Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has previously mentioned how he wouldn't mind returning to the video game industry. At the start of the year, he even offered to help Microsoft out with the sixth Gears game - explaining how he had some unfinished business.
Now, in a recent Facebook post regarding the memoir about his gaming career, he's revealed how he has come up with some ideas for "little" games. He goes onto state how "not everything" needs to be top quality on a huge budget, while making reference to the recent success stories Fall Guys and Among Us.
"I am finding myself actually having a slight itch to scratch to maybe poke around and see about making a little game. I have some ideas kicking around, so we'll see. I've found myself madly in love with smaller games these days, and the success of Fall Guys and Among Us give me hope that not everything needs to be insane AAA that requires crazy crunch that ruins families and mental health on a 100m budget.
The other title I'm madly in love with is the Touryst on the Switch. So simple, yet deceptively tricky in parts, and just cute as heck with the art style. I'll never forget when Minecraft blew up when I was at Epic and we were all befuddled by its success because the graphics were so simple. Clearly that was an asset for that phenomenon!
Games like these give me hope that I may one day dip my toe back into the biz, ever so slowly and cautiously."
https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb/status/1303879545381150727
In a series of tweets in May, Cliff said "it was a mistake" releasing his Boss Studio title LawBreakers on PlayStation 4 rather than the Xbox - where his fanbase was. So if Cliff does decide to make a smaller game of sorts in the future, perhaps he'll release it on Microsoft's platforms instead.
Would you like to see this industry icon make a smaller game or even return to the Gears series one day? Maybe he could help out with that Marcus Fenix Collection if it manages to get off the ground. Share your own thoughts below.
[source facebook.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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Cliffy B created something original with Gears of War, and many third person shooters that released after it would attempt to implement the cover based mechanics of the game. Now all he does is follow trends and what's popular. He needs to make something original again, instead of attempting to capitalize on the popularity of another game.
I'm all ears for a crazy big-ass online Jazz Jackrabbit, Cliff.
I thought he retired...
@themightyant I think in entertainment industry overall people only retire until that one big/special project that brings them back. It is never permanent.
Cliffs B is a legend and one of the reasons the XBOX 360 was a success with Gears of War.
Microsoft initially wanted only 256Mb of RAM for the system, but Cliffy pushed hard to champion 512Mb and the rest is history.
Funnily enough I just finished gears ultimate edition this morning. Shame there was no ultimate edition of the 2nd as that is still my favourite
@Luigia No doubt he's was influential at that time, and before with Unreal, but all the early success went to his head. He also comes across as a bit of a pillock. The documentary that came with the steelbook of Gears of War was complete cringe as it largely featured a manchild CliffyB whining about his girlfriend and not so subtly gloating about his rock'n'roll dev lifestyle/sports car.
He also refuses to accept that the failure of his recent work could be anything to do with him or his choices and has to do with other factors like launching on PlayStation not Xbox "where his fanbase was" - grow up, grow a pair and take responsibility man!
Still wish him the best and hope the good times return.
Find somebody that chases you like Cliff chases trends.
This egomaniac douchebag needs to crawl back into the same hole he just crawled out of.
Wait...Cliffy B has fans?!
He still comes across as an extra from Jersey Shore.
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