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In Real Life

Can You Name The Video Game Rabbit Hero Forever Etched On My Forearm?

Long before Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski made a name for himself with Unreal and Gears of War, he already made a name for himself in the heart of at least one young(er) gamer with the PC’s answer to the platforming mascot character.

August 16, 2011
Xbox

Brown Badasses Are Back: Gears Of War 3 Campaign Screens

I recently got myself in a bit of hot water by mentioning I wasn’t all that excited for Gears of War 3. I didn’t mean it as an insult. It’s just that there are a million interesting new games coming out this year that hold the promise of new experiences, while Gears is going to be more, well, Gears.

July 16, 2011
In Real Life

Cliffy B’s First Game Was A Sequel

“Just stumbled upon my first real game I made…on disk,” writes Epic Games’ design director and the creator of the Gears of War series. Weighing in at a whopping 1.44 megabytes is The Palace of Deceit II: The Dragon’s Plight. We’re awaiting a gameplay trailer, Cliff.

June 12, 2011
News

Notch Will Get That For You, Cliffy B

Epic Games and Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski have made a ton of money. Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson carries around a little bit of scratch himself. We’re pretty sure both had no trouble making their escapes from Los Angeles after E3.

April 30, 2011
Xbox

Cliffy B Implies No Master Chief/Gears Crossover Because Microsoft Is ‘Kind Of Squeamish’

Epic Games characters have appeared into other games before – Lost Planet 2, for example. The studio’s willing to consider any reasonable tie-in with its own games, too, so you’re not the first to wonder how awesome it’d be to have a Master Chief skin in Gears of War.

March 5, 2011
In Real Life

The Real Cliffy B Meets The Real Fake Cliffy B

At left is the bona fide Cliff Bleszinski, design director for Epic Games. At right is Twitter’s Fakecliffy_b – the spoof account run by Matthew Rex Downham, himself a designer of iOS applications and games. Real Cliffy B and Fakecliffy_b met, at last, at GDC 2011.

January 8, 2011
In Real Life

‘I Made A Video Game Where You Can Blow Out A Man’s Asshole’

Hear Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski utter the words that could one day appear on his tombstone in the latest instalment of Bulletstorm’s Bulletpoints video series. Not safe for work, unless you work at a proctologist office.

November 5, 2010
News

Cliffy B: Heavy Rain Missed Its Chance With The Ladies

Joking that women “love two things in life, queso dip and true crime”, Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski told a podcast that he felt Heavy Rain missed out on bigger sales by not marketing itself more to the fairer sex.

July 14, 2010
In Real Life

Shirtless Old Spice Man Explains Joys Of Shirtless Gears Of War Play

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What questions burn within the big brain of Gears of War designer Cliff “Clifford” Bleszinski? “Does the huge dude in those Old Spice commercials do everything with his shirt off?” is one. The deodorised one responds, praising shirtless Locust chainsawing.

April 14, 2010
News

Gears 3 Doubles Up On Co-Op Campaign Mode Multiplayer

Two-player campaign mode co-op? Please, that’s so Gears 2. According to an update from designer Cliff Bleszinski, the recently revealed Gears of War 3 will feature twice the multiplayer co-op campaign mode of its predecessors.

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