Tag Archives: Cliff Bleszinski

Cliff Bleszinski thinks games have become too easy and wants Gears of War: Judgement to buck the trend.

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Baird’s popularity and unexplored fiction made him the only choice for protagonist in Gears of War: Judgement, according to franchise creator Cliff Bleszinski,.

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When Epic sat down to conceptualise a prequel to the Gears of War series, it had a couple of important factors to consider. Most importantly: chainsaws.

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A full day of E3 chaos after seeing Gears of War: Judgment may have dulled Alex Donaldson’s memory, but the new class-based multiplay is hard to forget.

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The inclusion of class-based multiplayer with Gears of War: Judgment, a first for the series, has Epic design boss Cliff Bleszinski pumped, he’s told VG247.

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Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski feels multiplayer should be embraced by Japanese development studios in order to appeal to western audiences.

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Epic’s rumoured Kinect title seems to have been shelved, but the Unreal Engine developer has something fancy in the works for the PC elite.

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Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski has said he isn’t a fan of on-disc DLC, but considers it a necessary by product of the way the games industry functions.

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Epic and Train2Game have announced the panel which will be judging the entries for Make Something Unreal Live. Among others, Steve Jackson, co-creator, “Fighting Fantasy”, Ian Livingstone, and Peter Molyneaux will preside.

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Cliff Bleszinski has said future Gears of War installments will aim to become more Nolan-based in its stories rather than be inspired by Joel Schumacher or Tim Burton.

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Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski has said the direction he intended the series to go in and the one many fans like best are quite different.

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“Notch is the games industry’s Justin Bieber right now. Let me walk you through this. Justin Bieber has exploded, and Justin Bieber, as much as many want to hate him, is a very talented guy. If you did a Venn diagram of Minecraft fans and Bieber fans, I’ve no idea what that would look like, but each one via the internet has been born into a seemingly over night success, even though it likely took a huge effort over a very long time. Being like that can help put you in the spotlight. Notch and Minecraft deserve every success they have.” – Cliff Bleszinski on Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson to Develop.

“Xbox Live and PSN, skip both of them because you’re at Sony or Microsoft’s will as to what’s on the dashboard. iOS, maybe, but you have to have Apple’s approval, there’s too much piracy on Android, no one has a Windows phone, Kickstarter’s wonderful, go Tim Schafer. I would go with the PC.” – Epic design boss Cliff Bleszinski, speaking at a GDC session as quoted by Kotaku.

During GDC, a team of game designers sat down for a chat to discuss the games which inspired such luminaries as Will Wright, Cliff Bleszinski, Sid Meier, and John Romero.

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Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski will host the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards and Monaco creator Andy Schatz will once again be hosting the 14th annual Independent Games Festival awards, according to GDC organizers. Both award ceremonies take place during GDC, Wednesday, March 7 at 6.30pm PST. Thanks, Gamasutra.

GDC organisers have announced three new sessions, including a star-studded panel with some heavyweight names.

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Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has said any additions to the series will have to shake up its formula, among other references to the property’s future.

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“There’s no dudebros in it. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, right? Creatively for the team, Gears has been amazing for us. But it’s fun to kind of stretch our wings and do something that’s a little different from the usual. It was a project that was pitched internally. I was a staunch supporter of the idea, because the game is just like a no-brainer – I was like yes.”

– Cliff Bleszinski, lead creative on Gears of War, tells Joystiq his feelings on Epic’s very different new project, Fortnite, which was revealed at the VGAs this weekend.

Boomtastic. Cliff Bleszinski’s appeared in a VGA teaser, confirming a brand new “experience” from Epic will debut at the event this weekend.

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Extending the lifespan of games by producing DLC is one way to stop you trading it in, according to Epic Games.

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