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Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games
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Contents Emergence Emergence Day … and Ater.... Ater............ ................ ........ 3 Coalton Coalton Weapons............ Weapons.................... ................ ........ 4 Keyboard and and Mouse........... Mouse................... ................ ........ 8 Controller...... Controller.............. ................ ............... ............ ..... 0 Heads-Up Dsplay Dsplay (HUD)....... (HUD)............... ............... ....... 2 Le............ Le.................... ................ ............... ............ ..... 4 Squad Commands....... Commands............... ................ ............... ....... 5 Targetng....... Targetng............... ................ ............... ............ ..... 6 Melee........... Melee................... ................ ............... ............ ..... 7 Movement........ Movement................ ................ ............... ............ ..... 8 Interacton..... Interacton............. ................ ............... ............ ..... 20 Actve Reload........ Reload................ ................ ............... ....... 2 Co-op and Multplayer Multplayer .......... ................. ............ ..... 22 Co-op Play........... Play................... ................ ............... ....... 23 Multplayer Multplayer Play............. Play..................... ............... ....... 24 Game Edtor....... Edtor............... ................ ................ .......... .. 29 Credts......... Credts................. ................ ............... ............ ..... 30 Customer Support..... Support............. ................ ............... ....... 32
We love shooters. Everyone at Epc holds the genre near and dear. We’ve been buldng these games or a decade. A ew years ago, we started eelng lke the genre needed a bt o a change. We love makng ast-paced games lke UNREAL® TOURNAMENT, but we wondered we could slow the pace down whle keepng thngs exctng. “Tactcal” games oten weren’t very accessble, and they crept along at a snal’s pace. To do ths, we’d have to thnk derently about combat. We’d requre players to take cover when they’re beng shot at nstead o runnng headrst nto gunre. We’d have to make somethng that was compellng, a cnematc rollercoaster rde wth larger-than-le characters, monsters, and experences. Gve the users somethng to talk about over lunch, be t the gant creature that chased ther squad or the onlne match they snglehandedly won. Pace the experence properly, and thrll the gamers accordngly. We’d have to thnk careully and creatvely about the player’s opposton. When olks hear about monsters, they usually assume dumb alens that run toward the protagonst’s gun. Why not make a monster that takes cover, bulds weapons, and actually wants to survve? Wouldn’t an ntellgent oe be more threatenng? Ths was the geness o the Locust. We couldn’t be happer that so many gamers and revewers agreed wth us. Over our mllon players have been able to enjoy GEARS OF WAR® on Xbox 360®, and now you can take that same cnematc journey, wth great new gameplay and even hgher resoluton. From Marcus’s cell to the Hollow and beyond, hang onto your seat -- t’s a wld rde. Good luck, and remember to take cover!
-- ClyB Lead Desgner, Epc Games, Inc.
emergenCe Day … anD ater Fourteen years ago, the Locust Horde gathered under every major cty and launched a surprse attack. Once thought ctonal boogeymen, the Horde are rghtenngly real and stronger than anyone had magned. On Emergence Day, untold masses pershed, and countless more ded n the days that ollowed. Rather than allow the Horde to keep the spols o ther aggresson, humans used chemcal weapons and orbtal partcle beams to neutralze them, along wth the ctes and bases they controlled. Wth most urban centers and mltary nstallatons rubble, the human survvors gathered on Jacnto Plateau, whose sold grante strata could not be easly penetrated. When the Horde breached the plateau’s deenses, Marcus Fenx deed orders to save hs ather at East Barrcade Academy ... but he was too late. Marcus was subsequently charged wth derelcton o duty and sentenced to 40 years n Jacnto Maxmum Securty Pententary. Now, the Horde have overrun the pententary.
g n a s h e r
Coalition Weapons Tred-and-true ballstc armaments have worked or centures. Smple and lethal, just pont and shoot (see targetng on page 6). Ammunton s plentul.
s h o t g u n
s n u b p i s t o l
Short-range weapon that can occasonally take down a Locust Drone n one shot. Most eectve at less than 3 meters. Standard-ssue sdearm or all solders o the Coalton o Ordered Governments (COG). You always have your Snub Pstol. Regular rng mode s a sngle shot, but you can re as ast as you can clck the mouse button or squeeze the rght trgger. The Snub Pstol also has a moderate zoom (see page 6).
