Invoke Studios

Tuque Games was founded in 2012.{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Cody |title=Wizards of the Coast Acquires Tuque Games For Dungeons & Dragons |url=https://screenrant.com/wizards-of-the-coast-acquire-tuque-games-dungeons-dragons/ |access-date=15 April 2020 |work=ScreenRant |date=October 29, 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/how-to-make-a-mech-the-science-behind-world-war-machi-1589794542|title=How to Make a Mech - The Science Behind World War Machine|first=Sebastian|last=Alvarado|website=Kotaku|date=12 June 2014 }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/6/27/5846864/world-war-machine|title=The robot apocalypse will look a lot like this game|first=Andrew|last=Webster|date=27 June 2014|website=The Verge}} World War Machine became the first submission accepted through the Square Enix Collective in April 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/square-enix-collective-opens-for-submissions-approves-post-human-rpg-world-war-machine/1100-6418795/|title=Square Enix Collective opens for submissions, approves "post-human RPG" World War Machine|first=Emanuel|last=Maiberg|date=5 April 2014}} World War Machine was renamed to Livelock in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.xboxachievements.com/news/news-23097-Livelock-is-a-Top-Down-Co-op-Shooter-Coming-to-Xbox-One.html|title=Livelock is a Top-Down Co-op Shooter Coming to Xbox One|website=XboxAchievements|date=30 August 2016 }} It was the first buy-to-play game published by Perfect World Entertainment.{{cite web|url=https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/01/26/perfect-world-announce-first-non-free-to-play-game-livelock/189364/|title=Perfect World Announce First Non-Free-to-Play Game 'Livelock'|date=26 January 2016|website=Hardcore Gamer}}

Tuque Games started developing a Dungeons & Dragons game in partnership with Wizards of the Coast with a team of 12 in early 2017.{{cite news |last1=Culver |first1=Jordan |title='Dark Alliance' video game features iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters, location; set for release in 2020 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2019/12/13/dark-alliance-dungeons-dragons-video-game-coming-fall-2020/4381406002/ |access-date=April 14, 2020 |work=USA TODAY |date=December 12, 2019}} In March 2019, the company announced that the Dungeons & Dragons game was in development.{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-29-wizards-of-the-coast-acquires-tuque-games |title=Wizards of the Coast acquires Tuque Games |first=Brendan |last=Sinclair |date=29 October 2019 |website=GamesIndustry.biz}} Wizards of the Coast then acquired Tuque Games in October 2019.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-29|title=Wizards of the Coast acquires Tuque, which is making a D&D triple-A game|url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/29/wizards-of-the-coast-acquire-tuque-which-is-making-a-dd-triple-a-game/|access-date=2021-10-10|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}} Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance was officially announced with a teaser trailer shown during The Game Awards 2019 on December 12, 2019.{{cite news |last1=Favis |first1=Elise |title=Dungeons & Dragons has a long history in video games. Dark Alliance wants to take that further. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/12/12/dungeons-dragons-has-long-history-video-games-dark-alliance-wants-take-that-further/ |access-date=April 14, 2020 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=December 19, 2019 |language=en}}

Tuque Games rebranded to Invoke Studios in late 2022.{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Thomas |date=2022-10-12 |title=Wizards of the Coast launches new studio Invoke Games, built from 'Dark Alliance' dev team |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2022/wizards-of-the-coast-launches-new-studio-invoke-games-built-from-dark-alliance-dev-team/ |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=GeekWire |language=en-US}}

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