Invoke Studios Explained

Invoke Studios
Type:Subsidiary
Industry:Video games
Founders:Jeff Hattem
Key People:Jeff Hattem (head of studio)
Hq Location City:Montreal, Quebec
Hq Location Country:Canada
Parent:Wizards of the Coast (2019–present)
Website:https://invokestudios.com/
Owner:Hasbro (2019–present)
Num Employees:60

Invoke Studios, formerly Tuque Games, is a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was founded by Jeff Hattem,[1] [2] formerly of Ubisoft and Behaviour Interactive, in 2012. The company released its first game Livelock in partnership with publisher Perfect World Entertainment in 2016.[3] Tuque Games released a Dungeons & Dragons game called Dark Alliance in 2021.

History

Tuque Games was founded in 2012.[4] 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.[5] Concept art for the game was created by Aaron Beck, known for work on District 9, , and Elysium, while the story was done by Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse.[6] World War Machine became the first submission accepted through the Square Enix Collective in April 2014.[7] World War Machine was renamed to Livelock in 2016.[8] It was the first buy-to-play game published by Perfect World Entertainment.[9]

Tuque Games started developing a Dungeons & Dragons game in partnership with Wizards of the Coast with a team of 12 in early 2017.[10] In March 2019, the company announced that the Dungeons & Dragons game was in development.[11] Wizards of the Coast then acquired Tuque Games in October 2019.[12] was officially announced with a teaser trailer shown during The Game Awards 2019 on December 12, 2019.[13]

Tuque Games rebranded to Invoke Studios in late 2022.[14]

Games

TitleYearSystem
Livelock2016PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2021[15] PC, consoles

Notes and References

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

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