CliffyB thinks Microsoft would be "smart" to consult him on Gears of War, but also thinks it's time to move on

Cliff “CliffyB” Bleszinski, former lead designer of the Gears of War series, thinks Microsoft would be “smart” to have him consult on the series, even though he’s ready to move on.

It seems like it’s every other minute that CliffyB has something to say about some game series he’s worked on, and how they should be handled despite no longer being in the industry, with his last notable work being the failed attempt at capitalising on the quickly growing battle royale genre Radical Heights in 2018. Bleszinski recently spoke to ComicBook.com, where he expressed that he thinks Gears of War needs a God-of-War-like reboot, saying that “Phil Spencer has my number, I’m happy to consult.”

Following that, he then shared a statement on Twitter further explaining his comments, again saying that he’s happy to consult, while being slightly contradictory in that he also thinks it’s “time to move on.” The former game dev wrote in the statement, “we’ve been over this a million times re: Gears. I’m down to consult. Give my two cents. Crickets. I understand that Gears will always be an enormous part of my legacy. I appreciate and respect that. That said. Microsoft/ Coalition haven’t hit me up. OK. It is what it is.