Dude Huge

Cliff Bleszinski
Bleszinski presenting at the 2016 Game Developers Conference
Born	1975 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Residence	Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Other names	CliffyB, Dude Huge
Occupation	Game designer
Spouse(s)	Lauren Bleszinski (m. 2012)

Cliff Bleszinski (/bləˈzɪnski/; born 1975), popularly known as CliffyB, is an American video game designer. Former design director for the game development company Epic Games and the co-founder of Boss Key Productions, Bleszinski is known for his role in the development of the Unreal and Gears of War series.

His first game was The Palace of Deceit, an adventure title he started at the age of 15. Programmed in Visual Basic, its second version came out when he was 16.

Bleszinski got his start at Epic Games in 1992, when he submitted his next game, Dare to Dream, to the company's CEO, Tim Sweeney, who subsequently published it. Though Dare to Dream did not achieve the success Epic had hoped, it led Bleszinski to work on Jazz Jackrabbit, a platformer he developed with demoscene coder Arjan Brussee. The title, which came out in 1994, became Epic's biggest selling game at the time and earned him enough money to get his first apartment and car. It was also around this time that he began working with Sweeney and James Schmalz on what would become Unreal, which received a sequel, Unreal Tournament, and expanded into a series of games.