Gears of War 2

Horde Mode turned wave survival into a standard multiplayer mode across the industry.

Released 2008 Developer Epic Games Publisher Xbox Game Studios Platform Xbox 360 Genre Third-person shooter Era Digital storefronts & indie Website gearsofwar.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Gears of War 2 inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Drop-In Co-op Campaign ~~2001~~Snap-to-Cover Combat ~~2003~~Over-the-Shoulder Aim ~~2003~~Automated Skill Matchmaking ~~2004~~Contextual Execution ~~2006~~

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2006

Gears of War ~~2006~~

2008

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