The Coalition

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The Coalition
legal form Incorporated
founding February 2010
Seat Vancouver , British Columbia
Canada
Number of employees 200 (2015)
Branch Software development
Website www.thecoalitionstudio.com

The Coalition , formerly Zipline Studios (2010-2011), Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver (2011-2012) and Black Tusk Studios (2012-2015), is a Canadian development studio for video games based in Vancouver , British Columbia. The Coalition is part of Xbox Game Studios and has been primarily responsible for the development of the Gears of War game series since 2014 .

history

The studio was founded in February 2010 as Zipline Studios and developed the game Relic Rescue . On May 2, 2011, the studio was renamed Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver and announced that the studio was working on Microsoft Flight and the shooter Project Columbia for the Xbox 360 Kinect motion control . On July 25, 2012, Project Columbia and the further development of Microsoft Flight were canceled, with all 35 employees involved in the project being laid off. On November 29, 2012, the studio was renamed Black Tusk Studios and tasked with creating a new large franchise.

On January 27, 2014, it was announced that Microsoft had acquired the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games and that Black Tusk Studios would be responsible for developing future games in the series. As part of the acquisition, Microsoft also hired Rod Fergusson, who was executive producer of the first three games. On June 3, 2015, Fergusson announced that Black Tusk Studios had been renamed The Coalition. Similar to the development studio 343 Industries responsible for Halo , the name refers to a group within Gears of War .

Developed games

Game title Platforms Initial release
as Zipline Studios
Relic Rescue Facebook 2011
as Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver
Microsoft Flight Windows 2012
as The Coalition
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Xbox One 2015
Windows 2016
Gears of War 4 Windows, Xbox One
Gears 5 Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X 2019
Gears Tactics Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X 2020

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arthur Gies: Beauty deconstructed: The state of Gears of War. In: polygon. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Microsoft Vancouver staffing for AAA Kinect shooter. In: GameSpot. Retrieved December 1, 2019 (American English).
  3. ^ Jason Schreier: Microsoft Reportedly Shuts Down Vancouver-Based Studio [UPDATE: Projects Canceled]. In: Kotaku . Retrieved December 1, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ Microsoft Vancouver renamed Black Tusk Studios, is working on new triple-A franchise. In: MCV / Develop. Retrieved December 4, 2019 (UK English).
  5. ↑ Michael McWhertor: Microsoft acquires Gears of War from Epic, hires series producer Rod Fergusson. In: polygon. January 27, 2014, accessed December 1, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Gears of War studio Black Tusk Studios has been renamed The Coalition. In: VG247. June 3, 2015, accessed December 29, 2019 .