Cliff Bleszinski was the co-creator of one of the biggest franchises in the world – Gears of War – on the Xbox 360 and soon to be on the Xbox One. Cliffy ‘retired’ from Epic Games to move on to newer things as he often stated but he did find some time to speak out about the sale of his former baby to Microsoft where Black Tusk will develop new Gears games with Rod Fergusson at the helm.
Bleszinski says he is happy to see Ron return as it was happy that it is in Rod’s hands.
To be honest, I don’t think the franchise could be in better hands. Heck, Rod’s Twitter handle, to this day, is “Gears Viking.” Gears is just as much Rod’s baby as it was mine. He’ll take good care of her. (Rod, I owe you a girly drink at GDC.)
Cliff also noted that Phil Spencer gave him a call about it in true gentleman fashion.
Phil Spencer went out of his way to give me a phone call to inform me of the transaction last week. Phil, you didn’t have to do that, you’re a gentleman. I appreciate it; that goes a long way. 343 knocked it out of the park with Halo and I think Black Tusk will do a fantastic job with Gears.
Seems all is well in the Gears of War universe. Oh and before we forget, Bleszinski will not be moving to Black Tusk nor will he be consulting on the game.
