Gears of War 3 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Studios exclusively for the Xbox 360. Originally due for release in April 2011, the game was delayed and eventually released on September 20, 2011.
Gears of War 3 made over one million pre-orders and was one of the most anticipated games of 2011. It is the third installment of the Gears of War series, and the final game in the current story arc.
The story was written by science fiction author Karen Traviss, who has authored four Gears novels and is working on the next one.
In Gears of War 2, Marcus Fenix and his COG forces were forced to destroy the Jacinto plateau, the last major city on the planet Sera since the appearance of the Locust on Emergence Day seventeen years prior, to flood the Locust tunnels and slow the spread of Lambent, Locust creatures mutated by their exposure to the energic liquid known as Imulsion. Eighteen months since, the human survivors have moved to the island of Vectes to rebuild. After a generally quiet period, the Imulsion infected Lambent began to emerge from underground. Hiding something, the COG head of state, Chairman Prescott, abandoned the COG. Now leaderless and being forced off the island, the COG disbands and separates to the safest places left. Victor Hoffman takes some survivors to Anvil Gate while Delta squad sets off on a Raven's Nest Class carrier, the CNV Sovereign, with the remaining humans to avoid further Lambent incursion.
While Augustus Cole and his squad look for supplies from the ruins of his hometown, Chairman Prescott arrives on the Sovereign, providing Marcus with a data disc that shows his father, the scientist Adam Fenix, is still alive. The ship is soon attacked by a Lambent Leviathan; Marcus and his team try to defend the ship, luring the creature into a trap set by Baird at a nearby bridge. Though the Leviathan is destroyed, the ship is also lost. Prescott is among the mortally wounded, but before dying, provides Marcus with an encrypted key with the location of a secret base known as Azura where Adam is being held. Leaving some of his COGs to help the survivors, Marcus, Cole, Dom, and Baird take off towards Anvil Base, where they have the equipment to decode the key, while Anya and rest care for wounded.
The COGs are forced to travel across Locust-controlled bases, and the Locust Queen, Myyrah, alerts all her troops in their path to the COGs approach. Marcus and his team eventually hijack a Locust gas barge to travel by air, stopping to help and rescue Dizzy, a skilled mechanic and driver. They arrive at Anvil Gate and help Hoffman defend against a Locust onslaught. Afterwards, they review the encrypted key to find the location of Azura but discover it is protected by a man-made Maelstorm, preventing arrival by air or on sea. Hoffman notes the location of a submarine in the ruins of Char, a nearby city, but they will need fuel. Dom suggests traveling to Mercy, where an Imulsion filling station is located, but also the home of his dead wife Maria.
At Mercy, the COGs discover humans that have become Lambent from Imulsion poisoning, and fear the infliction may spread. As they are surrounded by Lambent forces, Dom sacrifices himself by driving a truck into the storage tanks, incinerating the Lambent in the explosion and allowing Marcus and the others to escape. Turning to Char, they come across Stranded, led by Griffin, who have come to despise the COG for what they did to Char. Griffin holds Dizzy hostage to force the COGs to return a supply of Imulsion from a nearby building; when they return, Myyrah and the Locust have attacked the tower. The COGs escape with Dizzy, while Griffin vows to get revenge. Eventually, the COGs make their way to the naval base, where the submarine is located. After repairing and refueling it, they set off for Azura.
After slipping under the Maelstorm, they find Azura is fashioned as a large resort. As they fight off the Locust that are also trying to get to Adam, the COGs discover that Prescott had knowledge that Emergence Day was coming, as he had ordered the construction of Azura and brought the world's elite to it prior to the appearance of the Locust. Adam is able to contact the team via the security cameras on the island, and explains he has a cure to stop the Lambent but needs the COGs help to execute it. Marcus and his team fight through the Locust to shut down the Maelstorm generator with Adam's instructions, allowing the COGs to arrive to provide air and ground support. As Lambent forces start appearing on the island, the COGs make their way to a hotel where Adam is being kept. En route, they face Myyrah, who reveals that Adam had been working with her for twenty years and refuses to let them help him complete his plan. After dispatching Myyrah, the squad reaches Adam's room. After a brief reunion and hearing news about Dom, Adam explains that Imulsion is a living organism, adapting itself to both Locust and human bodies to create the Lambent, and it is evolving quickly. Adam has developed a energy wave that, like a neutron bomb, will only destroy cells infected by Imulsion. Though this will kill the Lambent, it will also kill the Locust troops; Adam had been in contact with Myyrah to try to stave off the effects on the Locust and to discover a cure that would not harm them, but could not find it in time.
Marcus and his squad escort Adam to the roof of the hotel where the energy generator for his cure sits. The COGs defend against Myyrah's attack as the machine powers up. Eventually, the machine reaches full power, sending waves of energy across Sera, killing all Locust and Lambent. Adam reveals that he will die shortly as well, having infused himself with Imulsion to test his cure, and tells Marcus to live his life to the fullest before he is turned to ash and crumbles. As Marcus agonizes over the lost of his father, Myyrah, still alive from the last attack, blames Marcus for what Adam failed to do. Marcus stabs Myyrah with Dom's knife, killing the Locust Queen. As COGs forces celebrate the end of the war, Marcus continues to mourn the loss of his family, but Anya reminds him of his father's last words and that now, thanks to them, they have a tomorrow.
