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Confusing messaging leads to promising studio closing its doors
Read More »Boss Key’s closure is a sad but unfortunate lesson in marketing for triple-I studios
Cliff Bleszinski latest big name dev to invest in Fig
Lawbreakers and Gears of War creator joins ahead of latest campaign conclusion
Read More »Cliffy B goes (nearly) bald to raise money for cancer research foundation
Gears of War designer and Boss Key founder raises nearly $10,000 for St. Baldrick’s
Read More »Gears of War’s Cliffy B ‘officially coming out of retirement’
Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski is officially coming "out of retirement" and returning to game development. The former Epic game designer has been teasing his next project for some time, with suggestions the new title could be an arena shooter. Details on his new venture will be revealed within …
Read More »Cliffy B: Gears of War ‘couldn’t be in better hands’
Former Epic developer and Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski has celebrated yesterday’s sale of the Gears of War IP to Microsoft. He also believes Rod Fergusson, another former Epic man who has also made the jump to Microsoft, is the right man for the brand’s new lease of life. …
Read More »Cliff Bleszinski not involved with new Gears of War
Series designer "resolved to making something entirely new"
Read More »Cliffy B appeals for Phil Fish to return to games
Former Epic and Gears of War man Cliff Bleszinski has published an open letter to Fez creator Phil Fish appealing for the outspoken dev to return to the games industry. Fish made a typically spectacular and loud exit from games earlier this week when, following and argument with a journalist, …
Read More »Cliffy B: Sony forced Microsoft’s hand, not the internet whining
Outspoken games dev Cliff Bleszinski has said that Sony, not the angry internet, was the driving force behind Microsoft’s spectacular U-turn last night. Sony forced Microsoft’s hand, not the internet whining,” he wrote on Twitter. At the end of the day many hardcore dislike what was attempted. You can’t do …
Read More »Cliff Bleszinski defends Xbox One DRM, reckons Sony will do the same
Former Epic dev and the self-professed Tony Stark of video games” Cliff Bleszinski has argued the case for Xbox One DRM. His fundamental argument is that the current triple-A model is broken. Haha Mattrick ‘if you’re offline get a 360 fuckers’ amazing,” he said on Twitter, referencing Don Mattrick’s controversial …
Read More »Cliffy B: "It’s bullshit that EA has ‘scumbag’ memes and that Good Guy Valve can Do No Wrong"
Former Epic developer Cliff Blezsinski has called for a halt to the endless stream of vitriol aimed at the free to play market. Instead of spending so much time shouting loudly at the internet, he argues, all gamers need to do is vote with their wallets. All publishers are businesses …
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