l a n C e r a s s a u l t r i f l e
The workhorse Coalton weapon. Fully automatc. Intended or mdrange combat. The weapon’s Chansaw Bayonet can be actvated when n close proxmty to an enemy (press and hold the F key or the B button).
l o n g s h o t
The Hammer o Dawn s an Imulson-energzed satellte partcle-beam weapon capable o levelng buldngs. It must be orbtally algned overhead to re. Your HQ contact lets you know when t s avalable.
s n i p e r r i f l e
Used best at long ranges, the Longshot has hgh-calber ammunton that removes most man-szed threats wth a sngle well-placed headshot. To actvate the ntegrated scope, hold the rght mouse button or let trgger as amng normally, and then clck the mouse wheel or rght stck to zoom magncaton.
g r e n a D e
Standard Coalton-ssue ragmentaton grenade. When you press and hold the rght mouse button or let trgger, a vsble arc shows the grenade’s trajectory. Move the mouse or rght stck to alter ths projected arc. NOTE: SMOKE GRENADES ARE AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLAYER GAMES (SEE PAGE 28).
The Hammer requres a ground-based observer to acqure a target wth a targetng laser. To do ths, a Coalton solder (Gear) must have lne o sght on the target and open sky. Press the rght mouse button or let trgger to am, and then the let mouse button or rght trgger to re. NOTE: THE HAMMER OF DAWN CHARGES BRIEFLY BEFORE FIRING.
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heaDs-up Display (huD) Current msson objectves. Press G or the let bumper to actvate.
Targetng retcle. Press the rght mouse button or let trgger to use. (SEE PAGE 6.)
Weapon n use.
Ammunton counter. Open the jammed door.
Actve reload ndcator. Press R or the rght bumper to reload; press twce or an actve reload. (SEE PAGE 2.)
OR Crmson Omen le/ death ndcator. (SEE PAGE 4.)
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Squad status. (SEE PAGE 5.)
Contextual maneuver or acton ndcator, or squad commands. To ssue commands to your squad, press G and , Q, or F. Or press the let bumper and A, B, or Y. (SEE PAGE 5.) An con appears when a specal move or acton s possble. (SEE PAGES 8–20.)
lie Le s smple: When you see a target bleedng or blasted to bts -- t s takng damage. Same goes or you.
WOUNDED
sQuaD CommanDs The squad leader can ssue orders to hs squad. Don’t worry, though, your Gears have graduated boot; they know when to deend themselves, take cover, and return re by themselves. In sngle-player mode, to see your squad’s status and msson objectves, press and hold G, or press and hold the let bumper. In or out o combat, you can have your squad regroup at your locaton by pressng G and then Q, or by pressng the let bumper and then Y. In combat, whle holdng G or the let bumper:
DYING
• Press or A to put your squad nto an aggressve stance or a short tme. Your men are more lkely to close on enemes and re outsde o cover. • Press F or B to put your squad nto a deensve stance or a short tme. Your men stay n cover and only expose ther postons when necessary. NOTE: ONLY THE SQUAD LEADER CAN ISSUE ORDERS.
DEAD
In multplayer mode, press G to see your squad’s status and hold to vew the scoreboard.
Near death, Gears see the Crmson Omen llng wth blood. When t’s ull -- you’re dead. Let alone, you regenerate (a chance to hone your cover-takng sklls). NOTE: IF YOUR SQUADMATE IS DOWN, YOU CAN REVIVE HIM. GET NEAR HIM AND PRESS E OR X.
REGROUP
Q F CEASE FIRE ATTACK
targeting
melee
shooting rom the hip
Press F or B to melee. I an enemy s wthn range, you attempt to bash hs brans n. One warnng: I an enemy s ths close, the enemy can melee wth you as well.
To target, move the mouse or rght stck. Once you have a target centered, press the let mouse button or rght trgger to re. Ths method o targetng s ast, but extremely naccurate.
aiming
To take am, press and hold the rght mouse button or let trgger. You zoom n on a potental target, and a retcle appears.
Zooming
Coalton Gears have one great melee advantage, however. The Lancer Assault Rfe has an ntegrated, carbde-tpped, varable-torque Chansaw Bayonet. I you’re holdng ths rfe, press and hold F or B to actvate the Chansaw Bayonet and dsh out hgh-RPM death. Few Locust can wthstand ths brutal assault. NOTE: IF YOU ARE SHOT ATTEMPTING A CHAINSAW ATTACK, YOU MUST PRESS AND HOLD F OR B AGAIN TO RESTART THE CHAINSAW.
