Gears of War 2 is a third-person shooter developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios, and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Gears of War. In Gears of War 2, the Locust have found a way to make giant emergence holes capable of sinking entire cities at once. Marcus Fenix and the rest of the COG Delta Squad are now drilling underground to "take the fight to the Locust." In a teaser of the first scenes of gameplay of Gears of War 2, COG soldiers engage in battle with a large army of Locust as they travel to drill into the underground region. Comic book writer Joshua Ortega says, "The stakes are raised. This is humanity's last stand. Everything is at risk. Nothing is safe." Gears of War 2 features an upgraded multiplayer mode that will allow up to ten users to simultaneously play.