Company:Tuque Games
| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founders | Jeff Hattem |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec , Canada |
Key people | Jeff Hattem (head of studio) |
| Owner | Hasbro (2019–present) |
Number of employees | 60[1] |
| Parent | Wizards of the Coast (2019–present) |
Invoke Studios, formerly Tuque Games, is a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was founded by Jeff Hattem,[2][3] formerly of Ubisoft and Behaviour Interactive, in 2012. The company released its first game Livelock in partnership with publisher Perfect World Entertainment in 2016.[4] Tuque Games is currently working on a Dungeons & Dragons game called Dark Alliance.[5]
History
Tuque Games was founded in 2012.[6] began work on a sci-fi RPG titled World War Machine in 2014. They employed researchers from nanotechnology and aerospace defense fields to help develop the game.[7] Concept art for the game was created by Aaron Beck, known for work on District 9, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Elysium, while the story was done by Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse.[8] World War Machine became the first submission accepted through the Square Enix Collective in April 2014.[9] World War Machine was renamed to Livelock in 2016.[10] It was the first buy-to-play game published by Perfect World Entertainment.[11]
Tuque Games started developing a Dungeons & Dragons game in partnership with Wizards of the Coast with a team of 12 in early 2017.[1] On March 2019, the company announced that the Dungeons & Dragons game was in development.[12] Wizards of the Coast then acquired Tuque Games in October 2019.[13] Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance was officially announced with a teaser trailer shown during The Game Awards 2019 on December 12, 2019.[5]
Tuque Games rebranded to Invoke Studios in late 2022.[14]
Games
| Title | Year | System |
|---|---|---|
| Livelock[5] | 2016 | PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance | 2021[15] | PC, consoles |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Culver, Jordan (December 12, 2019). "'Dark Alliance' video game features iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters, location; set for release in 2020". USA TODAY. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2019/12/13/dark-alliance-dungeons-dragons-video-game-coming-fall-2020/4381406002/.
- ↑ Hall, Charlie (2020-06-18). "D&D's new action RPG, Dark Alliance, is about what happens after players roll for initiative" (in en). https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/18/21294867/dark-alliance-action-rpg-r-a-salvatore-dungeons-and-dragons.
- ↑ "Tuque Games Announces "Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance"". 12 December 2019. https://bleedingcool.com/games/tuque-games-announces-dungeons-dragons-dark-alliance/.
- ↑ Thomas, Lucas M. (1 August 2016). "Out This Week: Batman's Telltale Series & Killing Joke, Mobius Final Fantasy". https://in.ign.com/batman-a-telltale-game-series/97870/feature/out-this-week-batmans-telltale-series-killing-joke-mobius-final-fantasy.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Favis, Elise (December 19, 2019). "Dungeons & Dragons has a long history in video games. Dark Alliance wants to take that further." (in en). Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/12/12/dungeons-dragons-has-long-history-video-games-dark-alliance-wants-take-that-further/.
- ↑ Morris, Cody (October 29, 2019). "Wizards of the Coast Acquires Tuque Games For Dungeons & Dragons". ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/wizards-of-the-coast-acquire-tuque-games-dungeons-dragons/.
- ↑ Alvarado, Sebastian. "How to Make a Mech - The Science Behind World War Machine". https://kotaku.com/how-to-make-a-mech-the-science-behind-world-war-machi-1589794542.
- ↑ Webster, Andrew (27 June 2014). "The robot apocalypse will look a lot like this game". https://www.theverge.com/2014/6/27/5846864/world-war-machine.
- ↑ Maiberg, Emanuel (5 April 2014). "Square Enix Collective opens for submissions, approves "post-human RPG" World War Machine". https://www.gamespot.com/articles/square-enix-collective-opens-for-submissions-approves-post-human-rpg-world-war-machine/1100-6418795/.
- ↑ "Livelock is a Top-Down Co-op Shooter Coming to Xbox One". http://www.xboxachievements.com/news/news-23097-Livelock-is-a-Top-Down-Co-op-Shooter-Coming-to-Xbox-One.html.
- ↑ "Perfect World Announce First Non-Free-to-Play Game 'Livelock'". 26 January 2016. https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/01/26/perfect-world-announce-first-non-free-to-play-game-livelock/189364/.
- ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (29 October 2019). "Wizards of the Coast acquires Tuque Games". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-29-wizards-of-the-coast-acquires-tuque-games.
- ↑ "Wizards of the Coast acquires Tuque, which is making a D&D triple-A game" (in en-US). 2019-10-29. https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/29/wizards-of-the-coast-acquire-tuque-which-is-making-a-dd-triple-a-game/.
- ↑ Wilde, Thomas (2022-10-12). "Wizards of the Coast launches new studio Invoke Games, built from 'Dark Alliance' dev team" (in en-US). https://www.geekwire.com/2022/wizards-of-the-coast-launches-new-studio-invoke-games-built-from-dark-alliance-dev-team/.
- ↑ Mateș, Bogdan Robert. "Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance Release Date Set For 2021, Koch Media Handles Physical Publishing" (in en). https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/dungeons-and-dragons-dark-alliance-release-date/.
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