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Epic Games makes macho games that feature manly men. Gears of War, for example. But they're also making Fortnite, a game their lead game designer, Cliff Bleszinski, tells G4 should help the studio's shed the developer's "dudebro" image just a bit. More »
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Fortnite, revealed last nite (rimshot) at the Spike Video Game Awards, is one of those games whose elements seem to be either derivative or easily recognizable, yet an easy description remains tip-of-the-tongue elusive. It's a got resource gathering, but it's not really Minecraft; cartoony characters, but you can't say it's Team Fortress; zombies and headshots, but it sure isn't Left 4 Dead; and a post-apocalyptic setting, but it's definitely not Brink, Rage or Borderlands. More »
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The next Xbox hasn't been announced. There have been hints and rumors, but nothing official. Regardless, it is coming, and game designers, like the rest of us, have a laundry list of things they want. Gears of War Cliff Bleszinski is no different. More »
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Now that Gears of War 3 is out and reviewed, it's time to talk about future Gears games. Because, why not? Those games make cashola! And Gears designer Cliff Bleszinski isn't sick of them. Yet. More »
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Gaming's reached a turning point. Western games have more realistic graphics and physics than Japanese games. This isn't good or bad. It's true. More »
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An Earthquake hit Virginia today, and we felt tremors all up and down the east coast. Instead of seeking shelter or whatever you do when an earthquake hits, the games industry took to twitter to make jokes. Seems reasonable to us. More »
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The talent behind Gears of War 3 is talking about the forthcoming game during the game's annual presence at San Diego Comic-Con. Design director Cliff Bleszinski and executive producer Rod Fergusson will be fielding questions from fans. What will they say? More »
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"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. More »
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Cliff Bleszinski designs Gears of War. The games sell millions. Before Bleszinski made Gears games, he worked on Unreal Tournament games and Jazz Jackrabbit, but it's Gears of War that he's known for. More »
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So many games this year are on boats, Gears of War 3 included. But the game isn't only on a boat, it's also on talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. More »
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Gears of War's developers certainly didn't invent "Horde Mode." But Epic Games, creator of Gears, is lucky in that every other game developer who copies their popular multiplayer mode gives the studio credit for it when showing off their own take on Horde. More »
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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. [via Twitter] More »
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If you watched Microsoft's E3 2011 press briefing for its Gears of War 3 demo—played by Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski and Ice T—you only saw half the story. At an E3 demo, we saw the other half of that Tarantino-inspired battle. More »
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It all started with a middle finger. It was directed firmly at England, and for the next 200-plus years, America's desire to do things its own way hasn't changed. The country's pride hasn't either. More »
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You can win a match in the Gears of War 3 beta without firing a shot. It's impressive, if not the most exciting thing to watch. Good work, folks (the featured players here are from the pro gaming team Amazyn, we think), and hat tip to Gears czar Cliff Bleszinski for Tweeting it to our attention. More »
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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. More »
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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. More »
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Gears of War design director Cliff Bleszinski wants you to play his game's upcoming beta, not only to extract a "metric fuckton of data" from your playing time, but for you to upload whatever bugs you see to YouTube. More »
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As an irreverent, dick-joking romp filled with guns and bloodshed, Bulletstorm would seem to be a natural for cooperative play in the game's main campaign. It actually was much less than a perfect fit, said Epic Games' design boss. More »
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Bulletstorm got a pre-release demo on the Xbox 360 and PS3. "In other news, PC gamers are grumpy about this," Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski tweeted last month. Well, Bulletstorm will get a PC demo, but after its release. In other news, PC gamers are probably grumpy about this. More »
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In the latest episode of Bulletstorm's Bulletpoints, Epic's Cliff Bleszinski explores a more humane, environmentally friendly way to kill your opponents. More »
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Cliff Bleszinski, the designer behind Gears of War, is a nice enough guy. Polite, well-mannered, intelligent, all that jazz. But his video games, with their chainsaw guns and curb-stomps, might raise some eyebrows. Not mine, but other people's. More »
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With the annual Game Developers Conference set to kick off next month, we're starting to learn much more about the talks, including one that promises to walk us through the creation of the Nintendo 3DS. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5736592&view=rss&microfeed=true Hear Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski utter the words that could one day appear on his tombstone in the latest installment of Bulletstorm's Bulletpoints video series. Not safe for work, unless you work at a proctologist office. More »
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Christmas. It's not only a holiday, but a mood, a memory. Movies ranging from It's A Wonderful Life to Home Alone capture that festive feeling. Video games, do not. More »
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Next year's Gears of War 3 will (somehow) reward players of Shadow Complex, Unreal Tournament 3 and other already released games from the folks at Epic Games, according to the Xbox 360 game's designer. More »
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Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski once made video games about green rabbits fighting turtles, a series known as Jazz Jackrabbit. Epic Games' former mascot returns after a long hiatus, only this time as a proof-of-concept twin-stick shooter. More »
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Epic Games' beefed up Xbox 360 shooter series may be adding a little motion control to its Locust-chainsawing action, according to one report that says Gears of War is getting Kinect enabled. More »
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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. More »
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In July 1937, author F. Scott Fitzgerald arrived in Hollywood, California. Fitzgerald was at the tail-end of his writing career and hoped to pick up some extra scratch penning screenplays. More »
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You can count on Gears of War fans when it comes to buying virtual goods in the name of doing good. Want proof? Epic Games' charity campaign tied to Gears of War 3 just raised over $150,000 for charity. More »
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In game after game, there they are: guns. Weapons are a common trope. They are a catalyst for action and an instrument for destruction. In-game guns and, well, guns are different. What do game developers know about the real deal? More »
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A new video game show and online magazine announced today offers a look into the minds of the video game industry. More »
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That's right, the Gears of War movie is going back to the drawing board. The game's designer, Cliff Bleszinski, said the aim was to have the feature film version "more like District 9". More »
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Third-person shooter Gears of War looked set to get the Hollywood treatment until the movie's director Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) decided to focus his attention on another motion picture. More »
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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 deodorized one responds, praising shirtless Locust chainsawing. More »
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Confused by the over-the-top combat of frantic gameplay of Bulletstorm? Let the dulcet tones of Epic Games' design director Cliff Bleszinski guide you through the game in terms you can understand, like "radial blur" and "gang bang." More »
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Maybe you know someone who's just a little too cray-cray for Gears of War. If not, now you do. Meet iSekC, who's cuckoo for Cole Train and was knighted by Cliff Bleszinski himself as the game's No. 1 fan. More »
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Gotta give the Gears of War series credit. We're three games in, and designer Cliff Bleszinski still believes in keeping things fresh. More »
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You may recall last April, Ice-T and Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski discussed casting opportunities for Gears of War 3, before that game was even announced. Last night, Ice let slip that he has a speaking part, but quickly retracted it. More »
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