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Cliff Bleszinski Founds Boss Key Games with Guerilla Games Co-Founder

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Cliff Bleszinski Founds Boss Key Games

Gears of War Triple Pack / 4 Jul 2014

Guerilla Games co-founder is COO. By Mike Mahardy

After saying he was coming out of retirement last week, and that new details about his upcoming project would be releasing soon, Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski has announced he is founding Boss Key Games, along with EA producer and Gerilla Games co-founder Arjan Brussee.

Bleszinski filed a report in April with the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State for his new business, Polygon reports. According to the documents, Brussee will play the role of COO. As of now, his LinkedIn profile states that he is working on Battlefield Hardline with Visceral Games.

The company filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in late May, saying Boss Key Games would be creating online titles. This runs in accordance with what Bleszinski said earlier this year, that he would never make a disc-based game again. The document describes potential future projects as "downloadable multi-player interactive computer game programs; computer and video game software; downloadable computer and video game software; downloadable electronic games via the Internet and wireless devices; downloadable computer application software in the field of games; interactive computer and video game programs."

According to a countdown timer that Bleszinski himself promoted earlier this week, the company will likely be announcing its next project July 8. Although the links have since been removed, Polygon reports that a "project Bluestreak" was mentioned on Boss Keys' website, along with a Twitter account for it.

IGN has reached out to both Bleszinski and Brussee for comment, and will update this story with any additional information.

Mike Mahardy is a freelance writer for iGN. He also rants about Wes Anderson and Kurt Vonnegut on Twitter.

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