Gears of War

Marcus Phoenix is a fictional character in Gears of War. He is the game's protagonist, and is voiced by John DiMaggio. In the Gears of War storyline,... Fenix leads a group of human soldiers in a war against subterranean foes. He is first introduced as an inmate, serving a prison sentence for abandoning his military post in order to make a vain attempt to save his father. Prior to the Locust Invasion, Phoenix is noted for having a famed military career, during which he played a notable part in the Pendulum Wars. Despite this, Phoenix is left for dead in a dilapidated penitentiary, until Dominic Santiago , his friend and former comrade, saves him in the first act of Gears of War. Phoenix is shortly reinstated into the military, and assigned to serve with Delta Squad. During the course of the game, Phoenix seeks to find and deploy the resonator, a device that will map, and later allow the light mass bombs to destroy the Locust￢ﾀﾙs tunnel network. He becomes Delta￢ﾀﾙs squad leader after their squad's CO, Lieutenant Kim is killed in action.
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Clifford Michael "The Real Cliff" Bleszinski is the design director for the game development company Epic Games in Cary, North Carolina. He is most famous for his continuing hand in the development of the Unreal franchise, especially 1999's Unreal Tournament, and the Gears of War franchise. He cites Shigeru Miyamoto as his biggest influence. One of his brothers is Tyler Bleszinski, a sports blogger who founded Athletics Nation. On his website,... Bleszinski often shares his thoughts and feelings on the world, American culture, gaming, and life in general. He is occasionally cited for his charitable nature like helping fans get jobs in the industry. Bleszinski also lists his interests on his 1UP.com page, citing Donnie Darko and 21 Grams amongst his favorite films, with Choke and Stupid White Men as some of his favorite books. Bleszinski's first game was The Palace of Deceit: Dragon's Plight, a 1991 pixel-hunting adventure game for Windows. He is also known for the games Dare to Dream and Jazz Jackrabbit. In 2006, he served as lead game designer on the game Gears of War for the Xbox 360.
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Microsoft Studios is the video game production wing for Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Games for Windows and Windows Phone platforms. They were established in 2002 as Microsoft Game Studios to coincide with the release of the Xbox, before... being re-branded in 2011. Microsoft Studios develops and publishes games in conjunction with first and third party development studios under their publishing label.
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