History, more or less. That has shown that unless a popular franchise is completely run into the ground MS is not going to have the studio making those games move away from it. Lionhead (who I said I was happy about that they are getting to try something new) for example had to first make Fable into the joke it is today, after 3 apparently being complete shit as a Fable game and The Journey being an on rails Kinect game, before they got to try something new.

And don't get me wrong, I said before in another thread that I'm actually of the opinion that MS having their studios on more of a schedule is to a degree a good thing, but I can't imagine there being anything more creatively draining (as I said in my post update) than always having to work on one series.

Black Tusk was better imo. Anyway, can't wait to see the new gears game. Never really played any but they tend to push the quality of graphics and love to see that.

E3 reveal and 2016 release no doubt.

Regardless of all this Gears talk, with the name like the Coalition, you would think they are going to fight ISIS, not develop video games.

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Black Tusk has such a sexy ring to it.

...I'm not saying that they are supposed to work on multiple projects, but this was a studio that was originally founded by MS to create a new AAA IP, and in a matter of 2 years it has changed into a "Gears Machine", they were tasked with making their own new IP to rival Halo at the end of 2012 and not even 1 1/2 years later they get to throw all their work out of the window and are told to do Gears from now on.

You mean a company who makes software wants a studio to focus on one of their all time biggest selling and best received franchises ever? No way. Next you'll tell me the Green Bay Packers are going to keep Aaron Rodgers at QB instead of letting him branch out to tight end or free safety.

I don't care about the name change portion, just deliver quality Gears games please. lol @ all the sudden concern in this thread.

The name sounds bad. Black Tusk was better but Microsoft Vancouver was the best one.

Have you seen the gameplay, i think nobody has yet except the name, so i gues it's normal when people talking only for the name.

Translation: Why should they let a studio of their own try and make something new and big when that's so risky and they can instead just continue a series that's already popular on its own, that's so much easier.