Gears of War developers Black Tusk Studios change studio name to The Coalition

We still don’t know what’s next for Gears of War, but we do know what’s happening with the studio behind it — a name change.

Black Tusk Studios, the Vancouver-based team working on the Xbox Gears of War games, officially changes its name to The Coalition today. Microsoft acquired the popular shooter franchise from Epic Games last year, and it tasked the studio with continuing development of the franchise. This move is just ahead of E3 2015, where an announcement on the future franchise is expected at Microsoft’s annual Xbox press conference.