Gears of War Cinematic Director Parts Ways With Epic, Joins Black Tusk

April 21, 2015

After spending nine years at Epic Games, Greg Mitchell has announced he is leaving the studio to work at Microsoft's new first-party development team, Black Tusk Studios.

Back at Epic, Mitchell worked as the cinematic director on Gears of War. Now it looks like he will be continuing his work on the popular Xbox-exclusive franchise under Microsoft's wing. Here's what he had to say about his departure from Epic in a post on Twitter:

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