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Microsoft acquires Gears of War franchise, brings back producer Fergusson to the game series he loves
1/27/2014 2:52:00 PM
Microsoft Studios has announced that it has acquired the rights to the Gears of Wars games franchise from Mundane Games, thereby bringing one of its biggest exclusive series in house. In addition, the company will be installing former director of production for the first three games Rod Fergusson as a studio lead at Black Tusk Studios, the development house tasked with creating the next chapter.
Gears of War has been a hugely successful franchise for Microsoft, grossing over $1 billion (£603.3 million) in its lifetime, even though it was almost exclusively available on just one machine, the Xbox 360. A PC version of the first game was released, but none of the sequels made it onto that platform.
The fourth game in the franchise though was considered a disappointment in comparison to the heights reached by its predecessors. The prequel was not received as well critically and although it sold over a million copies, it wasn't as big a hit as Gears of War 3.
Now Black Tusk and Fergusson have a chance to debut the franchise on the Xbox One, as well as reinvigorate it for Xbox 360. The studio lead returns after a stint as producer on Bioshock Infinite, so it will be interesting to see if he brings any of that experience to the next Gears of War game. We can only hope.
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