title: List of Gears of War media
text: # List of Gears of War media
  
  Gears of War is a video game franchise that debuted on November 9, 2006 with Gears of War for the Xbox 360 and was a best-seller. The fictional universe of the series takes place on the fictional planet Sera and focus on a war between humans and creatures known as Locust. The franchise has since spawned several novels, art books, a series of comic books, and a board game by Fantasy Flight Games, with a film currently in pre-production.
  
  ## Video games
  
  | Title | Details |
  | - | - |
  | Gears of War Original release date(s): NA: November 9, 2006EU: November 12, 2006AU: November 24, 2006 | Release years by system: 2006—Xbox 360 2007—Microsoft Windows |
  | Gears of War Original release date(s): NA: November 9, 2006EU: November 12, 2006AU: November 24, 2006 | Notes: A Limited Collector's Edition was released in a steel case with an additional disc with environment and stages artwork and a book titled Destroyed Beauty. |
  | Gears of War 2 Original release date(s): WW: November 7, 2008 | Release years by system: 2008—Xbox 360 |
  | Gears of War 2 Original release date(s): WW: November 7, 2008 | Notes: A Limited Edition version was released featuring a SteelBook case, bonus content DVD, a book titled Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2, and exclusive Xbox Live downloadable content. Expansions: "All Fronts Collection" (2009) |
  | Gears of War 3 Original release date(s): WW: September 20, 2011 | Release years by system: 2011—Xbox 360 |
  | Gears of War 3 Original release date(s): WW: September 20, 2011 | Notes: A Limited Edition version was released featuring a SteelBook case. Expansions: "RAAM's Shadow" (2011) "Horde Command Pack" (2011) "Versus Booster Map Pack" (2011) "Forces of Nature Map Pack" (2012) "Fenix Rising" (2012) |
  | Gears of War: Judgment Original release date(s): NA: March 19, 2013AU: March 19, 2013EU: March 22, 2013 | Release years by system: 2013—Xbox 360 |
  | Gears of War: Judgment Original release date(s): NA: March 19, 2013AU: March 19, 2013EU: March 22, 2013 | Notes: It serves as a prequel of the first game. Epic Games co-developed the game with Polish studio People Can Fly. Expansions: "Call to Arms" (2013) "Lost Relics" (2013) "Dreadnought" (2013) "Haven" (2013) |
  | Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Original release date(s): NA: August 25, 2015AU: August 25, 2015EU: August 28, 2015 | Release years by system: 2015—Xbox One 2016—Microsoft Windows |
  | Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Original release date(s): NA: August 25, 2015AU: August 25, 2015EU: August 28, 2015 | Notes: A remaster game of the original Gears of War. The first game in the series not developed by Epic Games. The Coalition led the game's development. |
  | Gears of War 4 Original release date(s): WW: October 11, 2016 | Release years by system: 2016—Xbox One 2016—Microsoft Windows |
  | Gears of War 4 Original release date(s): WW: October 11, 2016 | Notes: Set 25 years after Gears of War 3 and the single-player campaign focuses on the story of Marcus Fenix's son, J.D. and his friends Kait Diaz and Del Walker. The first main entry in the series to be developed by The Coalition |
  | Gears Pop! Original release date(s): WW: August 22, 2019 | Release years by system: 2019—iOS 2019—Android 2019—Microsoft Windows |
  | Gears Pop! Original release date(s): WW: August 22, 2019 | Notes: Mobile real-time strategy video game in which two players battle using Funko Pop!-stylized characters from the Gears fictional universe, with gameplay similar to Clash Royale. Mediatonic led the game's development. |
  | Gears 5 Original release date(s): WW: September 10, 2019 | Release years by system: 2019—Xbox One 2019—Microsoft Windows 2020—Xbox Series X and Series S |
  | Gears 5 Original release date(s): WW: September 10, 2019 | Notes: Direct sequel to Gears of War 4 with Kait Diaz as the central protagonist, while J.D. Fenix is playable in the first chapter of the campaign Gears 5 will receive visual enhancements for the Xbox Series X upon its launch, including higher resolution textures, new visual effects such as volumetric fog, and running at higher frames per second A Limited Edition version was released, which includes the Ultimate Edition of the game, a Limited Edition Xbox One X console, controller, headset, wireless keyboard, mouse from Razer, external hard drives from Seagate, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, and the standard versions of Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3, and Gears of War 4 Expansions: "Hivebusters" (2020) |
  | Gears Tactics Original release date(s): WW: April 28, 2020 | Release years by system: 2020—Xbox One 2020—Microsoft Windows 2020—Xbox Series X and Series S |
  | Gears Tactics Original release date(s): WW: April 28, 2020 | Notes: A spin-off title with gameplay similar to the X-COM series, and serves as a prequel of the first game. Set one year after Emergence Day and 13 years before Gears of War and focuses on Kait Diaz's father, Gabriel Diaz. |
  
