CliffyB Eager to Move on From Gears of War

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CliffyB Eager to Move on From Gears of War

The Gears of War games create a "vortex" that pulls people in, says Epic's design director.

Epic's Cliff Bleszinski says that he is "itching" to start work on something new He's not exactly sure when he's going to get that chance, however, as he says that right now, Epic's North Carolina HQ is firmly focused on the Gears of War franchise.

"When we finished Unreal Tournament I wanted to do another game. It's just a matter of opportunity and figuring things out." Bleszinski said that studios like Chair and People May Fly, which are both Epic subsidiaries, could work on other projects because they were isolated from the "Gears Vortex." He hoped to find a way to separate the Gears of War team out a little in the future, leaving some people free to work on other projects.

Bleszinski also said that Epic had a few new ideas "incubating," although he obviously wasn't going to go into specifics, and hoped that the future of gaming would be more interconnected. "What I would like to see moving forward is if we were to make a new IP or a new Gears game, I would like to figure out a way to get some sort of ancillary thing that ties in with mobile that ties in with the game directly," he said.

"The future of the game is always with you. And those who are the platform holders, such as Sony and Microsoft and Nintendo, hopefully will understand that ... to open their mind and have an iPad app that talks to Xbox, that talks to the PlayStation. So then maybe there's a mini-game that I can do when I'm in the pub... things like that that contribute to the greater good. That's where things need to go," he continued.

It's not all that surprising that Bleszinski is ready to make something new: after living and breathing Gears of War for over five years, a fresh idea must be incredibly appealing. It will be interesting to see what Bleszinksi - who, for many, is practically synonymous with Gears of War - comes up with in the future.

Source: Industry Gamers [http://www.industrygamers.com/news/gears-designer-itching-to-create-new-ip/]



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Uhhh... I wonder what their next move would be... More Unreal or a Gears spin-off... Or mayhaps something entirely new?.. Nah...
 

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DazBurger said:
Uhhh... I wonder what their next move would be... More Unreal or a Gears spin-off... Or mayhaps something entirely new?.. Nah...
Bulletstorm 2 of course


Should go on and help People Can Fly do an HD to Painkiller
 

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He doesn't seem to be too detacthed from GoW at the moment, but wanting to try something new is a good ambition. Though I'm not quite sure if he means to say something independently new or another GoW/UT thing.

I hope it's the latter. I loved GoW 2, but I want it to end at some stage. Branching off too much from a trilogy killed a lot of good franchises.
 

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Logan Westbrook said:
Epic's Cliff Bleszinski says that he is "itching" to start work on something new He's not exactly sure when he's going to get that chance, however, as he says that right now, Epic's North Carolina HQ is firmly focused on the Gears of War franchise.
I think he's sick and tired of Gears promoting on twitter. I think he wants to get people excited about something else now.
 

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As Gears has some very nice aesthetics I am curious to see what he comes up with next. Also the idea of a intergrated system is always good, sort of like how the other Pokemon games can unlock rare monz for your mainz.
 

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something that will also come to the PC?
i would love to see him come crawling only get curbstomped.

also, i want UT
 

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Lt. Vinciti said:
DazBurger said:
Uhhh... I wonder what their next move would be... More Unreal or a Gears spin-off... Or mayhaps something entirely new?.. Nah...
Bulletstorm 2 of course


Should go on and help People Can Fly do an HD to Painkiller
Or at least make Bulletstorm 2 more like Painkiller than Gears of War. Keep all the guns at once, no regenerating health, no cover... how the old games used to be, back when they were fun...
 

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Assassin Xaero said:
Lt. Vinciti said:
DazBurger said:
Uhhh... I wonder what their next move would be... More Unreal or a Gears spin-off... Or mayhaps something entirely new?.. Nah...
Bulletstorm 2 of course


Should go on and help People Can Fly do an HD to Painkiller
Or at least make Bulletstorm 2 more like Painkiller than Gears of War. Keep all the guns at once, no regenerating health, no cover... how the old games used to be, back when they were fun...
Tell me Sir...

How does it feel....to dream?

As seen with DNF you can no longer carry >2 weapons

CUZ HALO MAD TEH RUEL AND WE ALL FOLLOW THE RUEL!

I have to agree tho....I would love to see another game that allows me to play Mobile Armory that isnt Fallout/Oblivion-esque
 

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Assuming GoW3 does a good job at concluding the trilogy, I'm happy to see them move on and try something new. I'd rather they have a few good GoW's than a lot of shitty ones and I'd like to see what else EPIC has to offer.
 

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SteelStallion said:
Although personally, I'd rather have non-regenerating health.
I think the greater tradgedy was that its permanent part fps multiplayer now. Having the difficulty options for regenerating and non-regenerating in single-player would have been fine. But forcing regen in multiplayer REALLY changed the way those games were played, and not in a positive way in my opinion...

SteelStallion said:
It's just a current gaming trend that's going to pass. Soon we'll see the rise of the RPG or something, which would be great. Hasn't been that "time" since the 90s.
I predict the rise of the "story-driven"...games like the first Mass Effect did really well despite having flaws and needing polish. With every publisher wanting to start a new ip only if it leads to at least a trilogy, this seems like the sensible route.*


*Sense and the video game industry are not always in the same boat, so perhaps I'm wrong...
 

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In Game Informer a while back, Epic displayed a sick video called "The Samaritan" to show off their new engine. Hopefully, that can become a game.
 

Alon Shechter

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Good man.
the Gears series is not getting old, and it should stay that way, with GeoW 3 being a good conclusion and leaving us with enough but not too much.
I just hope it'll truly be that way.