Microsoft Studios
Early 2014 saw additional intellectual property (IP) acquisitions by Microsoft Studios, including a publishing contract with Undead Labs for their game "State of Decay", the rights to the "Gears of War" series from Epic Games, and the "Rise of" IP ("Rise of Nations" and "Rise of Legends") from Big Huge Games. Microsoft Studios assigned "Gears of War" to Black Tusk Studios, which was later rebranded in 2015 as The Coalition.