  ## Printed
  
  | Title | Release date | ISBN | Media type |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Destroyed Beauty | November 9, 2006 | — | Supplementary book |
  | Released with the Gears of War Limited Collector's Edition package ||||
  | Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2 | November 7, 2008 | — | Supplementary book |
  | Released with the Gears of War 2 Limited Edition package ||||
  | Gears of War | December 2008 – August 2012 | — | Comic book series |
  | Written by Joshua Ortega with art by Liam Sharp ||||
  | Gears of War: Aspho Fields | October 28, 2008 | ISBN 978-0-345-49943-1 | Novelization |
  | Written by Karen Traviss First novel in an expected series and is considered canon material ||||
  | Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant | July 28, 2009 | ISBN 978-0-345-49944-8 | Novelization |
  | Written by Karen Traviss Second novel in an expected series and is considered canon material ||||
  | Gears of War: Anvil Gate | August 31, 2010 | ISBN 978-0-345-49945-5 | Novelization |
  | Written by Karen Traviss Third novel in an expected series and is considered canon material ||||
  | Gears of War: Coalition's End | August 2, 2011 | ISBN 978-1-4391-8395-3 | Novelization |
  | Written by Karen Traviss Fourth novel in an expected series and is considered canon material ||||
  | Gears of War: The Slab | May 8, 2012 | ISBN 978-1-4391-8407-3 | Novelization |
  | Written by Karen Traviss Fifth novel in an expected series and is considered canon material ||||
  | Gears of War: Rise of RAAM | January 2018 - April 2018 | ISBN 978-1-6840-5238-7 | Comic book series |
  | Written by Kurtis J. Wiebe with art by Max Dunbar ||||
  | Gears of War: Hivebusters | May 2019 - March 2020 | ISBN 978-1-6840-5417-6 | Comic book series |
  | Written by Kurtis J. Wiebe with art by Alan Quah ||||
  | Gears of War: Ascendance | July 30, 2019 | ISBN 978-1-7890-9261-5 | Novelization |
  | Written by Jason M. Hough ||||
  | Gears of War: Bloodlines | April 21, 2020 | ISBN 978-1-7890-9478-7 | Novelization |
  | Written by Jason M. Hough ||||
  
  ## Other media
  
  | Title | Release date | Media type |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gears of War: The Board Game | 2011 | Board game |
  | Notes: A board game released by Fantasy Flight Games and designed by Corey Konieczka. |||
  | Gears of War | TBA | Film |
  | Notes: Rights to the film were purchased by New Line Cinema, with Stuart Beattie writing the script along with Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, who will be producing it. |||
  
  ## Soundtracks
  
  | Title | Release date | Length | Label | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gears of War: The Soundtrack | July 31, 2007 | 69:08 | Sumthing Else | |
  | Gears of War 2: The Soundtrack | November 25, 2008 | 62:27 | Sumthing Else | |
  