Microsoft announced that they had bought the rights of the franchise from Epic games and that a new game will be developed by The Coalition for Xbox One .
”   January 27 , 2014 , Microsoft announced that they had purchased the rights of the franchise from Epic Games , as a new game will be developed by The Coalition for Xbox One.  Rod Fergusson , former Director of Production at Epic Games on the Gears of War franchise , will join Microsoft and play a key studio leadership role at Black Tusk on the development of the franchise going forward.  On April 1 , 2015 , Black Tusk developer Jack Felling confirmed that the next Gears of War game will not be available for the Xbox 360 in a response to a question on Twitter , Felling said , `` No sorry , it wo n't be available on the 360 but it will be available for the Xbox One ! ``
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