Former Gears of Struggle and Diablo head, Rod Fergusson, has joined 2K’s Cloud Chamber to supervise the BioShock franchise. This comes simply weeks after Fergusson parted methods with Blizzard Leisure, the place he helped lead the Diablo franchise by means of the 2023 launch of Diablo 4 and its subsequent seasons. Previous to his time at Blizzard, Fergusson had a protracted and storied historical past with the Gears of Struggle franchise, each at Epic Video games and later, The Coalition. He is now discovered a brand new residence with BioShock.
BioShock followers have been ready effectively over a decade for the following entry within the philosophical first-person shooter franchise that was as soon as thought of the crown jewel of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 technology. There have been plenty of adjustments for the reason that 2013 launch of BioShock Infinite. The sequence developer Irrational Video games was changed into the a lot smaller Ghost Story Video games, whereas the keys to the franchise had been later given to an all-new studio, Cloud Chamber, created in 2019 and led by former Firaxis Video games producer Kelley Gilmore. After a few years of silence from Cloud Chamber, current studies counsel main shifts have occurred throughout the studio, together with Gilmore’s departure, resulting in massive setbacks regarding BioShock 4.
Rod Fergusson Has Joined 2K to Lead the BioShock Franchise
Only a few weeks after this disappointing BioShock 4 news broke, it appears Cloud Chamber has a brand new chief. Rod Fergusson took to Twitter to announce that he is joined 2K and is entering into Cloud Chamber as the brand new “Head of BioShock.” Fergusson’s arrival does include some dangerous information, although, as it has been confirmed that an unknown variety of Cloud Chamber workers members have been laid off as a part of the studio’s shake-ups. Like his Diablo function, it does not look like he’ll be directing video games himself, however reasonably managing all the things the franchise has in growth, together with “franchise extensions” just like the BioShock Netflix film, as talked about in his tweet.
Rod Fergusson isn’t any stranger to the BioShock sequence, as he joined Irrational Video games again in 2012 to supervise BioShock Infinite‘s remaining months of growth, which as much as that time had reportedly been fairly rocky. His brief stint at Irrational bringing BioShock Infinite to the end line helped give him the status of a “nearer,” somebody who is available in to set a troubled venture on the best path towards launch. With this in thoughts, it might be attainable that BioShock 4 might also be close to its finish line, with Rod “The Nearer” Fergusson simply now coming in. Nevertheless, if issues had gone easily sufficient to close a launch, these main shake-ups and layoffs at Cloud Chamber possible would not have occurred.
Whereas it is disappointing to listen to about much more business layoffs, there’s nonetheless some pleasure about an business veteran like Rod Fergusson coming in to steer the BioShock franchise. Fans of BioShock should also keep an eye on Judas, a zany FPS from the unique BioShock creator, Ken Levine, which is in growth on the aforementioned Ghost Story Video games. Judas confirmed off a take a look at its gameplay in early 2024, however nothing has been heard of it since. Hopefully, each Judas and BioShock 4 are actually heading in the right direction.
BioShock Infinite
10/10
- Launched
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March 26, 2013
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Delicate Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco
- Engine
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Unreal Engine 3
- Franchise
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BioShock
