.en.game-ost.ru/info.php?id=1599title= Music from Gears of War 2: The Soundtrackpublisher=Game-OSTaccess-date=April 14, 2009}}

References

References

  1. Butts, Steve. (2007-10-04). "Gears of War Hands On". IGN.
  2. [http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/892/892316p1.html Epic Games and Del Rey Announce Novels in the Gears of War Video Game Universe]
  3. link. (2008-10-25)
  4. [http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/892/892335p1.html Gears of War 2 Limited Edition Content Revealed]
  5. "Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Release". [[Microsoft Studios]].
  6. Gurwin, Gabe. (March 16, 2020). "Gears 5 Is Coming to Xbox Series X With Improvements, Possible 120 FPS Support". [[GameSpot]].
  7. (August 7, 2019). "New Gears 5 Xbox One X Limited Edition Announced Alongside Lots Of Other Hardware".
  8. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19284 Josh Ortega Talks "Gears of War"], [[Comic Book Resources]], December 24, 2008
  9. Linde, Aaron. (2008-04-18). "Epic Games and DC Plan Gears of War Comic Book". [[Shacknews]].
  10. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080820051133/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080723-GearsofWarcomic.html Ortega & Sharp on Gears of War Comic], [[Newsarama]], July 24, 2008
  11. link. (2009-08-13 , Comicon, August 11, 2008)
  12. Traviss, Karen. (2008). "Gears of War Aspho Fields (Gears of War)". Del Rey.
  13. Traviss, Karen. (2009). "Gears of War Jacinto's Remnant (Gears of War)". Del Rey.
  14. Berardini, César. (2008-01-02). "''Gears of War'' Novel Update. Movie Script Confirmed". [[TeamXbox]].
  15. "Music from Gears of War The Soundtrack". Game-OST.
  16. "Music from Gears of War 2: The Soundtrack". Game-OST.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about List of Gears of War media — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report