I was going to start with “Well, this came out of nowhere,” but given that this year has also seen the doctors depart BioWare and Peter Molyneux pack his bags for the green pastures of indie-dom, it clearly didn’t. Cliff “Biff Cliszenski” Bleszinski has been the face of (and a major portion of the brains behind) Epic, Unreal, Gears of War, and – most famously – Jazz Jackrabbit for 20 years, but now he’s calling it quits. Meanwhile, Epic’s finally making a renewed PC push with Fortnite, so clearly, CLIFFY HAS ABANDONED US. As for what’s next, he’s not quite sure at the moment.

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