Phil Spencer Chimes In On Alan Wake 2 Hold Up

[ArchangelMadzz]

Goatseye said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

Well they aren't owned by Microsoft I don't think? So I guess that gives them some freedom.

'The Coalition' devs were working on something then told to do Gears (and with the name change) for the foreseeable future. 

Black Tusk wasn't working on a game, Shangeist was a tech demo. 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-28-whats-happening-with-black-tusks-highly-ambitious-new-ip

Last summer, Microsoft's official @XboxJobs account described the game thus: "Their first project is a highly ambitious, all-original new IP!".

"@BlackTuskStudio has been working on an all original IP since its inception, we've just brought the GOW franchise into our portfolio and have not yet determined the future of the new IP at this point," the account wrote.