STACK #179 Sept 2019

GAMES FEATURE

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James Dominic “JD” Fenix Highest rank: Captain Species: Human Eyes: Blue/grey Playable in: Gears of War 4, Gears 5 Delmont “Del”

Marcus Michael Fenix Highest rank: Sergeant Species: Human Eyes: Blue

Gears has given us the chance to play with a huge array of insane weapons over the years, but these three will always hold a special place in our hands…

Playable in: Gears of War , Gears of War 2 , Gears of War 3 , Gears of War 4 , Gears 5

Walker Highest rank: Lieutenant Species: Human

Dominic “Dom” Santiago Highest rank: Corporal Species: Human Eyes: Brown Playable in: Gears of War , Gears of War 2 , Gears of War 3

Eyes: Hazel Playable in: Gears of War 4, Gears 5 Kait Diaz Highest rank: Corporal Species: Human

The Boomshot Is it slow? Yeah. Is it a bugger to aim? Yep. When you’re up against it, is there anything that this grenade-launching behemoth won’t fix? Nope!

Eyes: Hazel Playable in: Gears of War 4, Gears 5

Damon Baird Highest rank: Corporal Species: Human Eyes: Blue Playable in: Gears of War , Gears of War 2 , Gears of War 3, Gears of War: Judgment

Mark 2 Lancer The signature COG weapon will always be a favourite go-to. Sure, the thing’s got the looks, but that chainsaw bayonet for efficient Locust culling seals it. Hammer of Dawn Power! Got a huge ship you need to cut through? This Imulsion-powered, satellite- activated monster isn’t just efficient, it’s a whole ball of fun to get busy with.

Augustus “Cole Train” Cole Highest rank: Sergeant Species: Human Eyes: Brown Playable in: Gears of War , Gears of War 2 , Gears of War 3, Gears of War: Judgment

Marcus Fenix is voiced by somebody who’ll be familiar to many animation fans: John DiMaggio. Outside of Gears he’s probably best known as the voice of both Bender from Futurama and Bender, Jake and Marcus walk into a bar…

Why miss out on all the Gears fun if you’re out and about? The free- to-play (with in-app purchases) Gears POP! was released last month

Jake the Dog from Adventure Time , but he’s also spoken up as characters in Samurai Jack, Kim Possible, Teen Titans

for Android and iOS, banging together all the fun of Funko’s big-headed, black-eyed vinyl figurines with a simplified player-vs- player battle take on the action of the Gears series.

and Matt Groening’s latest, Disenchantment (amongst myriad others).

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