Education
Fergusson graduated with a bachelor in computer science from the University of Ottawa in 1990.
Fergusson graduated with a bachelor in computer science from the University of Ottawa in 1990.
He is currently the studio head at The Coalition, who has been tasked with the Gears of War franchise. He started in the industry as a program manager at Microsoft, working at the company from 1996 to 2005. One of the first projects he worked on was Microsoft Train Simulator.
In July 2005, he was hired by Epic Games to work as executive producer and director of production on the Gears of War series.
On August 9, 2012, Fergusson announced his departure from Epic and joined Irrational Games during the final stretch of development on BioShock Infinite as executive vice president of development. On April 8, 2013, Fergusson confirmed that he would leave Irrational Games.
On January 27, 2014, Microsoft announced the purchase of the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games. Along with that purchase Microsoft hired Fergusson to oversee the franchise at their Vancouver based studio The Coalition.