To magny your amng vewpont, press and hold the rght mouse button, then use the mouse wheel to zoom. Or hold the let trgger, and then clck the rght stck. You can only zoom wth a Longshot Snper Rfe or a Snub Pstol.
I you have a grenade equpped and press F or B to melee, you can stck the grenade onto a nearby opponent.
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In multplayer games, press E or X near an opponent who has been grevously wounded, but s not yet dead, to delver a savage blow (aka curb stomp).
Whle n cover, press the let mouse button or rght trgger to re around cover wthout exposng yoursel. Ths move stcks your gun out o cover and res. NOTE: IF YOU TAKE AIM WHILE IN COVER, YOU REMAIN MOSTLY IN COVER, BUT YOUR HEAD MAY BE EXPOSED.
bolo grenaDes
Press the rght mouse button or let trgger to spn a bolo grenade and see ts projected trajectory. Move the mouse or rght stck to alter the trajectory. Press the let mouse button or rght trgger to throw the grenade.
moVement To move, use the movement keys W, A, S, and D and the mouse, or the let stck. All specal moves -- evadng, usng cover, clmbng onto and over an obstacle (mantlng), and roade run -- use the movement keys and (the SPACEBAR), or A wth the let stck. You can also double-tap the movement keys to perorm any o the actons ollowng.
GETTING INTO COVER Use cover n combat or DIE. Move toward anythng that looks lke cover (debrs, doorway, etc.), then press or A.
EVADE Press or A whle movng. I there’s no cover, you dodge and roll, tryng not to get shot. You can also evade or roll out o cover.
COVER SLIP To quckly slp around the corner o cover wthout havng to back up rst, move n the drecton you want to slp, then press or A.
SWAT TURN EXITING COVER To break cover, move away rom the cover pont or press or A.
MANTLE To jump over low cover, move n drecton o the jump, then press or A.
Whle n cover, mnmze exposure n reachng a nearby cover pont wth a SWAT turn. Move toward adjacent cover, then press or A.
Part crouch, part run that makes you harder to target. To roade run, whle out o cover press and hold or A. You cannot re whle roade runnng.
ROADIE RUN
interaCtion
aCtiVe reloaD
To use tems and perorm tasks not assocated wth targetng and movement, press the context-senstve E key or X button. Icons can appear when an E or X uncton s avalable (or example, when you stand near ammunton).
To reload your weapon (assumng you have ammunton), press R or the rght bumper.
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Pck up/swap weapon
Dropped weapon
Pck up ammo
Ammunton cache
Man turret
Avalable unmanned heavy weapon
Kck open door (see gure )
Functonal door
Press button (see gure 2)
Operable button
Engage valve
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Ladder
Other specal E or X unctons nclude revvng a squadmate (see page 4) and curb stompng an enemy (see page 7).
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To reload aster, press R or the rght bumper twce. Success s a matter o tmng and practce. There are three possbltes attemptng an actve reload:
SUCCESS
PERFECT
FAILURE
I you succeed, you reload aster. I you acheve a perect reload, you reload much aster and gan a small boost to damage. I you al, you spend more tme reloadng than you dd not try. DUMP MAGAZINE
RELOAD
READY
Co-op anD multiplayer
Co-op play
games or WinDoWs – liVe
To play the campagn mode o GEARS OF WAR wth a rend, select Campagn rom the Man Menu, and then select Host Co-op Game or Jon Co-op Game. LIVE Gold and Slver members have derent optons n co-op play. As a Gold member, you can:
Games or Wndows® – LIVE s the most comprehensve onlne entertanment network n the world, as well as a gamng communty where you can create a permanent gamer dentty (gamertag), nd rends and set up a rends lst, see your rends’ games and actvtes, and communcate wth other members n real tme. Become a Gold member to receve addtonal benets such as sendng and recevng nvtatons to multplayer games, as well as exclusve downloadable content (DLC) such as levels, mssons, weapons, new vehcles, and more.
ConneCting
Beore you can use the LIVE servce, you need to connect your computer to a hgh-speed Internet connecton and sgn up or LIVE. I you already have a gamertag on Xbox LIVE®, you have what you need to connect to Games or Wndows – LIVE. I you don’t have a gamertag, you can get one or ree. To check LIVE s avalable n your regon and or more normaton about connectng, go to www.gamesorwndows.com/lve.
amily settings
Famly Settngs n Games or Wndows – LIVE complement Wndows Vsta® parental controls. Manage your chld’s access and experence wth easy and fexble tools. For more normaton, go to www.gamesorwndows.com/lve/ amlysettngs.
