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MYSTERIOUS: Cliff bleszinski - What They Never Told You

Cliff Bleszinski, the lead designer of Xbox 360's original Gears of War trilogy, wants to work full-time on video games again after an eight-year hiatus

In an interview with 80.LV, Cliff Bleszinski of Gears of War fame, provides insight into his journey of recovering from his health issues, reflects on the closure of his studio, Boss Key, and expresses a desire to work on video games after rediscovering his love for them.

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Cliff Bleszinski says ego played a role in LawBreakers' failure: 'People are loyal to the game, but they're not necessarily loyal to the person'

"I wanted it to be my show, and that was the first step of my ego creeping in right there."

PC Gamer

Gears of War's creator is considering returning to game development, but whatever he makes won't be PvP like his last efforts: 'Good luck to anyone in that space'

"Players just want to hop online with friends and shoot some stuff."

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Rather than rip and tear id Software apart, Xbox should have put the FPS pioneers on Gears of War

Xbox owns the most iconic shooter franchises in the world, which is why it needs a full-strength id Software now more than ever

GamesRadar

‘I felt like Orpheus’: how the designer of Gears of War bounced back from studio closure by producing Hadestown

After suffering the schadenfreude of gamers online, the Tony-winning Broadway musical offered redemption to Cliff Bleszinski

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Gears of War: E-Day gets the official Cliff Bleszinski seal of approval

He sounded doubtful at first, but once the E-Day Direct got rolling, the Gears of War creator changed his tune.

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Today I learned that Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski produced a Tony Award-winning musical

CliffyB contains multitudes.

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British MPs are comparing one another to Cliff Bleszinski's dead live-service FPS LawBreakers to score points as videogame debate comes to UK Parliament

Words hurt, you know.

PC Gamer

Unreal mastermind Cliff Bleszinski really likes this fan-made Redux remaster: 'Time for a new generation to learn that Unreal isn't just an engine'

It's a certified CliffyB thumbs-up.

PC Gamer

It may seem strange to some that Gears of War will be on PS5 this month, but the game's OG designer is "thrilled that more people are going to get to experience a big part of my legacy"

What's next? Uncharted on Xbox?

GamesRadar

7 years on, CliffyB is 'still bitter' about people gravedancing when his studio Boss Key failed: 'It was amazing at first and then, well, it broke me for a good long while'

The storied developer isn't eager to jump back into game development.

PC Gamer

11 years later, Gears of War mastermind Cliffy B is "still bitter about the internet finding it hilarious that my studio folded" and now "happy consulting" instead of returning to game dev

Boss Key Productions closed after the flop of LawBreakers and Radical Heights

GamesRadar

Gears of War creator admits he can't explain a key event within one of his games: "Sometimes ya just put stuff in a game you think is cool"

This will definitely go over well with diehard Gears of War fans

GamesRadar

Dave Bautista says he has been "badgering" Netflix to hurry up with its Gears of Wars movie: "Come on Netflix, get it together"

It looks like Dave Bautista is still keen to star

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Is Concord the biggest live service failure of all time? Here's how it stacks up next to other major flops

The live service graveyard got another headstone this week, and it's starting to feel awfully big.

PC Gamer

Gears of War is coming back with Marcus and Dom in an Emergence Day prequel: 'It’s going to feel like a new Gears game, because that’s what it is'

The boys are back.

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Fan project to revive LawBreakers gets Cliff Bleszinski's backing, as he eyes the prize of somehow getting Nexon interested: 'That's what I'm hoping for'

Don't call it a comeback. Mainly because you can't play it.

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Gears of War creator reacts to Palworld's success by revealing he pitched a "medieval Pokemon with baby dragons" game years ago

Cliff Bleszinski was apparently ahead of the curve

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Gears of War's Cliffy B gives up on returning to the series: "If they were smart, they'd enlist me"

"It's time to move on"

Windows Central

Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski talks original plans for the Gears movie, says executives wanted a PG-13 film

Cliff Bleszinski, former designer on the Gears of War games, appeared on the Xbox Expansion Pass podcast to talk about the original plans for the Gears movie and much more.

PC Gamer

Cliff Bleszinski recalls his '90s FPS beef with John Romero was so intense he wanted to 'take that guy down'

Bleszinski got candid about the go-go '90s in a recent interview with IGN.

Total Film

Gears of War's Cliffy B thinks Zack Snyder and Dave Bautista would be "perfect" for a movie adaptation

Bleszinski originally didn't want "a big wrestler" to play Marcus Fenix

PC Gamer

Fresh off a fantastic Quake 2 remaster, Nightdive would once again like Tim Sweeney to know it's ready and eager to do the same to Unreal

The studio has Cliff Bleszinski's backing, too.

PC Gamer

Before Unreal or Gears of War, a young Cliff Bleszinski made a shareware game called The Palace of Deceit

We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.

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Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski isn't bringing back LawBreakers after all, and he's 'kinda over the whole making games thing'

The game's original publisher Nexon still holds the rights after all.

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