Since being acquired by Microsoft in 2009, Vancouver’s BigPark Studios has quietly dropped “game” from its name.

“We’ve become an interactive-TV studio,” studio manager David Seymour explained, “with a culture of game development.”

Seymour greeted the Georgia Straight in the lobby of Microsoft’s offices in downtown Vancouver. The reception area is the gateway to both BigPark and Black Tusk Studios (which Microsoft announced on January 27 is working on the Gears of War franchise).

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