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Invoke Studios
FormerlyTuque Games (2012–2022)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
FoundersJeff Hattem
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Key peopleJeff Hattem (head of studio)
Number of employees60
ParentWizards of the Coast (2019–present)
Websitehttps://invokestudios.com/

Invoke Studios, formerly Tuque Games, is a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was founded by Jeff Hattem, formerly of Ubisoft and Behaviour Interactive, in 2012. The company released its first game Livelock in partnership with publisher Perfect World Entertainment in 2016. Tuque Games released a Dungeons & Dragons game called Dark Alliance in 2021.

History

Tuque Games was founded in 2012. 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. 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. World War Machine became the first submission accepted through the Square Enix Collective in April 2014. World War Machine was renamed to Livelock in 2016. It was the first buy-to-play game published by Perfect World Entertainment.

Tuque Games started developing a Dungeons & Dragons game in partnership with Wizards of the Coast with a team of 12 in early 2017. In March 2019, the company announced that the Dungeons & Dragons game was in development. Wizards of the Coast then acquired Tuque Games in October 2019. Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance was officially announced with a teaser trailer shown during The Game Awards 2019 on December 12, 2019.

Tuque Games rebranded to Invoke Studios in late 2022.

Games

Title Year System
Livelock 2016 PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance 2021 PC, consoles

References

  1. ^ Culver, Jordan (December 12, 2019). "'Dark Alliance' video game features iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters, location; set for release in 2020". USA TODAY. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  2. Hall, Charlie (2020-06-18). "D&D's new action RPG, Dark Alliance, is about what happens after players roll for initiative". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. "Tuque Games Announces "Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance"". bleedingcool.com. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  4. Thomas, Lucas M. (1 August 2016). "In This Week: Batman's Telltale Series & Killing Joke, Mobius Final Fantasy". IGN India.
  5. ^ Favis, Elise (December 19, 2019). "Dungeons & Dragons has a long history in video games. Dark Alliance wants to take that further". Washington Post. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. Morris, Cody (October 29, 2019). "Wizards of the Coast Acquires Tuque Games For Dungeons & Dragons". ScreenRant. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. Alvarado, Sebastian (12 June 2014). "How to Make a Mech - The Science Behind World War Machine". Kotaku.
  8. Webster, Andrew (27 June 2014). "The robot apocalypse will look a lot like this game". The Verge.
  9. Maiberg, Emanuel (5 April 2014). "Square Enix Collective opens for submissions, approves "post-human RPG" World War Machine".
  10. "Livelock is a Top-Down Co-op Shooter Coming to Xbox One". XboxAchievements. 30 August 2016.
  11. "Perfect World Announce First Non-Free-to-Play Game 'Livelock'". Hardcore Gamer. 26 January 2016.
  12. Sinclair, Brendan (29 October 2019). "Wizards of the Coast acquires Tuque Games". GamesIndustry.biz.
  13. "Wizards of the Coast acquires Tuque, which is making a D&D triple-A game". VentureBeat. 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  14. Wilde, Thomas (2022-10-12). "Wizards of the Coast launches new studio Invoke Games, built from 'Dark Alliance' dev team". GeekWire. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  15. Mateș, Bogdan Robert. "Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance Release Date Set For 2021, Koch Media Handles Physical Publishing". Retrieved November 10, 2020.
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