Gears of War 3 made over one million pre-orders and was one of the most anticipated games of 2011. It is the third installment of the Gears of War series, and the final game in the current story arc.
The story was written by science fiction author Karen Traviss, who has authored four Gears novels and is working on the next one.
In Gears of War 2, Marcus Fenix and his COG forces were forced to destroy the Jacinto plateau, the last major city on the planet Sera since the appearance of the Locust on Emergence Day seventeen years prior, to flood the Locust tunnels and slow the spread of Lambent, Locust creatures mutated by their exposure to the energic liquid known as Imulsion. Eighteen months since, the human survivors have moved to the island of Vectes to rebuild. After a generally quiet period, the Imulsion infected Lambent began to emerge from underground. Hiding something, the COG head of state, Chairman Prescott, abandoned the COG. Now leaderless and being forced off the island, the COG disbands and separates to the safest places left. Victor Hoffman takes some survivors to Anvil Gate while Delta squad sets off on a Raven's Nest Class carrier, the CNV Sovereign, with the remaining humans to avoid further Lambent incursion.
While Augustus Cole and his squad look for supplies from the ruins of his hometown, Chairman Prescott arrives on the Sovereign, providing Marcus with a data disc that shows his father, the scientist Adam Fenix, is still alive. The ship is soon attacked by a Lambent Leviathan; Marcus and his team try to defend the ship, luring the creature into a trap set by Baird at a nearby bridge. Though the Leviathan is destroyed, the ship is also lost. Prescott is among the mortally wounded, but before dying, provides Marcus with an encrypted key with the location of a secret base known as Azura where Adam is being held. Leaving some of his COGs to help the survivors, Marcus, Cole, Dom, and Baird take off towards Anvil Base, where they have the equipment to decode the key, while Anya and rest care for wounded.
The COGs are forced to travel across Locust-controlled bases, and the Locust Queen, Myyrah, alerts all her troops in their path to the COGs approach. Marcus and his team eventually hijack a Locust gas barge to travel by air, stopping to help and rescue Dizzy, a skilled mechanic and driver. They arrive at Anvil Gate and help Hoffman defend against a Locust onslaught. Afterwards, they review the encrypted key to find the location of Azura but discover it is protected by a man-made Maelstorm, preventing arrival by air or on sea. Hoffman notes the location of a submarine in the ruins of Char, a nearby city, but they will need fuel. Dom suggests traveling to Mercy, where an Imulsion filling station is located, but also the home of his dead wife Maria.
At Mercy, the COGs discover humans that have become Lambent from Imulsion poisoning, and fear the infliction may spread. As they are surrounded by Lambent forces, Dom sacrifices himself by driving a truck into the storage tanks, incinerating the Lambent in the explosion and allowing Marcus and the others to escape. Turning to Char, they come across Stranded, led by Griffin, who have come to despise the COG for what they did to Char. Griffin holds Dizzy hostage to force the COGs to return a supply of Imulsion from a nearby building; when they return, Myyrah and the Locust have attacked the tower. The COGs escape with Dizzy, while Griffin vows to get revenge. Eventually, the COGs make their way to the naval base, where the submarine is located. After repairing and refueling it, they set off for Azura.
After slipping under the Maelstorm, they find Azura is fashioned as a large resort. As they fight off the Locust that are also trying to get to Adam, the COGs discover that Prescott had knowledge that Emergence Day was coming, as he had ordered the construction of Azura and brought the world's elite to it prior to the appearance of the Locust. Adam is able to contact the team via the security cameras on the island, and explains he has a cure to stop the Lambent but needs the COGs help to execute it. Marcus and his team fight through the Locust to shut down the Maelstorm generator with Adam's instructions, allowing the COGs to arrive to provide air and ground support. As Lambent forces start appearing on the island, the COGs make their way to a hotel where Adam is being kept. En route, they face Myyrah, who reveals that Adam had been working with her for twenty years and refuses to let them help him complete his plan. After dispatching Myyrah, the squad reaches Adam's room. After a brief reunion and hearing news about Dom, Adam explains that Imulsion is a living organism, adapting itself to both Locust and human bodies to create the Lambent, and it is evolving quickly. Adam has developed a energy wave that, like a neutron bomb, will only destroy cells infected by Imulsion. Though this will kill the Lambent, it will also kill the Locust troops; Adam had been in contact with Myyrah to try to stave off the effects on the Locust and to discover a cure that would not harm them, but could not find it in time.
Marcus and his squad escort Adam to the roof of the hotel where the energy generator for his cure sits. The COGs defend against Myyrah's attack as the machine powers up. Eventually, the machine reaches full power, sending waves of energy across Sera, killing all Locust and Lambent. Adam reveals that he will die shortly as well, having infused himself with Imulsion to test his cure, and tells Marcus to live his life to the fullest before he is turned to ash and crumbles. As Marcus agonizes over the lost of his father, Myyrah, still alive from the last attack, blames Marcus for what Adam failed to do. Marcus stabs Myyrah with Dom's knife, killing the Locust Queen. As COGs forces celebrate the end of the war, Marcus continues to mourn the loss of his family, but Anya reminds him of his father's last words and that now, thanks to them, they have a tomorrow.