VoiCe Chat
You can use any headset or mcrophone that s compatble wth Wndows Vsta or Wndows XP to taunt opponents or coordnate wth teammates durng games. You can also use a compatble headset connected to a controller as well. NOTE: YOU NEED TO SET UP ANY CHAT DEVICE IN WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS XP BEFORE CHATTING. FOR MORE INFORMATION, REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAME WITH YOUR DEVICE.
• Host a game on your PC. You can host on your local network, usng publc or prvate LIVE onlne multplayer unctonalty, or usng LIVE lst play. Anyone can jon a publc LIVE game, but another player must be nvted to jon a prvate LIVE game. In LIVE lst play, Gold members can host games or Gold and Slver members both, or Gold-only games. • Jon a game and play wth a rend usng your local network, LIVE, or LIVE lst play. • Invte a rend. I you’re a Gold member playng sngle-player and see a rend sgn n to LIVE, you can select Gude and nvte your rend nto the game. I the rend accepts, you play prvate LIVE co-op together wthout havng to restart. Slver members can host and jon lst play games. In these, you can’t send rend nvtes but can search the lst o hosted games. Enter a ull or partal gamertag to nd your host (see page 24 or more on lst play). When you host a game, you play as Marcus Fenx. When you jon a game, you play as Domnc Santago. The jonng player saves unlocked chapters (not checkponts) durng play. I the host or jonng player quts the co-op sesson, the sesson ends. For the jonng player, game progress can contnue rom the last chapter pont. When playng n that Marcus and combat. In many derent paths
co-op mode, t’s mportant to remember Dom need to cover one another n cases, Marcus and Dom can take to get alternate angles o re.
NOTE: NORMALLY, IF MARCUS DIES DOM CAN REVIVE HIM. HOWEVER, DURING CO-OP SPLITS NEITHER DOM NOR MARCUS CAN BE REVIVED. EACH MUST RESTART AT THE LAST CHECKPOINT.
multiplayer multiplayer play To play the multplayer mode o GEARS OF WAR, select Versus rom the Man Menu and then select Local Network or LIVE.
ConneCtion types
The Local Network opton lets you compete wth others (eght players maxmum) on a local area network (LAN). LIVE lets you ght alongsde and aganst other players (eght player maxmum) on LIVE. When playng on LIVE, you can choose rom ranked matches, player matches, and lst play matches. Ranked matches track your perormance and score n GEARS OF WAR. To track ranked matches, select Versus rom the Man Menu, and then select Leaderboards. Ranked matches tend to be more compettve than player matches. Player matches do not count toward your tracked perormance and score, so you may want to use them to practce beore ranked play. In lst play matches, LIVE Slver members can host and play multplayer games. However, certan eatures avalable to LIVE Gold members are not avalable to Slver members n lst play. Games are not tracked on the leaderboards, and you cannot nvte rends to your games or set games as rend-only. In other words, players other than your rends can vew and jon your personal lst play games. You select rom all lst play matches nstead o beng able to search or a custom match, and you cannot jon a lst play match n progress rom the rends lst. NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE AN ACCOUNT ON LIVE AND A HIGH-SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION TO USE THE LIVE AND LIST PLAY FEATURES. Ater you select a game connecton and sgn n, you host a multplayer game you can adjust many game parameters (see page 27). I you play on LIVE, you can search or games that use specc multplayer game parameters.
multiplayer game types WARZONE A human re team s ptted aganst a Locust re team. The goal s elmnatng all members o the other team.
EXECUTION Ths game type s smlar to Warzone, but nstead o dyng ater you have been knocked down and bleed out, you revve. Pump or A to revve aster. The only way to kll an opposng team member s to delver a close-range specal kll.
ASSASSINATION Each team has a leader, Colonel Homan (human) and General RAAM (Locust). The goal s to kll the leader o the opposng team n executon ashon. Players who kll the leader o the opposng team become leader o ther team or the next round. The hghest scorng player on the losng team becomes that team’s new leader.
