"I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager, and outside of my sabbatical last year, I have been going non-stop. I literally grew up in this business, as Mike likes to say. And now that I’m grown up, it’s time for a much needed break."-Cliff Bleszinski
For all that he has done for us, beloved gaming icon and celebrated game developer Cliff Bleszinski is finally taking a much deserved break. He started in the industry at the age of 17 and exploded right out of the gate with innovation after innovation. He is partially responsible for unreal engine 3 which powers a large percentage of games that are released today. Cliff will be sorely missed. His mark on gaming is something that can never be forgotten from the outstanding graphics brought forth from the unreal engine to the fast paced mayhem that was unreal tournament and of course no one can forget the phenomenon that is Gears of War. You would be hard pressed to find so much talent and such amazing presence anywhere else in the industry today. Not only did Cliff make great games, he was often the poster boy for them. When Gears of War 2 was announced at E3 Cliff walked out with a Lancer replica, revved the chainsaw, and screamed as though he were a cog taking down one of the vile locusts.
We can only hope that this time off allows Cliff to relax and gear himself back up so he can once again grace us this his incredible talent and enthralling ideas.
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