A fitting contrast to all the enlivened stock photo model expressions, here's a very serious Rod Ferusson, the studio head of The Coalition.
A fitting contrast to all the enlivened stock photo model expressions, here's a very serious Rod Ferusson, the studio head of The Coalition.
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Rod Fergusson leaves Gears and The Coalition to run Diablo for Blizzard

  • Posted byby Mike Minotti
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Rod Fergusson announced today that he is leaving The Coalition, the Microsoft studio behind the Gears franchise, to lead the Diablo franchise for Blizzard Entertainment.

Fergusson had worked on Gears since it was still an Epic Games franchise. He started at Epic in 2005, and then went over to Microsoft when it bought the Gears franchise in 2014 to lead the new studio in charge of the series, The Coalition. Its latest release, Gears 5, came out in 2019.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.