Black Tusk Studios er navnet på Microsoft-studioet som jobber med Gears of War 4 til Xbox One. Eller, det het i hvert fall det tidligere. Nå kan nemlig studioets sjef, Rod Fergusson, fortelle at de har byttet navn til The Coalition.
Tanken bak det nye navnet er vi skal tenke på Gears of War umiddelbart når vi hører The Coalition, akkurat som med Halo og 343 Industries. Det virker jo passende ettersom militærstyrken i Gears of War-serien kaller seg Coalition of Ordered Governments, eller COG.
Her kan du lese hva Fergusson skriver på Xbox Wire:
Hi everyone - I'm Rod Fergusson, former studio head of Black Tusk Studios.
It's not what you think.
Beginning today, the Vancouver-based Xbox team working on the Gears of War franchise will be known as The Coalition. What's in a name? In short, The Coalition speaks to who we are as a team, and what it is we're working on.
A coalition is a team of diverse individuals working together for a common purpose, a concept that we feel describes our studio quite well.
Fans will also recognize the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) from Gears of War lore.
When people hear 343 Industries, they associate it with Halo; when they hear Turn 10 Studios, they know that's who makes Forza. Moving forward, when you hear The Coalition, we want you to think of Gears of War.
Han avslutter med å antyde hva som venter oss i fremtiden:
Speaking of Gears of War, we're getting close to E3, where we will share more on what's next for Gears of War. Specifically, Gears fans should be sure to tune in to Xbox Daily: LIVE @ E3, on Monday June 15 at 4PM Pacific to see what we're working on.