Yet one problem stood prominent above the rest: energy. A golden age of culture, science, and the arts. Although most conflict was solved peacefully, civil liberties and crime remained troublesome social issues. This shocked the people into a rejection of their destructive ways, leading to a golden age. The planet Sera has a history of conflict that took the planet to the brink of destruction. The Gears franchise takes place on the planet Sera. Numerous comics and novels expand on the events, characters and backstory of the Gears universe. Microsoft also announced 2 spin-offs of the series - Gears Pop! and Gears Tactics. The fourth sequel Gears 5 follows Kait Diaz, an ex- Outsider, who after joining the COG Army tries to uncover the origins of the Locust Horde and her connection to the enemy as a new war begins. The third sequel Gears of War 4 takes place 25 years after the end of the Locust War and follows JD Fenix - the son of Marcus Fenix and Anya Stroud - as he and his friends investigate a new mysterious threat responsible for disappearances of entire populations of multiple human settlements. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a remastered version of the original Gears of War, repackaged with brand new content.

Following Kilo Squad, led by Damon Baird and Augustus Cole, as they fight to save the city of Halvo Bay from an unstoppable enemy. The prequel Gears of War: Judgment takes the players back before events of the original trilogy to the immediate aftermath of Emergence Day. The second sequel Gears of War 3 takes places 2 years after the second game, when Marcus and his team have to combat the growing threat of the Lambent and rescue his father Adam Fenix from the Locust Horde. 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. 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 trilogy, prequel and two sequels that currently make up the series take place on the planet Sera and focus on a war between humans and creatures known as the Locust Horde. Gears of War is an award winning, bestselling science fiction video game franchise, created by Epic Games, currently developed by The Coalition, owned and published by Xbox Game Studios (previously known as Microsoft Game Studios). ' Sure, the IP can be a billion dollar one, but when you're Rule 34'd is when you've truly arrived as a fictional universe.' - Cliff Bleszinski

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