Even as "Gears of War 3" pushed its release into the latter part of 2011 this year, Epic Games continued to move forward on schedule with its new Unreal-powered iPad title "Infinity Blade". Just because they're sitting on some successful IP's, don't expect them to hold back in the new year, however. Design director Cliff Bleszinski thinks that word of yet another Epic IP could be here as soon as GDC 2011.
Anyone interested should keep their "eyes peeled at GDC," which runs from the end of February into the first week of March, Bleszinski said in an interview from a recent issue of EGM (via Examiner.com).
The game will be a product of Bleszinski's imagination and the work of "Prototype" lead designer Eric Holmes, and while it's too early to tell if the project will give birth to a new "Gears"-sized franchise, the outspoken public face of Epic spoke of his ambitions in grandiose terms.
"I believe game designers are the Stan Lees and Jack Kirbys of our day, and we're creating these universes that leave a huge impact on people," Bleszinski explained. "Gamers votes with their dollars and they often like established IP, but those IPs came from somewhere, right? Call of Duty was crafted by the original Medal of Honor guys. Gears of War was crafted by the original Unreal Tournament guy. I look forward to creating what's next."
If whatever it is succeeds in supplanting the Fantastic Four and X-Men in the popular consciousness, I'll be all kinds of impressed. Nevertheless, Epic's got a fine track record recently, and that momentum should count for something.
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