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Bleszinski: Borderlands Is Diablo For A New Generation

11:00AM Owen Good | Continuing today’s theme of “Devs Commenting on Other Devs,” here, for a change, is Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski weighing in with something polite about Borderlands. More »

‘Cliffy_B’ Gets Silenced By Twitter

7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Rest in peace, twitter.com/cliffy_b. We’re going to miss you, now that the No Funsters at Twitter and Epic Games have shut you down, killing off the delightful parody of the Gears of War designer. More »

How to Take Down Soulja Boy

4:00AM Owen Good | Yeah, we’ve really shown the Totilo love round here, but he accepted Soulja Boy’s month-old call-out to face him online, and the advice from Cliffy B and Bungie is too priceless not to share. More »

‘CliffyB’ on How to Save Game Journalism

2:30AM Maggie Greene | The blog Hardcasual is back with a bang after a lengthy hiatus, channeling the voice of Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games (which, if you can’t parse that statement, means Bleszinski didn’t actually write this) to discuss some of the current problem with game journalism and reviews. More »

Mirror’s Edge: Dude Huge Approved!

2:00AM AJ Glasser | After a long day of covering Nintendo Media Summit, an evening of cocktails and Mirror’s Edge Time Trial was just what the doctor ordered. Held at a swanky lounge high above the San Francisco skyline and with the Mirror’s Edge Euro-dance soundtrack blasting the background, gamers unwound and helped themselves to PS3 and 360 versions of Mirror’s Edge. More »

Dude Huge Weighs In On The PS3

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | There are things Dude Huge likes and things Dude Huge hates. Plastic guns for example, Dude Huge loves plastic guns. Just look at DH’s face. Things he hates? I hate the fucking controller. I’m sorry, I can’t stand the PS3 controller. I love the Blu-ray player… I think there are some great games for PS3. I think Metal Gear’s great. Heavenly Sword was great. But at the same time, right now, I’m always working on Xbox with Gears… I’m pretty comfortable with 360. I like its controller. And it likes you too, Dude Huge. Bleszinski on PS3 [VG247] More »

Gears Isn’t A Game. It’s A Platform. OK?

3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Know this, humans, Gears of War 2 won’t be a short game. It’ll be a long game. One you play for “months, if not years to come”. So says Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski, at any rate, who also says that because of the amount of time you’ll spend with it – thanks to the longer campaign and multitude of multiplayer modes – it’s no longer a “game”. “It’s no longer a game: it’s a platform. Each mode is huge”, he told VG247. And he should know! Dude Huge knows huge when he sees it. Bleszinski: Gears of War “is no longer a game: it’s a platform” [VG247] More »

Gears Of War 2 In November

4:05AM Mike Fahey | Yet another release date dropped during Microsoft’s E3 2008 press conference as Cliff “Dude Huge” Bleszinski took the stage to show off the next chapter in the Gears of War story. After extensively showing off the game in action, Dude Huge took the stage to announce the release date for the title…Gears of War 2, launching worldwide November 7th. So we have Fable II in October, Gears 2 in November, and the Resident Evil 5 in March. It’s release date-o-rama! More »

Everything* You Always Wanted To Know About Gears of War 2 Multiplayer

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Gears of War 2 designer and, apparently, part-time aviator Clifford Michael Bleszinski dishes loads of details to 1UP on the multiplayer portions of Epic’s next Xbox 360 game. It’s full of satisfaction, from info on Gears 2’s new maps to new gameplay types like Guardian and Meat Flag. Mr. Bleszinski spends ample time discussing the various ways one can now disfigure and deform one’s foes. Fans and nitpickers of the original Gears of War multiplayer modes will definitely want to check out Dan Hsu’s interview with the faux-hawked one. * May not actually cover everything. More »