Montreal-based game development company Tuque Games joined the rebranding trend and changed its name to Invoke Studios. The gaming entity was acquired by Wizards of the Coast back in 2019 and released Dark Alliance in 2021.
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Invoke will remain as an autonomous and independent studio. “We have our own culture and our own specific work methods,” says Dominic Guay, Vice President and General Manager. “We value the autonomy of each team member so that each person can express his or her talents in order to have the maximum productive impact on our games.”
Dominic Guay, a Ubisoft veteran who worked on Watch Dogs, Splinter Cell, and Far Cry, joined the studio just before the Dark Alliance was released in 2021.
Currently, Invoke Studios team has 80 employees, a mix of veterans and young talents, and Guay hopes to have more than 200 employees by 2025.
Invoke is working on a new AAA Dungeons & Dragons game
With the rebranding news, the company has also revealed that it is working on a new AAA Dungeons & Dragons game that will be developed on Unreal 5 engine. No further information was given, but given the D&D concept, it is expected to be an action-RPG game.
Vice President and General Manager Dominic Guay said:
“We have the largest and most popular brand of fantasy role-playing games in Dungeons & Dragons. Such a brand, with 50 years of history behind it, inspires developers and gives us enormous creative freedom. Our focus is on high-quality AAA games and we will have the means to achieve our ends.”
Wizards of the Coast (and Hasbro) has been acquiring and opening new studios in the last couple of years to leave a more significant mark on the video gaming space as Dungeons & Dragons franchise has reached a new height in its popularity.
Previously, WotC was licensing its IPs to game studios like Larian Studios, which is still working on Baldurs Gate 3.
