Cliff Bleszinski's New Shooter Is Codenamed BlueStreak

I thought I must be on Kotaku, what is happening to Patrick, is he a malfunctioning Android?

he's dangerously close into falling into David Jaffe territory.

did they say anything of what engine they would be using?

Why do I need to be told who Cliff Bleszinski is in the article when his wiki page is linked in the first line? Among other things.

I was really excited until I heard they partnered with Nexon. They couldn't have chosen a worse company to do that with. I have zero faith that the game won't have its mechanics ripped from its heart as soon as the cash shop opens. Not to mention all of Nexon's bullshit "security guard" software that literally protects nothing.

Regarding the article format, seems like the camp is pretty split. I'm of the "didn't like it" persuasion -- faux-FAQs when it's obvious that that the "questions" all involved the author talking to themselves really grate on me, for some reason.

That said, the information in the article itself was interesting. Thanks, Patrick! :)

I really liked the format of this article. It was very informative in an easy to read/digest way. Plus I loved Jazz Jackrabbit.

I have nothing against Cliffy B, except that he keeps acting like Cliffy B instead of Cliff Bleszinski's. Boasting and stupid bravado was cute when he was 17, but adults who shamelessly self promote are tiresome.

Actions speak louder than words, so make it your mission this time to show, not tell what you are doing.

I like the faux Q&A style, the last answer actually cracked me up a little.

@corvak: I don't know about egotistical.. I think the guy realized some of the errors from his past and has been nothing but very straightforward and quite civil for the longest time. I actually really appreciate the transformation from bleached hair, cool dood Cliff, to the civilized human being he is today.

He also discusses a lot of cool industry topics from an insiders perspective - he's sort of doing articles that I wish Patrick was doing.

Cliffy is a bit too egotistical for me, and his presence doesn't make me think "good shooters".

Before his sabbatical, he would go off on scathing rants about how horrible PC gaming was despite learning his trade making PC games, and he got straight up angry at the fact that people didn't like the original Xbox One. He just strikes me as yet another arrogant rich guy.

Based on his opinions, we can count on their games including a lot of DRM.

I don't read any of your articles because I find them boring (I find most articles about anything boring) but I thought this was formulated in the right way for me at least. I like how you wrote it.

Ya know, if it turns out to be really bad, at least we can laugh at reviews calling it "BrownStreak".

Not a Moba thank you cliffy !

I agree.

@patrickklepek: I like it. I think the idea behind it is solid, but it could perhaps use work? Reading it is slightly jarring, but it's effective.

Also Cliff Bleszinski is a rude dude with a bit of an ego problem, but I still hope the game is good. It's not like he's a sole person working on it. Here's to hoping it works out for them. If they're willing to bring creativity to the industry, I'm all for it.

I am glad that hes back making games, but a multiplayer shooter is the least interesting thing he could of done. But then again if thats what he wants to make more power to him.

Well I really REALLY want SOMEONE to make a new arena shooter that is good, but Nexon and F2P immediately make me super apprehensive of this one.

@mattpannella: Frank Cifaldi has been putting the game industry on blast lately and I love it. Dude has a lot of perspective that I really hope other people can take the time to try and see things from.

Either way. This announcement from Cliff B sounds really "off" but I'll hold judgement until further news comes out I suppose. Only fair.

Cliff Bleszinski is back?!!!!!

Free you play you say, here is to me not caring.

Patrick, it might be the web designer in me thinking too much about web design, but I wonder if this format would work better with some tweaking to the CSS? Though obviously different up close, the headers and body text kinda run together at a glance, which causes those headers to slightly sneak up on you and break up the flow in a way you're not expecting if you're quickly running down an article. Vox's site makes a greater separation (both stylistically and spatially) between light body text and bold subheader text, which makes the format less jarring (and more pleasant) to process.

Something to think about and maybe pass along? I think there's a place for this kind of format -- maybe on topics more opaque than this (I keep hearing about this "DOTA?"), but it has merit.

Keep on experimenting, fellow Chicagoan. Someone needs to keep these coastal bastards on their toes.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. Gears of War wasn't anything particularly interesting in my opinion, though I understand it's influence on the third person shooter genre. I'm also not a fan of the F2P genre as more often than not it's done poorly and becomes pay to win. So, we'll see how this turns outs - but right now I'll proceed with caution.

I don't mean to be a dick, but I (as someone who grades scientific papers) think you went waaay overboard and it's unpleasant to the eyes. You capitalize every word in bolded subheaders (why?) and using a header for 2-3 lines of text is unnecessary (unless it's an Q&A transscript).

I could, yes, but I think it got my point across pretty well as is. This imaginary discussion he's having is ridiculous.

Surely you can come up with criticism more constructive than this.

