Cliff Bleszinski Praises Gears of War 4's "Brilliant" Prologue and Fun Combat

Even though he helped pattern games like Unreal and Unreal Tournament (equally well every bit Jazz Jackrabbit), Cliff Bleszinski became known to the big public for his work as Lead Designer on the Gears of War trilogy.

Later on Gears of State of war 3, though, Bleszinski decided to exit the games industry altogether afterward xx years of working with Epic Games. Less than two years afterward, he came back by founding indie developer Dominate Key Productions based in Raleigh, North Carolina; the squad is now working on arena start person shooter LawBreakers, which we previewed at E3 2022.

Of course, as his almost popular creation the Gears of State of war series went on without him. Gears of War: Judgment was the last franchise entry developed by Ballsy Games, which and then decided to sell the IP to Microsoft on January 27th, 2022; no figure was always officially revealed, though industry analyst Michael Pachter surmised that Microsoft paid $100m or less for a franchise that had already grossed over $1B at the time.

Microsoft then assembled a team in Vancouver, BC to work specifically on the Gears of War series. First named Blackness Tusk Studios and then renamed The Coalition, they've been working on Gears of War four, which is ready 20-five years after the events of the previous game and focuses on JD Fenix, the son of onetime protagonist Marcus Fenix (who is always in the game, anyhow).

Every bit you all know by now, the game will be out on October 11th for Windows PC and Xbox Ane though the Ultimate Edition allows early on access starting from October 7th. Of grade, Cliff Bleszinski got his easily on information technology already and he started giving some impressions via Twitter: he praised the game'due south "brilliant" prologue likewise equally highlighting particle furnishings, the double shotgun weapon and the new DeeBees enemies.

Enjoying #GearsofWar4 so far! That double shotgun is fun AF. Deebies surprisingly fun to fight and practiced combat bowls. Great particle FX too.

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) October 4, 2022