Windows
Gears of War

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Microsoft Games Studios

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Platform

ESRB Rating

Genre

Perspective

3rd-Person Perspective

Non-Sport

Post-Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi / Futuristic

Misc

Editor / Construction Set

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3.7

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Epic Games (Gears of War for Windows)
Lead Designer	Cliff Bleszinski
Executive Producer	Michael V. Capps
Producer	Rod Fergusson
Associate Producer	Tanya Jessen
Lead Artist	Wyeth Johnson
Lead Level Designer	Jim Brown
Lead Programmer	Stephen 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
Epic Games (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	Matt Oelfke, Steven Polge, Thomas James, Joe Wilcox
Concept Art	James Hawkins
Technical Art Director	Shane Caudle
Artists	Chris Bartlett, Mike Buck, Bill Green, Matt Hancy, Pete Hayes, Josh Jay, Kevin Lanning, Maury Mountain, Michael Spano
Animation	Scott Dossett, Aaron Herzog
Additional Artwork	Peter Ellis, Cedric Fiorentino, Steve Garafolo, Kevin Johnstone, Jeremiah O'Flaherty, Danny Rodriguez, Chris Wells
Level Designers	David Andrew Bains, Ryan Brucks, Phil Cole, David 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, David 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, Unreal Engine 3	Tim Johnson
Additional Dialogue Writing	Rod Fergusson
Preproduction Producer	Jeffrey Kennedy Morris
Quality Assurance	Scott Bigwood, Preston Thorne, Aaron Jones, Brett Holcomb
System Administration	Warren Schultz, Shane Smith
CEO	Tim Sweeney
President	Michael V. Capps
Vice President	Mark A. Rein, Jay Wilbur
General Counsel	Jay Andrews
Controller	Joe Babcock
IP & Contracts Administrator	Kelly Farrow
Office Manager	Anne Dube
HR Director	Kimberly Thompson
Office Assistant	Sarah Amidon
And an extra special thanks to all of our friends and family for their patience and love,	all of which were necessary to finish Gears of War and Gears of War for Windows
People Can Fly
Lead Project Manager	Piotr Krzywonosiuk
Project Manager	Bartlomiej Miszkurka
Lead Programmer	Tomek Jonarski
Lead Gameplay Programmer	Bartek Sokolowski
Lead Artist	Andrzej Poznanski
Engine Programmers	Tomek Baran, Juliusz Komenda, Sebastian Kowalczyk, Lukasz Migas, Maciej Sawitus, Rafal Wydra
Senior Level Designers	Wojciech Madry, Michał Nowak
Level Designers	Pawl Dudek, Bartek Kmita, Dariusz Korotkiewicz, Rafal Make, Krystian Stefanski
Lead Animator	Michal Hrydziuszko
Animators	Dominik Gruca, Jakub Kisiel, Tomasz Zawada
Additional Level Design	Jacek Cetera, Adrian Chmielarz, Krzysztof Dolas, Michal Gryn, Michal Kosieradzki, Bartek Roch, Andrej Rudz, Tomasz Stralkowsi
Quality Assurance	Daniel Lewandowski, Krzysztof Cyngot
Contractors
Concept Artwork	John Wallin Liberto, Thomas A. Szakolczay
Scripts & Dialogue	Susan O'Connor
Music	Kevin Riepl
Sound Design	James Scott
Voice Casting Director	Chris Borders
Voice Actors	John DiMaggio, Carlos Ferro, Lester Speight (Rasta), Fred Tataciore, Robin Atkin Downes, Jamie Alcroft, Nan McNamara, Carolyn Seymour, Michael Gough, Dee Bradley Baker, Bruce DuBose
Orchestrator/Conductor	Tim Simonec
Orchestra	Northwest Sinfonia
	Psyonix, Streamline Studios, Technicolor Interactive Services, Technicolor Audio, Brainzoo
Microsoft
Executive Producer	Laura Fryer
Producers	Erika Carlson, Michael Forgey, Jason Pace
Director of Development	Tony Cox
Development Manager	Aaron Nicholls
Development Lead	Frank Klier
Senior Art Director	Kevin Brown
Art Director	Timothy Dean
Lead Design Directors	Chris Esaki, Thomas Zuccotti
Senior Design Director	Josh Atkins
Group Test Manager	Greg B. Jones
Test Manager	Fred L. Norton II
Lead Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs)	Chris Hind, Jeff Nelson
SDETs	Diana Antczak, Nathan Clemens, Chris Henry, Sajid Merchant, Ferdinand Schober, Scott Sedlickas
SDET Intern	Hemanshu Chawda
Software Development Engineers (SDEs)	Dan Price, Mark Amos
Audio Director	Caesar Filori
Audio Design Manager	Ken Kato
Group Business Manager	Todd Stevens
Business Manager	Brandon Morris
Senior Product Manager	John Donglemans
Global Group Product Manager	Chris Lee
Senior Public Relations Manager	Charles Scibetta
User Experience Writers	Joshua Ortega, Eric Nylund
User Experience Editor	Melanie Henry
Print Design Lead	Chris Lassen
Print Designers	Daniel Hailemariam, Aisling Concannon
User Research Egineers	Nick Hillyer, Kevin Keeker
Localization International Program Manager	Virginia Spencer
Special Thanks	Bonnie Ross Ziegler, Phil Spencer, Shane Kim, James Veevaert, Frank Pape, Nick Dimitrov, Ken Lobb, Alfred Tan, Dennis Reis, Craig Davison, Chris DiCesare, Catherine Haller, Justin Kirby, Ted Nugent (inspiration for The Nudge achievement), Doug Banker, Tomoyuki Hoshi, Michael 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, Matthew Whiting, David C. Holmes, Sean Jenkin, JoAnne Williams, David Pierot, Lev Chapelsky (Blindlight), Dawn Hershey, C.S.A., Digital Domain Inc.
Korea
Program Manager	Kyoung Ho Han
Group Manager	Ji Young Kim
Software Test Engineers (STEs)	Il Jin Park, Sang Min Park, Jae Young Ryu
Localization Program Managers	Whi Young Yoon, Soo Gyeong Jo
Reviewers	Ji Young Kim, Yoon Hee Cho
Taiwan
Program Manager	Cheng-Te Tony Lin
STEs	Andy Liu, Jason Cheng
Localization Project Manager	Kay Wang
Japan
Lead SDE	Yutaka Hasegawa
SDE	Takashi Sasaki
STE	Fujiko Kawamura
Ireland
Program Manager	David Foster
Engineering	Paul Peacock
Test	Gary Smith
Audio	Steve Belton
Test Multiplayer Reserves
Lead SDETs	Craig Marshall, Mark McAllister, T. J. 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, Chong Kim, James Schend, Joseph E. Ezell, Brishan Merrill-Brown
Compat & Config Lab
SDET	Mike Grodin
Testers	Jon Volkman, Kyle O'Brien, Morgan Mihai, Simon Strand, Lewis Senff
Legal Corporate Affairs
Attorneys	Donald McGowan, Elke Suber, Andy VanArsdel
Senior Paralegal	Sue Stickney
Paralegal	Maria Dellett
Associate Paralegal	Dan Lear
Testers Onsite at Epic	Roger Collum, Robert Flachofsky, John Wallin Liberto, Justin Hair, Tim Chidsey, Brett Holcomb, Ben Chaney, Jerry Gilland, John Mauney, Thurston Alexander-Smith, Josh Pearson, Bradon Murray, Jon Tayloer, Josh Keller, Alex Conner
Microsoft Game Studios Community Web
Site Manager	John Peoples
Editor	Mark Diller
Writers	Brannon Borwn, Scott Kearney
Designer	Matt Sokolowsky
Customer Support	Ronn Mercer

