Rod Fergusson

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Rod Fergusson
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Fergusson in 2007
Born 1968 (age 55–56)
Residence Vancouver, Canada
Occupation Game producer
Years active 1996–present
Employer The Coalition

Rod Fergusson (born 1968) is a Canadian video game producer, former director of production for the game development company Epic Games. He is currently the studio head at The Coalition, which has been tasked with the Gears of War franchise.

Career

Fergusson graduated with a bachelor in computer science from the University of Ottawa in 1990.[1] He started in the industry as a program manager at Microsoft, working at the company from 1996 to 2005.[2] One of the first projects he worked on was Microsoft Train Simulator.[3][4]

In July 2005, he was hired by Epic Games to work as executive producer and director of production on the Gears of War series. On August 9, 2012, Fergusson announced his departure from Epic and joined Irrational Games during the final stretch of development on BioShock Infinite as executive vice president of development.[5][6] On April 8, 2013, Fergusson confirmed that he would leave Irrational Games.[7]

On January 27, 2014, Microsoft announced the purchase of the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games.[8][9][10] Along with that purchase Microsoft hired Fergusson to oversee the franchise at their Vancouver based studio The Coalition.[11][12][13]

Video game credits

Fergusson has been credited on the following games:[14]

References

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External links

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