“Today we are saying farewell with warm regards to Cliff Bleszinski, who is departing as Epic’s design director to chart the next stage of his career. During the past two decades, Cliff has helped shape many successful games that have captured the imaginations of millions of players around the world. We are grateful for his influence on Epic’s legacy, from the wild adventures “Jazz Jackrabbit” to the visceral combat of “Gears of War.” Said Tim Sweeney, Epic’s founder, [...]
Gamestop recently had an extensive interview with Cliff Bleszinski, design director from Epic Games. This interview covers subjects such as establishing a profile in the games industry, and what’s going on with the Gears of War movie and about building personal game experiences. GameSpot: Tell us a bit more about the Gears of War 3 season pass, how it will work, and whether you were surprised by the fan response after its announcement. Cliff Bleszinski: The first problem is we exist in a world in which [...]
Microsoft Games Studios & Epic Games, Inc have just released the latest Trailer from the Gears of War series titled “Dust To Dust”. The video features a selection of short scenes from Gears of War 1 up to the next release Gears of War 3. The trailer closes with Delta Squad making their “last stand” against the Lambent. Let us know what you thought of the video? We quite enjoy the RAAM pointing moment. It began with “Ashes to Ashes”, [...]
On the August 19th at Epic Games, Executive Producer Rod Fergusson announced to the world Gears of War 3 has gone gold. Rod made the announcement to a room filled of excited Epic Games staff, shortly after that, Dana Cowley brought out a cake which was a gift from Microsoft. “Gold” is an expression that is used in the gaming industry regularly to express that the game is finished and is ready to be shipped. Rod Fergusson alongside with the Design Director Cliff [...]
Today was the start of the E3 Expo, of course Cliff Bleszinski made an appearance to show off the brand new Gears 3 campaign footage. CliffyB Invited rapper and voice actor of “Griffin” in the game to join him to battle a huge lambent Leviathan. Update 25/06/11: CLiff Blezinski has announced that the new Gears of War 3 Campaign is to be 10 hours long, making it their biggest campaign mode to date, as both Gears 1 & Gears 2 [...]
Design Director at Epic Games – Cliff Bleszinski, has announced that there will be new Gears of War 3 footage, shown on the 11th December at the VGA(Video Game Awards). Hints such as “It’s not what you’re expecting.” and “We’re showing off some new Gears of War 3 gameplay. It’s gonna be awesome, you’re gonna love it.” Check back soon and we’ll keep you posted. Sources: http://www.videogamer.com/news/cliffy_b_promises_new_gears_of_war_3_footage.html http://www.spike.com/video/vga-2010-gears-of/3501416
In July it was announced that the Gears of War Community would decide the fate of Clayton Carmine, since then the people have been buying avatar items (which count as votes) for “Save Carmine” or “Carmine Must Die”. These results are in and have been counted and verified by Epic Games. However they are remaining tight lipped how the votes went as we will find out on April 8 2011. The only thing they did reveal was they are “heads [...]
