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Written by Neil Soutter on 18 February 2014 at 11:30
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Unreal Tournament and Gears of War creator Cliff ‘CliffyB’ Bleszinski has vowed to never again make a disc-based game, saying that traditional game reveals and even global gaming event E3 are dead in the water.
Speaking in an interview, CliffyB revealed that he thinks the old gaming market is over and that the PC is where the future of the gaming market is going to end up…
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"The whole 'old guard' where you get a Game Informer cover and an E3 reveal is dead,” said Bleszinski. "I'll never make another disc-based game for the rest of my career and [at E3] they're trying to woo buyers from Target and Walmart?"
"PC is where I'm going to wind up. That's where the community is. The trend will always be the core. If I start a studio, I want a community manager there day one. I want weekly video or podcasts; I want task lists available on the subreddit."
CliffyB left Epic Games after the release of Gears of War 3 in 2012, saying that it was time for a break from making games after ploughing through the trilogy of Gears of War games. Despite the Gears of War franchise going on to huge success and eventually being bought by Microsoft late last month, Bleszinski explained that he wanted to go on to achieve bigger and better things.
"At the end of the day, you're shooting fucking lizard-men in the fucking face with a fucking chainsaw gun," he said. "It didn't wind up what I'd hoped. I'd pitched it as 'Band of Brothers with monsters' – you know Band of Brothers is well-done and emotional, telling the story of the Greatest Generation and what they did in the war.”
Do you think the end of disc-based gaming is here?
Will this mean a change in how and what games are made?
Let us know your thoughts below!
Speaking in an interview, CliffyB revealed that he thinks the old gaming market is over and that the PC is where the future of the gaming market is going to end up…
Unreal Tournament - The Arena Shooter Fan's Dream Come True"PC is where I'm going to wind up. That's where the community is. The trend will always be the core. If I start a studio, I want a community manager there day one. I want weekly video or podcasts; I want task lists available on the subreddit."
CliffyB left Epic Games after the release of Gears of War 3 in 2012, saying that it was time for a break from making games after ploughing through the trilogy of Gears of War games. Despite the Gears of War franchise going on to huge success and eventually being bought by Microsoft late last month, Bleszinski explained that he wanted to go on to achieve bigger and better things.
"At the end of the day, you're shooting fucking lizard-men in the fucking face with a fucking chainsaw gun," he said. "It didn't wind up what I'd hoped. I'd pitched it as 'Band of Brothers with monsters' – you know Band of Brothers is well-done and emotional, telling the story of the Greatest Generation and what they did in the war.”
Do you think the end of disc-based gaming is here?
Will this mean a change in how and what games are made?
Let us know your thoughts below!
