Black Tusk Studios is making significant progress on Gears of War for Xbox One, according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer.

The fifth game in the series isn't going to be released any time soon though. In May, Black Tusk manager Rod Fergusson (pictured below) said the title was still in the early concept and prototyping stage, noting: "We're only 100 days in."


Microsoft acquired the Gears of War IP from Epic Games in January. The following month, Spencer said the next game in the series had to "reignite" the franchise. "[It] won't be a quick turn [around]," he added, noting that Microsoft is "still working through [the] plan" with regards to a release date.

In March, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney explained the decision to sell the property to Microsoft. "We weren't planning on building any more Gears games we were just going to let that sit on the shelf for a decade or more, in case it had any future value to us," he said.

"It was one of those rare moments when both Epic and Microsoft were able to make a business that was obviously best for the community. Much better to have Microsoft building Gears games than for it to be sitting on the shelf unused by Epic."

Posted: Dec 06, 2014 3:50 pm
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