Invoke Studios

Last updated
Invoke Studios
Type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded2012;11 years ago (2012)
FoundersJeff Hattem
Headquarters
Montreal, Quebec
,
Canada
Key people
Jeff Hattem (head of studio)
Owner Hasbro (2019–present)
Number of employees
60 [1]
Parent Wizards of the Coast (2019–present)
Website https://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, [2] [3] formerly of Ubisoft and Behaviour Interactive, in 2012. The company released its first game Livelock in partnership with publisher Perfect World Entertainment in 2016. [4] Tuque Games released a Dungeons & Dragons game called Dark Alliance in 2021. [5]

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History

Tuque Games was founded in 2012. [6] 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. [7] 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 . [8] World War Machine became the first submission accepted through the Square Enix Collective in April 2014. [9] World War Machine was renamed to Livelock in 2016. [10] It was the first buy-to-play game published by Perfect World Entertainment. [11]

Tuque Games started developing a Dungeons & Dragons game in partnership with Wizards of the Coast with a team of 12 in early 2017. [1] In March 2019, the company announced that the Dungeons & Dragons game was in development. [12] Wizards of the Coast then acquired Tuque Games in October 2019. [13] Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance was officially announced with a teaser trailer shown during The Game Awards 2019 on December 12, 2019. [5]

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

Games

TitleYearSystem
Livelock [5] 2016 PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance 2021 [15] PC, consoles

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