Cliff Bleszinski has been keeping busy on the talk circuit, having done panels and keynotes at SXSW 2013, PAX East and the East Coast Games Conference. The currently retired former game design director of Epic Games will eventually step back into the development game with a new project, but for now he’s enjoying life.
The creator of Jazz Jackrabbit was an instrumental creative cog in the Gears of War franchise that has earned publisher Microsoft over $1 billion in sales before the recent launch of Gears of War Judgment. As a “free agent,” he can work with any of the big game publishers on his next project, including Microsoft.
Bleszinski, who is still known by fans as “Cliffy B,” has been a fan of eSports, attending Major League Gaming (MLG) events in Raleigh. He talks about competitive gaming and the challenges of keeping franchises fresh in this exclusive interview.
Microsoft has announced the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox will be discontinued in April and has confirmed that weekly streaks will also be coming to an end.
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During a recent Game Rant interview, Gears of War creator CliffyB comments on Xbox-exclusive games possibly adopting multiplatform models.
Sometimes I don't get what he says half the times. He could of put gears on the playstation from the start but he's fanboyness for xbox got in the way
Well when you look at the sales perspective of ps5. It has a big audience selling over a 2 to 1 ratio. It makes money sense.
Fanboy era was at its prime during the ps3-360 generation. It’s not as toxic as it once was, thankfully. People grow out of it eventually. I have my preference just as the next person. That being said it’s coming to be more about expanding availability instead of standing behind a brand. Much more Microsoft than Sony. But Sony will probably move up its time of PC release for increase revenue.
We will see, it’s just speculation.
CliffyB is like David Jaffe at this point, always quick with the opinions but haven’t made a successful game in over a decade at this point. Do any of us really care what they think about anything? I certainly don’t.
Could be interesting to see what Cliff does with eSports.
Clifford the big red dog should just write a book at this point.
"Sh*t i dont actually know crap about" by chainssawgun wielder Cliffy B.
"I watched those matches and I have no idea what’s going on because I haven’t played the game."
Ive never played a match of LoL and i know what its about and how it works, the terms they use, you pick up pretty fast especially in twitch chat. Still DOTA 2 is far superior and enjoyable to watch.
You heard the man!. It's Cliffy B. in the house yo!.
The list of people who need to shut up because they've been talking too much lately include...
Everyone at Crytek
Everyone at nVidia
Everyone at Kotaku
Pacther
and Cliffy B.
Why is it that this guy could have an opinion about the color and consistency of manure and it would be posted all over the internet? The guy is doing nothing but flapping his mouth these days and most of what he has to say is either flat out B.S. (microtransactions are good) or just plain boring. *sigh*
I love this guy :3 ♥