Other Games

In addition to this game, the following people are listed as working on other games. No more than 25 people are listed here, even if there are more than 25 people who have also worked on other games.

Michael Gough, 110 other games
Robin Atkin Downes, 99 other games
Dee Bradley Baker, 78 other games
Chris Borders, 77 other games
Ken Lobb, 70 other games
Dawn Hershey, 50 other games
Shane Kim, 49 other games
Chris Lee, 47 other games
James Veevaert, 46 other games
Chris Lassen, 45 other games
Tim Sweeney, 44 other games
Phil Spencer, 41 other games
Jay Wilbur, 39 other games
Mark A. Rein, 38 other games
John DiMaggio, 38 other games
Guy Whitmore, 36 other games
Dana Fos, 35 other games
Matthew Whiting, 34 other games
JoAnne Williams, 33 other games
Sue Stickney, 31 other games
Yutaka Hasegawa, 31 other games
Aaron Smith, 29 other games
Tony Cox, 28 other games
Justin Kirby, 28 other games
Charles Scibetta, 28 other games

Collaborations

People who have worked on this game have also collaborated on the creation of the following games:

Gears of War (Limited Collector's Edition), a group of 186 people
Gears of War 2, a group of 152 people
Gears of War 2 (Limited Edition), a group of 152 people
Unreal Tournament III, a group of 98 people
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict, a group of 42 people
Mass Effect, a group of 40 people
Lost Odyssey, a group of 34 people
Unreal Tournament 2004 (DVD Special Edition), a group of 32 people
Unreal Tournament 2004, a group of 32 people
Project Gotham Racing 4, a group of 28 people
Viva Piñata, a group of 25 people
Dungeon Siege II, a group of 25 people
Viva Piñata: Party Animals, a group of 23 people
Unreal Tournament 2003, a group of 21 people
Jade Empire (Limited Edition), a group of 21 people
Jade Empire, a group of 21 people
Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, a group of 20 people
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, a group of 19 people
Fable: The Lost Chapters, a group of 19 people
Age of Empires III, a group of 19 people
Unreal Championship, a group of 19 people
Forza Motorsport, a group of 18 people
Kameo: Elements of Power, a group of 17 people
Rise of Nations (Gold Edition), a group of 17 people
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, a group of 17 people