@patrickklepek: I really liked the article format. It might not work for every story, but I think it did for this one.

I really dislike this style of writing on Vox, and I really dislike it here. The fake, pseudo-conversational format just comes across as stilted and awkward. The Vox format is what it is because it's aimed at people who only occasionally follow the news - an explainer on Hassan Rouhani or ISIS or what have you is needed for those people - but does it make sense to follow that style for the kind of person that reads Giant Bomb? I guess you'd know your demographic better than me, but I'm assuming the majority of people here know who Cliff is, what he;'s been doing etc.

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

Apropos of nothing: When I see giant blocks of text on a linked article, I often read the first two sentences and then click the back button

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

Yet if that same article has a bunch of subheads and is organized so I can skim quickly, get the gist, and start over, I usually read it all

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

So, either I'm dumb or, I suspect, that's probably true of a lot of other people too.

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

Not the best example but the only one I can recall doing, here's a news article with easily skimmable subheads: [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/173813/Newcomer_hopes_to_disrupt_the_console_market_with_an_open_Android_box.php[/url]

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

If I ever got into video game news again I think I'd probably do a whole lot of that. Factual news story = facts in list form.

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

I think the aim of a news article on the internet should be to beam facts into brains as instantly as possible, and that's one way to do it.

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

And it's a nice evolution of "reverse pyramid" style in newspapers, where readers opt in to read past the first couple paragraphs for detail

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

Anyway the point is I think I'm pretty smart.

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

.@RJTZ right. And note how GAF threads usually bold the important parts of the story for easy skimming. Same concept as lots of subheads.

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

I honestly think the world would be better informed if news sites admitted that readers skim now and take advantage instead of fighting it.

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

Otherwise those skim-readers' opinions are based just on reading a headline. Anyone who runs a site can tell you how common this is.

@frankcifaldi · Jun 25

Ever notice how Buzzfeed gets a lot of traffic? Maybe it's time to examine their layouts instead of assuming the world is stupid.

‏@frankcifaldi

Oh, right, I kind of forgot that Vox is doing exactly what I'm talking about. So uh, good job guys. [url]http://www.vox.com/2014/6/25/5841722/surprise-the-supreme-court-does-know-a-lot-about-mobile-phones

This is pretty weird format for a relatively uninteresting story. Not sure I'm a huge fan of it, since 90% of it is stuff I already know. I get that not everybody has this vast knowledge of super important stuff like I do but I hope Patrick improves on this a bit, cause this feels like the articel version of the Skyward Sword tutorial. I already know how to jump Nintendo!

so it'll be rated E for Everyone, then

Will this come out before Fortnite?

After this one I stopped reading the comments and went and pre-ordered the game. You just can't get any more right than that.

For some reason when I put Cliff Bleszinksi and Free 2 Play in my head the only thing that comes out is Huxley.

http://www.giantbomb.com/huxley-the-dystopia/3030-21488/

It's not really a funny one. Or my sense of humor is too base to understand your transcended comedy.

I have to say

"Isn't It Weird He's Making a F2P Shooter While Epic Revives Unreal Tournament as a "Free" Shooter?

Yes."

Made me laugh. It's as if the bold writing is someone who is extremely informed on a situation and must know if their information is accurate.

But what about articles with more then one answer?

We have that too. @patrickklepek

Man, I kinda wished that it was going to have a single player campaign where you play as a security guard who happens to stumble on some shady shit.

I'LL RIP YOUR TONGUE OUT AND LICK MY BALLS WITH 'EM

I read that quick and thought it said Condemned: Blue Streak and got real excited for a second.

Cliff Bleszinski; the most dudebro guy in the video game industry. Whether you see that as an insult or a compliment is up to yourself to decide.

The FPS genre can often lack innovation so I am looking forward to Cliff Bleszinski's follow up to Active Reload.

"From the people who brought you MapleStory and Gears of War, comes...."

Im just gonna say that im not a fan of the format of this article. It feels like its just going all over the place and the majority of it is not about Boss Key or Blue Streak and feels like it didn't really need to be talked about. And some of the stuff was kinda mentioned more then once and could have probably been expanded on a little the first time it was talked about so it didn't need its own little section.

I kinda wish Cliff was working on something other then a shooter, since there are just so many and there all kinda bland, but ill give the guy in charge of one of the more enjoyable third person shooters in a while the benefit of the doubt.

Welp, at least Cliff won't need to worry about used games stealing food from his mouth anymore, as he tweets about his two Ferraris.

This is the internet asshole. We got no place for jokes. Also put on a god damn fedora or something, CHRIST.

@taku128 said:

Which game did it steal wall bouncing from?

Sooo FPS Super Monday Night Combat.