Did you know Marcus Fenix’s last name grew out of Cliff Bleszinksi’s complete loss in his failed first marriage, thus making Gears of War his rise from the ashes? What about the fact that the picture of Dom and Maria from the Gears 2 Special Edition being based on Cliff and his girlfriend at the time? You definitely didn’t know that before pitching Gears of War to Microsoft Cliff did pushups in his hotel room and listened to “Lose Yourself” by...
Cliffy B’s new studio, Boss Key Productions, has just been ousted. While we know the obvious culprit of Cliff himself and most likely his wife, Lauren, being on board the team, we won’t be hearing anything about anyone else who’s working with them for quite some time. We are able to infer quite a bit just by taking a look at Boss Key’s Twitter followers, though. Starting from oldest to newest, we have Cliff himself, followed by a regular civilian...
With all of the news circulating about the retract of DRM from the Xbox One. Cliffy B has added his thoughts, as he usually does. He warns gamers that while they hated DRM, many of the evils DRM was trying to keep away will come back and with force. Brace yourselves. More tacked on multiplayer and DLC are coming. — Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) June 19, 2013 You’re also about to see available microtransactions skyrocket. HATS FOR EVERYONE. — Cliff Bleszinski...
In a recent interview with G4TV, Bleszinski, most known for his work on the Gears of War Franchise as well as the face of Epic Games, has stated that he’s considering forming his own studio, with a new IP he’s codenamed “Bluestreak” after the Transformer. Bleszinski had been with Epic Games for 20 years, beginning work with them when he was only 17 years old, after his recent marriage, he left the industry for what we believed to be permanent...
Cliff Bleszinski, better known as Cliffy B, has just announced in a blog post that he has left Epic Games to persue greater adventures. Cliffy B, who, many and most will call the face of Epic Games, grew up with his first title “Jazz Jackrabbit” and is best known for the AAA Xbox hit Gears of War. “I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager, and outside of my sabbatical last year, I have been going non-stop. I literally grew up in this business, as Mike...
