Gisteren werd bekend dat Microsoft de rechten voor de Gears of War franchise hebben terug gekocht en dat Rod Fergusson terugkeert om te zorgen dat we weer een hele vette Gears game krijgen. Nu zou je denken waar is Clifford 'sms ego aan naar 6464' Bleszinski ook terug keert om het epic gevoel terug te brengen, maar helaas. Waarom niet?? dat kan je hier onder lezen.

Friends,

Waking up today I was drowning in a deluge of emails, tweets, direct messages and smoke signals.

My former employer has sold the Gears of War IP/franchise to Microsoft and my friend Rod Fergusson is going to be working on it.

To be honest, I don't think the franchise could be in better hands. Heck, Rod's Twitter handle, to this day, is "Gears Viking." Gears is just as much Rod's baby as it was mine. He'll take good care of her. (Rod, I owe you a girly drink at GDC.)

Phil Spencer went out of his way to give me a phone call to inform me of the transaction last week. Phil, you didn't have to do that, you're a gentleman. I appreciate it; that goes a long way. 343 knocked it out of the park with Halo and I think Black Tusk will do a fantastic job with Gears.

I suppose this puts the nail in the coffin of the question "Will Gears ever come to Playstation?"

Safe to say that's not likely to happen. (Besides, it gives me something to look forward to on Xbox One besides Titanfall and Project Spark...oh and more Halo, of course.)

Now that that's out of the way...

I'm not going to move to Vancouver and work on it.

I'm not going to consult on it.

My headspace is in the future now, not the past. I have come to realize that until you give people something new to focus on they will obsess about the past. (good problem to have!)

To those of you who love Gears, I love you as well, and I appreciate your support through the years. The fandom, the cosplay, the tattoos, it all means more than any amount of money could ever mean.

These recent events have steeled my resolve to make something entirely new.

Time for new cosplay, new tattoos, new fandom.

Fingers crossed there will be news soon.

Stay tuned.

Love,

Clifford