Gears of War
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![Marcus Fenix, the player-controlled character, takes aim from behind the cover at a Locust with the Lancer. The game uses an over-the-shoulder camera angle when displaying the targeting reticule.](/Images/godic/202501/15/Gearsofwar1083048.jpg")
Gears of War is a video game franchise created and originally owned by Epic Games, developed and managed by The Coalition, and owned and published by Microsoft Studios. The series focuses on the conflict between humanity, the subterranean reptilian hominids known as the Locust Horde, and their mutated counterparts, the Lambent. The franchise consists of four third-person shooter video games, which has also been supplemented by a comic book series and five novels.