ANNEX
multiplayer game parameters When you host a multplayer game, you can:
Players wn by retanng control over key map locatons (or objectves) long enough to collect a wnnng number o ponts to wn the round. Every map has two to ve dented objectves avalable or capture, wth one objectve avalable at a tme. Round scores are adjustable, and the rst team to reach the target score wns the round. NOTE: UNLIKE IN OTHER GAME TYPES, PLAYERS CAN RESPAWN AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF TIMES IN ANNEX AND KING OF THE HILL. THEY DON’T HAVE TO SIT OUT A ROUND -- IF THEY DIE, THEY CAN JUMP RIGHT BACK INTO THE ACTION.
KING OF THE HILL In ths all-new multplayer game created speccally or GEARS OF WAR or Wndows, players must gan control o a xed capture pont on the map and retan control long enough to acqure more ponts than the other team. To keep gettng ponts ater a capture, at least one player must stay nsde the capture pont to deend t. Executon rules are n play here, so the only way to kll an opposng team member s to move n close and delver the kll at close range. Also, Kng o the Hll has only one objectve per round. In Annex, the objectve changes once t no longer has any ponts assocated wth t.
• Set the number o rounds n a match. • Set the duraton, n mnutes, o each round. Note that n Annex and Kng o the Hll, you set round score nstead o round duraton. • Toggle rendly re -- that s, whether re rom your teammates can damage you. • Reserve prvate slots n your team selecton. • Adjust the bleed-out duraton. Ths s the number o seconds untl a player who s knocked down des. Other players on the team may be able to revve the player durng ths tme (see page 4). • Select the order and type o maps that cycle through the match. To do ths, press or Y, and then add map types and order them n your play lst. • Globally replace weapon pckups wth other weapons n specc maps. To do ths, press or X on the Host Settngs screen. NOTE: SOME PARAMETERS ARE DISABLED IN RANKED MATCHES TO ENSURE CONSISTENT RESULTS IN LEADERBOARD STATS.
multiplayer lobby
Once you select a game type, you enter the Multplayer Lobby. You can check game type, goals, and duraton, lsted along the top o ths screen. A player chooses a team by usng A and D or the let and rght arrow keys, or by clckng on the arrow cons at the bottom o the screen. Players can also use the let stck on the controller. Once sdes are selected, a player can cycle though derent playable characters by usng W and S or and , or by clckng on the arrow cons at the bottom o the screen. Players can also use the rght or let trgger on the controller, or the let stck. Ater all players select characters, they each press or A to ndcate they are ready to play. The host presses or (START) to launch the match. A ranked match requres a mnmum o sx players.
Versus-moDe gameplay
When players take enough damage, they all and can bleed out and de. Enemy players can nsh them wth a ew more shots, a melee blow, or a curb stomp (see page 7). Durng ths bleed-out tme, players’ team members can also attempt to revve them. I you melee or perorm a curb stomp on a knockeddown opponent, you may qualy or bonus ponts, dependng on game type. Smoke grenades only appear n multplayer mode. Use them lke normal ragmentaton grenades. On detonaton, they release an obscurng cloud o smoke or tactcal uses. Players can chat wth each other whle on LIVE. Durng a multplayer match, the lvng can chat only wth the lvng on ther team. The dead can chat wth the dead regardless o team.
game eDitor GEARS OF WAR or Wndows ncludes a game edtor on dsc. For more normaton on workng wth ths game edtor, see http://udn.epcgames.com/three/ gearsmodhome. Ths edtor s provded on an as-s bass and wthout any warranty o any knd, and t s unsupported by Epc and by Mcrosot. NOTE: RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. BY MAKING CUSTOM CONTENT AVAILABLE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT CONTENT. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE ALL NECESSARY RIGHTS TO MAKE ANY CONTENT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND THAT IT COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.
