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5 unusual facts about Gears of War


Courtney Ford

In the game series Gears of War, Ford voices Maria Santiago, the lost wife of the character "Dom".

Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant

Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant is a 2009 science fiction novel by Karen Traviss, set in the Gears of War universe.

Joseph Kosinski

and the award-winning "Mad World" commercial for Gears of War.

One Man's Terrorist

It was also used in the popular Xbox 360 trailer for Gears of War.

Wordfilter

Other games such as Medal of Honor and Call of Duty (except Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2) do not give users the option to turn off scripted foul language, while Gears of War does.


Gamertag Radio

GTR has had the opportunity to interview many of the biggest names in the Xbox community such as Peter Moore (Head of EA Sports Gaming), Cliff Bleszinski (Lead designer of Gears of Wars), the staff of TeamXbox.com, Major Nelson (the Director of Programming for Xbox Live) and many others.

Great Army of the Ant-Men

Like many other characters in the series who are inspired by another fictional work, the Ant-Men are inspired by the monster enemies from the Locust Horde in the game Gears of War and also draw elements from the 1905 short story "Empire of the Ants" by H. G. Wells.

NeoGAF

Many notable people from the video game industry have posted on NeoGAF, including Cliff Bleszinski (designer on the Unreal franchise and the Gears of War series), Jeremiah Slaczka (co-founder of 5TH Cell and creator of the Drawn to Life franchise and Scribblenauts), Vic Ireland (founder of Working Designs).


see also

GOW2

Gears of War 2, the Xbox 360 exclusive sequel to the Xbox 360 and PC game Gears of War

Jerry O'Flaherty

In 2003, O'Flaherty was named Studio Art Director of Epic Games, handling the direction of Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3.