Microsoft has acquired the rights to the Gears of War IP ensuring it will never appear on a Sony console, 'all existing and future games, entertainment experiences and merchandise'. A new gameis yet to be announced but Black Tusk Studios will be taking over development of the series, overseen by ex-Epic Games director Rod Fergusson. Black Tusk are a Canadian studio set up specifically to work on Xbox One games and who were previously rumoured to be working a title to go head to head with the Halo franchise.