CreDits EPIC GAMES GEARS OF WAR FOR WINDOWS Lead Designer
Cliff Bleszinski Executive Producer
Dr. Michael Capps Producer
Rod Fergusson Associate Producer
Tanya Jessen Lead Artist
Wyeth Johnson Lead Level Designer
Jim Brown Lead Programmer
Steve Superville Programmers
Ray Davis Laurent Delayen Jeff Farris Rob McLaughlin Artists
Greg Mitchell Aaron Smith Kendall Tucker Alan Willard Animation
Jay Hosfelt Level Designers
Grayson Edge Paul Mader Sidney Rauchberger Demond Rogers Ken Spencer
MICROSOFT
INCLUDING GEARS OF WAR FOR XBOX 360 Lead Artist
Chris Perna Lead Level Designer
Lee Perry Lead Programmer
Ray Davis Programmers
Amitt Mahajan Martin Sweitzer Additional Programming
Thomas James Matt Oelfke Steve Polge Joe Wilcox Concept Art
James Hawkins Artists
Chris Bartlett Mike Buck Shane Caudle, Technical Art Director Bill Green Matt Hancy Pete Hayes Josh Jay Kevin Lanning Maury Mountain Mikey Spano Animation
Scott Dossett Aaron Herzog Additional Additional Artwork
Peter Ellis
Cedric Fiorentino Steve Garafolo Kevin Johnstone Jeremiah O’Flaherty Danny Rodriguez Chris Wells Level Designers
Andrew Bains Ryan Brucks Phil Cole Dave Ewing Stuart Fitzsimmons Warren Marshall Dave Nash David Spalinski Audio Director
Mike Larson Technical Director, Unreal Engine 3
Joe Graf Lead Engine Programmer
Daniel Vogel Engine Programmers
Josh Adams Dave Burke Mike Fricker James Golding Wesley Hunt Keith Newton Ron Prestenback Andrew Scheidecker John Scott Scott Sherman Niklas Smedberg Tim Sweeney Daniel Wright Sam Zamani
Adam Cichocki Additional Programming
Tim Johnson Additional Dialogue Writing
Rod Fergusson Preproduction Producer
Jeff Morris Quality Assurance
Scott Bigwood Preston Thorne Aaron Jones Brett Holcomb System Administration
Warren Schultz Shane Smith Biz
Tim Sweeney, CEO Dr. Michael Capps, President Mark Rein, VP Jay Wilbur, VP Jay Andrews, General Counsel Joe Babcock, Controller Kelly Farrow, IP and Contracts Administrator Ofce Manager
Anne Dube HR Director
Kimberly Thompson Ofce Assistant
Sarah Amidon
And an extra special thanks to all of our friends and family for their patience, understanding, and love, all of which were necessary to nish Gears of War and Gears of War for Windows. PEOPLE CAN FLY Lead Project Manager
Piotr Krzywonosiuk Project Manager
Bartłomiej Bartłomiej Miszkurka Lead Programmer
Tomek Jonarski Lead Gameplay Programmer
Bartek Sokołowski Lead Artist
Andrzej Poznański Engine Programmers
Tomek Baran Juliusz Komenda Sebastian Kowalczyk Łukasz Migas Maciej Sawitus Rafał Wydra Senior Level Designers
Wojciech Mądry
Audio Design Manager
Ken Kato
Production Executive Producer
Michał Nowak Level Designers
Pawel Dudek Bartek Kmita Dariusz Korotkiewicz Rafał Mąka Krystian Stefański Lead Animator
Michał Hrydziuszko Animators
Dominik Gruca Jakub Kisiel Tomasz Zawada Additional Level Design
Jacek Cetera Adrian Chmielarz Krzysztof Dolaś Michał Gryn Michał Kosieradzki Bartek Roch Andrzej Rudź
Tomasz Strzałkowski Quality Assurance
Daniel Lewandowski Krzysztof Cyngot CONTRACTORS Concept Artwork
John Wallin Liberto Thomas A. Szakolczay Scripts and Dialogue
Susan O’Connor Music
Kevin Riepl Sound Design
Jamey Scott Voice Casting Director
Chris Borders Voice Actors
John DiMaggio Carlos Ferro Lester ‘Rasta’ Speight
Fred Tataciore Robin Atkin Downs Jamie Alcroft Nan McNamara Carolyn Seymour Michael Gough Dee Baker Bruce DuBose Orchestrator/ Conductor
Tim Simonec Orchestra Contractor
Simon James Music Orchestra
Northwest Sinfonia Psyonix Streamline Studios Technicolor Interactive Services
Program Manager
Business Development Group Business Manager
