Rod Fergusson

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Fergusson at the Game Developers Conference 2011

Rod Fergusson is a Canadian video game producer.

Career

Fergusson joined Microsoft in 1996 providing technical support for corporate customers. One of the first projects Fergusson worked on was Microsoft Train Simulator .

Fergusson joined Epic Games in July 2005 , where he was executive producer and then later involved in the development of the Gears of War franchise as production manager. On August 9, 2012, Fergusson announced his departure from Epic and joined Irrational Games as Executive Vice President of Development during the final phase of BioShock Infinite's development. On April 8, 2013, Fergusson confirmed that he will be leaving Irrational Games.

On January 27, 2014, Microsoft announced the purchase of the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games. With the purchase, Fergusson was hired by Microsoft to run the franchise in their studio, The Coalition . Fergusson announced on February 6, 2020 that he had left The Coalition. Fergusson will join Blizzard Entertainment as lead developer of the Diablo franchise in March 2020 .

Video game credits

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emanuel Maiberg: Making a Big Budget Video Game Is Riskier and Harder Than Ever. So Why Do It? . October 3, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ Ben Hanson: How Simulating Trains Led To Gears of War . In: Game Informer . GameStop . August 5, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ David Jenkins: Gears Of War 4 hands-on preview and interview - 'We're not doing first person. We're staying true ' . April 14, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ Mike Mahardy: Gears of War, Bioshock Infinite Dev Forming New 2K Studio . In: IGN . September 26, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ Andrew Goldfarb: Gears of War Dev Joins Bioshock Infinite Team. Rob Fergusson moves to Irrational . In: IGN . Point Davis . August 9, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ Tom Ivan: Epic's production boss joins BioShock dev Irrational. "I've played Infinite and it's amazing," says former Gears of War man Rod Fergusson . In: Computer and Video Games . Future plc . August 10, 2012. Archived from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved on December 23, 2014.
  7. ^ Brian Crecente: BioShock Infinite VP of development Rod Fergusson leaving Irrational Games . In: polygon . Vox Media . April 8, 2014. Accessed December 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ Daniel Nye Griffths: Microsoft Acquires Gears of War 'From Epic, assigns Next Game To Black Tusk Studios . In: Forbes . Forbes, Inc .. January 27, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  9. ↑ Luke Karmali: Gears of War Rights Acquired by Microsoft. Development duties handed to Black Tusk Studios . In: IGN . Point Davis . January 27, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ Eddie Makuch: Microsoft buys Gears of War from Epic. Xbox maker acquires rights to the popular franchise; Black Tusk Studios taking over development duties with producer Rod Fergusson leading the team; details on new projects coming later this year . In: GameSpot . CBS Interactive . January 27, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ Michael McWhertor: Microsoft acquires Gears of War from Epic, hires series producer Rod Fergusson . In: polygon . Vox Media . January 27, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  12. ^ Brian Crecente: The fixer: Why Rod Fergusson returned to Gears of War . In: polygon . Vox Media . August 1, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  13. ↑ Jon Hicks: Epic streak: Rod Fergusson on bringing Gears of War to Xbox One. Series veteran talks Black Tusk, Bioshock and betraying fans . In: Official Xbox Magazine . Future plc . September 13, 2014. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved on June 24, 2015.
  14. ↑ Gears Of Wars' Boss Leaving, Will Now Oversee Diablo. Retrieved February 6, 2020 (American English).
  15. ↑ Gears of War Studio Head Leaving To Lead Diablo Franchise At Blizzard. In: GameSpot. Retrieved February 6, 2020 (American English).
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SURNAME Fergusson, Rod
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian video game producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century