Rod Fergusson

Rod Fergusson

Fergusson in 2007
Born 1968 (age 47–48)
Residence Vancouver, Canada
Occupation Game producer
Years active 1996–present
Employer The Coalition

Rod Fergusson (born 1968) is a Canadian video game producer, former director of production for the game development company Epic Games. He is currently the studio head at The Coalition, which has been tasked with the Gears of War franchise.

Career

Fergusson graduated with a bachelor in computer science from the University of Ottawa in 1990.[1] He started in the industry as a program manager at Microsoft, working at the company from 1996 to 2005.[2] One of the first projects he worked on was Microsoft Train Simulator.[3][4]

In July 2005, he was hired by Epic Games to work as executive producer and director of production on the Gears of War series. On August 9, 2012, Fergusson announced his departure from Epic and joined Irrational Games during the final stretch of development on BioShock Infinite as executive vice president of development.[5][6] On April 8, 2013, Fergusson confirmed that he would leave Irrational Games.[7]

On January 27, 2014, Microsoft announced the purchase of the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games.[8][9][10] Along with that purchase Microsoft hired Fergusson to oversee the franchise at their Vancouver based studio The Coalition.[11][12][13]

Video game credits

Fergusson has been credited on the following games:[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Rod Fergusson at Linkedin". Linkedin. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Jackson, Leah (9 August 2012). "Rod Fergusson Leaves Epic; Joins Irrational Games To Help Finish Bioshock Infinite". G4. NBCUniversal Cable. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Hanson, Ben (5 August 2012). "How Simulating Trains Led To Gears of War". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Reilly, Jim (9 August 2012). "Rod Fergusson Joins Irrational Games". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Goldfarb, Andrew (9 August 2012). "Gears of War Dev Joins Bioshock Infinite Team. Rob Fergusson moves to Irrational". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Ivan, Tom (10 August 2012). "Epic's production boss joins BioShock dev Irrational. "I've played Infinite and it's amazing," says former Gears of War man Rod Fergusson". Computer and Video Games. Future plc. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Crecente, Brian (8 April 2014). "BioShock Infinite VP of development Rod Fergusson leaving Irrational Games". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Nye Griffths, Daniel (27 January 2014). "Microsoft Acquires 'Gears of War' From Epic, Assigns Next Game To Black Tusk Studios". Forbes. Forbes, Inc. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Karmali, Luke (27 January 2014). "Gears of War Rights Acquired by Microsoft. Development duties handed to Black Tusk Studios". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (27 January 2014). "Microsoft buys Gears of War from Epic. Xbox maker acquires rights to the popular franchise; Black Tusk Studios taking over development duties with producer Rod Fergusson leading the team; details on new projects coming later this year". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  11. ↑ McWhertor, Michael (27 January 2014). "Microsoft acquires Gears of War from Epic, hires series producer Rod Fergusson". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  12. ↑ Crecente, Brian (1 August 2014). "The fixer: Why Rod Fergusson returned to Gears of War". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Hicks, Jon (13 September 2014). "Epic streak: Rod Fergusson on bringing Gears of War to Xbox One. Series veteran talks Black Tusk, Bioshock and betraying fans". Official Xbox Magazine. Future plc. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Rod Fergusson profile". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

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