Laura Fryer Producers
Todd Stevens
Erika Carlson Mike Forgey Jason Pace
Business Manager
Brandon Morris Marketing Senior Product Manager
Development Director of Development
John Dongelmans Global Group Product Manager
Tony Cox Development Manager
Aaron Nicholls
Charlie Scibetta
Frank Klier
User Experience Writers
Art Senior Art Director
Joshua Ortega Eric Nylund
Kevin Brown Art Director
Tim Dean
Chris Esaki Thomas Zuccotti
Melanie Henry Print Design Design Lead
Designers
User Research User Research Engineers
Greg B. Jones
Nick Hillyer Kevin Keeker
Test Manager
Fred Norton
Lead Software Localization Development Engineers International Program in Test (SDETs) Manager
Chris Hind Jeff Nelson
Virginia Spencer Korea
SDETs
Program Manager
Diana Antczak Nathan Clemens Chris Henry Sajid Merchant Ferdinand Schober Scott Sedlickas
Kyoung Ho Han Group Manager
Ji Young Kim Software Test Engineers (STEs)
SDET Intern
Hemanshu Chawda Software Development Engineers (SDEs)
Dan Price Mark Amos
Il Jin Park Sang Min Park ● Jae Young Ryu ● Loc. Program Managers
Whi Young Yoon Soo Gyeong Jo ● Reviewers
Audio Audio Director
SDET
Mike Grodin Testers
Japan
Jon Volkman ● Kyle O’Brien ● Morgan Mihai ● Simon Strand ● Lewis Senff ●
Lead SDE
Yutaka Hasegawa Takashi Sasaki STEs
Legal Corporate Affairs Attorneys
Fujiko Kawamura Ireland
Don McGowan Elke Suber Andy VanArsdel
Program Manager
David Foster Engineering
Senior Paralegal
Sue Stickney
Test
Paralegal
Maria Dellett
Audio
Daniel Hailemariam ● Aisling Concannon ●
Josh Atkins Test Group Test Manager
Compat & Cong Lab
Gary Smith
Chris Lassen
Senior Design Director
Andy Liu Jason Cheng Localization Project Manager Kay Wang ●
Paul Peacock
Editor
Game Design Lead Design Directors
Cheng-Te Tony Lin STEs
SDE
Chris Lee Senior Public Relations Manager
Development Lead
Chong Kim ● James Schend ● Joseph Ezell ● Brishan MerrillBrown ●
Taiwan
Ji Hoon Kim Yoon Hee Cho ●
Caesar Filori Special Thanks
Associate Paralegal
Steve Belton
Dan Lear
Test Multiplayer Reserves Lead SDETs
Testers Onsite at Epic
Roger Collum ● Robert Flachofsky ● John Liberto ● Justin Hair ● Tim Chidsey ● Brett Holcomb ● Ben Chaney ● Jerry Gilland ● John Mauney ● Thurston AlexanderSmith ● Josh Pearson ● Brandon Murray ● Jon Taylor ● Josh Keller ● Alex Conner ●
Craig Marshall Mark McAllister TJ Duez Testers
Andrew Brown ● Brad Meine ● Chris Jacobs ● David Locke ● Eric Brown ● Eythan Beck ● Grayson Nootenboom ● Ian Savitski ● Jason Houghton ● Matt Antonellis ● Michael McClain ● Pat Andrews ● Paul Orsborn ● Robert Shearon ● Sean Colbert ● Shane Davis ● Shawn O’Donnell ● Ted Lockwood ● David Graham ● Jack Seymour ● Paul Noyes ● Sid Ramji ●
MGS Community Web Site Manager
Mark Diller ● Writers
Brannon Boren ● Scott Kearney ● Designers
Matt Sokolowsky ● Customer Support Ronn Mercer
Bonnie Ross Ziegler, Phil Spencer, Shane Kim, Jim Veevaert, Frank Pape, Nick Dimitrov, Ken Lobb, Alfred Tan, Dennis Reis, Craig Davison, Chris Di Cesare, Catherine Haller, Justin Kirby, Ted Nugent (inspiration for “The Nuge” achievement), Doug Banker, Tomoyuki Hoshi, Mikey Wetzel, Kiki Wolfkill, Guy Whitmore, Peter Connelly, Relja Markovic, Shanon Drone, Mike Burrows, Chee Chew, Rod Toll, Lonny McMichael, Aaron Khoo, Brian Moore, Yasmine Nelson, Lief Thompson, Dana Fos, Paige Williams, Laura Hamilton, Matt Whiting, David Holmes, Sean Jenkin, JoAnne Williams, Dave Pierot, Lev Chapelsky (Blindlight), Dawn Hershey, C.S.A. (Blindlight), Digital Domain, Inc. For the complete list of
Gears of War team
members, see the in-game credits.
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