18 months since the fall of Jacinto, living aboard the aircraft carrier Ravens Nest off of th island of Vectes. Locust which have been fused with the imulsion that once powered Sera, threatens both humans and locust alike.
New characters and weapons have been introduced into Gears of War 3. New allys, including Samantha Byrne, Anya Stroud and Bernadette Mataki as 3 playable female characters. Also Jace Stratton and Clayton Carmine, the third carmine brother. New weapons such as a double barreled shotgun and a Pendulum War-Era Lancer have been introduced, also the Digger launcher and the One Shot, a powerful weapon which kills any enemy with one bullet.
4 Player co-op has been introduced as well as a all new multiplayer mode called Beast mode, where you play as locust surviving waves of human AI.