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08.09.12
From the Ashes of Big Huge Games Comes Epic Games Impossible Studios

Epic Games has officially opened Impossible Studios, a company comprised of highly skilled, senior-level game development talent that formerly worked at Curt Schilling’s Big Huge Games. Based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, Impossible is the latest addition to Epic’s network, which includes corporate headquarters in Cary, North Carolina; ChAIR Entertainment in Salt Lake City, Utah; People Can Fly in Warsaw, Poland; Epic Games Korea in Seoul, Korea; and Epic Games Japan in Yokohama, Japan. Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski talks about Epic's newest game, Gears of War Judgment, in the exclusive video interview below.

07.17.12
Comic-Con 2012: Cliff Bleszinski Talks Gears of War Judgment Prequel

SAN DIEGO – Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski was at Comic-Con 2012 to promote the Gears of War prequel. Before the rise of the Lambent, the sinking of Jacinto or the detonation of the Lightmass bomb, there was Emergence Day – when the Locust horde burst from the ground and set Sera on a path toward near annihilation. Gears of War: Judgment brings players back to the terrifying aftermath of E-Day, before the events of the Gears trilogy. Cliffy B talks about the new game, which launches March 19, 2013 exclusively on Xbox 360, in the exclusive video interview below.

04.18.12
Commando Kiwi Wins Epic Games Make Something Unreal Contest at Gadget Show Live

Commando Kiwi, developer of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain: Lost Chapters, emerged victorious in the Make Something Unreal Live video game development competition at Gadget Show Live. Four teams presented their new Apple iOS games based on individual books in the Fighting Fantasy series to the franchise’s esteemed creators, Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone OBE, and the duo determined that Commando Kiwi’s fresh twist on the third-person adventure genre makes the best use of the property and exhibits the most outstanding commercial potential. Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski discusses the winner in the video below.

03.29.12
Cliff Bleszinski and Peter Molyneux to Judge Next Make Something Unreal Game Entries

Epic Games and Train2Game have assembled a lineup of video game luminaries to participate in Make Something Unreal Live, the groundbreaking game development competition coming to the Gadget Show Live on April 10-15, 2012 at the NEC in Birmingham, UK. One of the judges is Cliff Bleszinski, design director at Epic Games, who can be seen below in an exclusive video interview from GDC 2012.

03.09.12
GDC 2012: Epic Games Cliff Bleszinski Talks Infinty Blade: Dungeons

SAN FRANCISCO – During the Game Developers Conference (GDC 2012), Epic Games took a trip next door to take the stage at Apple’s media event to showcase its new Infinity Blade: Dungeons game. The new adventure set in the award-winning Infinity Blade universe is coming to the new iPad and other iOS devices later this year. Cliff Bleszinski, design director of Epic Games, talks about the new game and looks back at 20 years of Epic Games in this exclusive video interview.

12.10.11
Spike VGAs 2011: First Look at Epic Games' New Franchise FORTnITE

Toward the end of the SpikeTV "Video Game Awards" live broadcast, Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski debuted the first teaser trailer for FORTnITE. The new multiplayer action game from the Gears of War 3 developer introduces a stylized look and a blend of action, horror and strategy as players build up fortifications by day to protect themselves from the undead invasion at night. Check out the video below from the "VGAs" to see what all the fuss is about.

09.21.11
Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski Talks Gears of War 3 Launch

Gears of War 3 hit store shelves with more than 20,000 retailers worldwide marking the occasion with midnight madness events. At the blockbuster game’s marquee launch event in New York City at the Best Buy Theater, well over a thousand rabid fans flocked to the launch party in iconic Times Square to be among the first to experience the year’s highest-rated Xbox 360 exclusive.

09.16.11
Gears of War 3 Invades 20,000 Retailers Worldwide with Midnight Launches

Microsoft is pulling out all of the stops for one of the big games of 2011. Gears of War 3 is getting 20,000 midnight launches across the country. Epic Games final chapter in the original trilogy hits stores at midnight on September 20.  The game is already the fastest pre-selling Xbox exclusive in history.  

07.23.11
Comic-Con 2011: Epic Games Unveils New Gears of War 3 Documentary

Epic Games used San Diego Comic-Con to unveil its latest making-of documentary for Gears of War 3. Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski and producer Rod Fergusson talked about the new game at both an official convention panel attended by thousands and a more intimate Nerd HQ "Conversations for a Cause" discussion off the convention floor. The new video can be seen below.

 

 

01.26.11
Big Games of 2011: Epic Games' Gears of War 3 Gets Mad Catz Accessories
One of the big games of 2011 is getting custom controllers from Mad Catz Interactive. Epic Games has extended its licensing agreement with the accessories company to include Gears of War 3. Under the terms of the agreement, Mad Catz has secured global rights to produce and market a range of officially branded specialty controllers, headphones and peripherals for Microsoft's Xbox 360. The products will launch this fall in tandem with the game’s release. Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski talks about the new game in this exclusive video interview.
10.01.10
Microsoft Delays Epic Games' Blockbuster Gears of War 3 to Fall 2011

Microsoft has pushed back the release of Epic Games' third installment of Gears of War until Fall 2011. The Xbpox 360 game was originally given an April 5 release date by Epic Games’ design director Cliff Bleszinski. This new launch date will give some breathing room between Epic’s other big shooter, Bulletstorm, which is currently still on track for a February 22, 2011 release from Electronic Arts for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Cliff Bleszinski talks about Gears of War 3 in this exclusive video interview.

07.31.10
Cliff Bleszinski Says Gears of War Movie Will Follow District 9 Model

Cliff Bleszinski was on hand at Comic Con 2010 to unleash the Beast mode of Gears of War 3 at Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Showcase Reception at the Hard Rock Hotel. He talks about the new game, as well as the upcoming New Line Pictures Gears of War movie, in this exclusive interview.

05.13.10
Big Games of 2011: Inside the Bulletstorm

SAN FRANCISCO -- One of the big games of 2011 has been revealed to the gaming press at an event in San Francisco. The game studios behind ultra-violent, Mature-rated shooters Painkiller (People Can Fly) and Gears or War and Unreal Tournament 3 (Epic Games) have collaborated on Bulletstorm, an over-the-top “symphony of blood” that actually encourages gamers to torture enemies before putting them out of their misery.

04.12.10
Big Games of 2011: First Details on Epic Games' Bulletstorm

Epic Games-owned People Can Fly and Electronic Arts offered the first details on the first new IP from the Gears of War creators and Painkiller developer. Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski will formally announce Bulletstorm tonight on “Late Night,” although the game is also on the cover of Game Informer magazine. Bleszinski will also talk about Gears of War 3 with Jimmy Fallon. Set to release in 2011, Bulletstorm brings new furor to first-person shooter action with its signature ‘kill with skill’ gameplay, which is packed with blockbuster moments.

03.13.10
Big Games of 2010: God of War 3 Takes Center Stage at GDC 2010

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sony has huge plans for God of War 3, including a major marketing blitzkrieg that is on-going with Slurpees at 7-11, television commercials and spinoffs like comic books and novels. There’s even a Hollywood movie in development at Sony Pictures. Sony used GDC 2010 to celebrate the March 16th launch of God of War 3 early by featuring the game at its large booth on the show floor, having playable versions at its PlayStation Blog Lounge at the W Hotel, and throwing a God of War 3 party.