Gears of War Logo PNG
Gears of War is one of the Epic Games franchises, which was created in 2006. The game series consists of 6 parts, which tell about the conflict between people and reptile mutants. The game was originally created for Windows and today has its mobile versions for both iOS and Android, as well as console edition as for Xbox.
Meaning and history
Gears of War is an iconic shooter series, the first installment of which was created by Epic Games and released by Microsoft Game Studios in 2006. Gears of War was the first interactive entertainment developed in the West that managed to break into the top 10 best-selling games in Japan. The Microsoft exclusive was bought 33 thousand times, and with this result, it took the seventh place.
So, what is Gears of War? It is a classic action shooter with a third-person view in a fantastic post-apocalyptic setting. The events of all games take place on the fictional planet Sera, where people are in an eternal war with mutants, who lived underground for a long time. The plot of the game unfolds around the soldiers of the Delta Squad, defending human settlements on the planet Sera from the ruthless underground enemy – the Locust Horde. The protagonist of the game is Marcus Phoenix, a former prisoner and a battle-hardened fighter.
In Gears of War, players will have to fight monsters and spend a lot of time in hiding. In order to successfully pass the player needs to intelligently think about both shooting and moving around the shelters. The second player can join the campaign in co-op mode. The game also features several multiplayer modes for up to eight players.
By the way, at the early stages of development, the game was called Unreal Warfare and was conceived as a large-scale online action game, but at a certain point the authors looked at what they had and realized that the concept needed to be changed. As a result, there was little left of the original ideas, and Unreal Warfare turned into Gears of War.
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The Gears of War logo is powerful and threatening. It is composed of a wordmark with an emblem above it. The badge is the game’s symbol, which is used as an icon and can be seen in the game itself.
The Gears of War nameplate in all capitals is executed in a bold sans-serif typeface with rounded angles and a sharp element of the “G” tail. Both letters “A” of the in-scription are open, the same is with “E” and “F”, which have one of their horizontal bars separated from the letter’s body.
The Gears of War typeface was replicated in a CGF Locust Resistance font, which features all capital letters and numbers.
The iconic Gears of War emblem depicts the game’s symbol, the Crimson Omen, enclosed in a gear. The omen is a bright red skull, which looks evil and memorable.
The red, black and white color palette of the Gears of War logo is a powerful and confident mixture, which fully reflects the game’s essence. It looks dark, dangerous and mysterious, evoking a sense of fight. The bloody red accent shows the fighting character of the game, while the white lettering emphasizes strategic planning.
Font
The bold uppercase lettering from the primary logo of the Gears of War franchise is set in a stylized geometric sans-serif typeface, which has somewhat in common with such commercial fonts as Stereo Gothictrade, Meksatrade, or Good Timestrade, but with some significant modifications of the characters’ contours.
As for the color palette of the Gears of War visual identity, it is based on the combinations of glossy silver, black, and bloody-red, the colors, which together create a dramatic and dangerous image, giving a hint of what is going to be happening inside the game.
