Gears of War is a third-person shooter video game franchise created and owned by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Studios. The three games that currently make up the series take place on the fictional earth-like planet Sera and focus on a war between humans and creatures known as Locust and Lambent.
In Gears of War, the protagonist Marcus Fenix, a soldier or "Gear" in the Coalition of Ordered Governments, leads his squad on a mission to deploy the Lightmass bomb and destroy the Locust Horde in their underground strongholds.
The sequel Gears of War 2 takes place six months after the events of the first game, and follows Delta Squad and the COG army as it launches an assault directly against the Hollow in an effort to end the war.
Gears of War 3 takes place 2 years after the sinking of Jacinto in Gears 2. With the COG army disbanded, the remnant must band together to survive against a new threat, the Lambent.
The upcoming Gears of War: Judgment takes place before the rise of the Lambent, the sinking of Jacinto or the detonation of the Lightmass bomb. It brings players back to the aftermath of E-Day, before the events of the “Gears” trilogy.
