Interview: Cliff Bleszinski Talks Prequels, Lil Wayne, And The "Halo" Crossover That Almost Was

Kevin L Clark: "With the Gears 3 multiplayer beta going on now—at least for those who pre-ordered the game or bought Epic/People Can Fly's Bulletstorm earlier this year—and the title racking up record-breaking pre-order numbers, it was the the perfect time for us to sit down with CB4 (we just made that up) to talk spin-offs, hip-hop, and why Drake isn't gonna be in Gears 3 after all. Oh, and how Master Chief very nearly became a playable character. Yeah, that's right."

[lazertroy]

I miss real hip hop.

[NYC_Gamer]

real hip hop still exist its just underground

[lazertroy]

Thats my point real hip hop used to mainstream. Todays rap is just POP.

[NYC_Gamer]

^^^true,now its just sellouts on beats with no real type of lyrical content/message.

[BigPappaPump]

Like Nas said, hip hop is dead.

[HeavenlySnipes]

listen to Lupe.

[starcb26]

Real Hip-Hop mutated into a mole man and went underground.

[Misterhbk]

Real hip hop is main stream too.

Its called Lupe Fiasco

[cr33ping_death]

ughh todays "hip pop" is pure BS... the older hip hop told stories...yes about the hood, drugs etc.. but it was interesting to listen to, the beats were better to.. todays crap is nothing more than made up words and..... i make so much money and have this many cars and drink this expensive drink and blah blah blah... i too miss the old hip hop :(

[bebojet]

Like the title of one of Nas' albums. HIP HOP IS DEAD.

[SilverSlug]

I could do without it.

[Kalowest]

Lupe Fiasco's last album sucks, but hes still a beast and better than lil(shit)wayne.

[lazertroy]

Im 27 I grew up on biggie,pharcyde,wutang,bonethu gs,tribe called quest,nas etc. Todays music brings a tear to my eye.

[Kalowest]

@lazertroy
"biggie,pharcyde,wutang,b onethu gs,tribe called quest,nas etc."

All of them are nasty.
add some Elzhi, Blu, CYNE, and Mos Def.

[2fk]

interesting....i would actually hate if lil waynes voice was in the game....his voice irritates me

[ps3bestever]

I hate cliffyB, he is a little androgyny !!!

[Ducky]

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[TheEatingChampagne]

Shut the fuck up you turk.

[HeavenlySnipes]

How could you hate Turks?

Cookie if anyone gets it :)

[thebudgetgamer]

without looking at the link, is it a scrubs reference?

edit: nope.

[gamingdroid]

NOOOOOO!

I would have loved to have Master Chief in Gears of War 3. You would probably stand out more of a target due to the colors, but imagine the awesomeness of chainsawing Master Chief!

Make it happen MS!

[Rybakov]

CliffyB speaks and i space out

can they make a REAL unreal tournament like the older ones not the piece of crap they put out and called unreal

[El-Fenemeno1213]

Lil Wayne really o.0. Simply Overrated

[InTheLab]

Why on earth would you want Lil Wayne voicing some beefy COG? The guy is almost 30 and still calls himself Lil? And he kissed a man in the face but is somehow one of hip hops biggest homophobes? Sign him up.

Lastly, Gears 3 would be a 10 minute game if Chief were in it. He can actually jump. The Locust would collectively s*** themselves at the sight of a 7 foot dude that brings ridiculous things to the battlefield like helmets and grenades not tied to a rope....and can jump.

[Kalowest]

"Lastly, Gears 3 would be a 10 minute game if Chief were in it. He can actually jump."

LMAO, good one.

[Tyre]

Cliff Blezinski...would u kindly keep Execution Mode in the Multiplayer....a lot of fans will be dissapointing if it's not in the final game...the new modes are cool but i kinda miss the Execution mode in the Beta. I have trust in u and Epic Games that it will still be there when i fire up Gears of War 3 MP in September.

[Danskilljoy]

ITS all CRap what we listin to on are patroles Is pink fLoyd- korn @ white stripes ^-^ miss the good old days now all we hear are fucking beats and shit that sounds like dieing monkeys o.0

[Danskilljoy]

OO shit I ment the new music is crap oldes are the way to go my mix tape =D