Gears of War co-creator Cliff Bleszinski is assured Microsoft and developer The Coalition would profit from his concepts, saying they might carry him in to seek the advice of on the subsequent entry “in the event that they have been good”.
Bleszinski posted a press release on X/Twitter to recommend Microsoft is not serious about collaborating with him on extra Gears of War video games regardless of his assertion “it might be gold”.
“I am all the way down to seek the advice of, give my two cents. Crickets,” Bleszinski mentioned. “I perceive that Gears will at all times be an unlimited half of my legacy. I recognize and respect that. That mentioned, Microsoft or The Coalition have not hit me up. Okay. It’s what it’s.
“In the event that they have been good, they’d enlist me for my enter as a result of, simply from a PR standpoint alone it might be gold. However nothing. Ah properly. It’s what it’s. So be it. Previous few years I’ve moved on. Boss Key did not work out. Superb. S**t occurs.”
Boss Key Productions was the studio Bleszinski based after leaving Epic Video games (which owned Gears of War initially) in 2012. It solely lasted from 2014 to 2018, nevertheless, with neither of its video games capable of achieve a lot traction.
Commenting on the success of Palworld, generally dubbed Pokémon with weapons, Bleszinski additionally insisted he’d had an analogous concept years in the past. “Palworld’s success kinda validates my pitch that was turned down at Epic a few years in the past: medieval Pokémon with child dragons as a substitute,” he mentioned in one other post.
Gears of War’s newest mainline launch was 2019’s Gears 5, though turn-based ways spin-off Gears Techniques launched a 12 months later in 2020. Work on one other sport is sort of actually underway, although Microsoft is but to say something official.
Bleszinski mentioned in October 2023 he believes the franchise wants a God of War model reboot to make the subsequent entry extra interesting to avid gamers, and once more made clear he was blissful to seek the advice of on what that will be.
In our 9/10 evaluation of the final mainline sport, IGN mentioned: “Regardless of which mode you method it from, Gears 5 is an extremely enjoyable and polished sport.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.