Who is Cliff Bleszinski? See Net-worth, Quote, Awards, Fact, Wiki

Cliff Bleszinski Wiki Biography

Clifford Michael Bleszinski, better known under the name of Cliff B is one of the richest businessmen in the industry of computer games. Currently, it has been estimated that the total amount of Cliff Bleszinski net worth is as high as 15 million dollars. Cliff has earned most of his net worth as a designer of video games. He had been working for ‘Epic Games’ company as a design director for a number of years which has also been a significant source of Bleszinski’s net worth. He has been a nominee for BAFTA games awards three times. Cliff has been active in the industry for more than twenty years.

Cliff Bleszinski Net Worth $15 Million

Clifford Michael Bleszinski was born on February 12, 1975 in North Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Since his early childhood he has been a passionate player of video games. When he was 13 years old, he was recognised as one of the best players in ‘Nintendo Power’ magazine after he accumulated 9,999,950 points, the highest possible score, on the ‘Super Mario Bros’ game. His only brother, Tyler Bleszinski, is also associated with the computer industry, as he became a popular blogger.

Cliff Bleszinski has been accumulating his net worth since he was 17 years old, after he designed his first video game entitled ‘The Palace of Deceit: Dragon’s Plight’ (1991). After the founder of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, saw the game Cliff received an invitation to work for the company. Bleszinski worked for Epic Games ‘til 2012, and during that time he released many video games including ‘Dare to Dream Volume One: In a Darkened Room’ (1993), ‘Jazz Jackrabbit’ franchise games (1994 – 1995), ‘Tyrian’ (1995), ‘Unreal’ franchise games (1998-2002), ‘Devastation’ (2003), ‘Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30’ (2005), ‘Gears of War’ (2006), ‘Gears of War 2’ (2008), ‘Shadow Complex’ (2009), ‘Fat Princess’ (2009), ‘Lost Planet 2’ (2010), ‘Bulletstorm’ (2011) and ‘Gears of War 3’ (2011). He worked as a producer of games, design director, working on the art and graphics of the games.

Currently, Cliff is working on the following video games: ‘Superhot’ (2015) which is going to be released under the Blue Brick label, and ‘BlueStreak’ (working title) (2015) which is going to be released under the label Boss Key Productions. It is expected that the games will increase Cliff’s net worth, too.

Bleszinski also added to his net worth while working on films. He worked as a consultant on the film ‘Stay Alive’ (2006) directed by William Brent Bell, and in the comedy skits ‘Mega64’ created by Rocco Botte, Derrick Acosta and Shawn Chatfield. Moreover, Cliff Bleszinski has appeared as an actor in the web series ‘Jake and Amir’ (2011) produced by Ed Helms, Amir Blumenfeld and Jake Hurwitz, and ‘Sonic for Hire’ (2013). Acting has also increased Cliff Bleszinski’s net worth. He has been working on the studio album of ‘Starbomb’, ‘I Choose You TO DIE!!’ (2014).

Since 2014, Cliff has been the owner of a bar in Raleigh, North California. In 2012, Cliff Bleszinski has married his wife Lauren Berggren.



Full Name Cliff Bleszinski
Net Worth $15 Million
Date Of Birth February 12, 1975
Place Of Birth North Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Profession Video Game Producer, Video Game Designer
Nationality American
Spouse Lauren Berggren (m. 2012)
Siblings Tyler Bleszinski
Nicknames Clifford Michael Bleszinski , Cliffy B , Cliffy B. , CliffyB , Dude Huge
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/therealcliffyb
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dudehugetank/
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1304248
Allmusic www.allmusic.com/artist/cliff-bleszinski-mn0001690764
Record Labels Blue Brick label, Boss Key Productions
Nominations BAFTA Games Award for Action & Adventure/Gameplay/Best Game (2007)
TV Shows ‘Jake and Amir’ (2011), ‘The Palace of Deceit: Dragon’s Plight’ (1991), ‘Tyrian’ (1995), ‘Unreal’ franchise games (1998-2002), ‘Devastation’ (2003), ‘Gears of War 3’ (2011), ‘Sonic for Hire’ (2013), ‘Gears of War’ (2006)
Fact
1 At age 13, Cliff Bleszinski (of North Andover, Massachusetts, USA) was featured in the first issue of video game magazine, Nintendo Power (July/August 1988) as one of a handful of players who earned the highest possible score on the Nintendo Entertainment System’s (NES) Super Mario Bros. (1985) (9,999,950 points).
2 Announced his departure from Epic Games, an American video game development company on October 3, 2012 where he had worked for 20 years.

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Gears of War executive producer announced
The No Hand King 2016 Documentary short producer
Video Games: The Movie 2014 Documentary executive producer
Unreal II: The Awakening 2003 Video Game executive producer
Unreal Tournament 2003 2002 Video Game producer
Unreal Championship 2002 Video Game producer
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 1999 Video Game co-producer
Jazz Jackrabbit 1994 Video Game executive producer: graphics

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Shadow Complex 2009 Video Game design consultant: design: Epic Games
Unreal Tournament 1999 Video Game level designer
Unreal 1998 Video Game game designer / level designer

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Video Game High School 2013 TV Series TheJackrabbit
X-Play 2011 TV Series Bleszinski

Art Department

Title Year Status Character
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition 2015 Video Game lead designer
Gears of War 2006 Video Game lead designer

Director

Title Year Status Character
Lost Planet² 2010 Video Game design director: Epic Games Inc. – Xbox 360 version only

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
The No Hand King 2016 Documentary short special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards 2011 TV Special Himself (as Cliffy B)
Ctrl+Alt+Compete 2011 Documentary Himself
NerdHQ 2011 TV Series Himself – Panelist
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2010-2011 TV Series Himself – Design Director: Epic Games / Himself
The Jace Hall Show 2008-2011 TV Series Himself
X-Play 2010-2011 TV Series Himself – Design Director, Epic Games / Himself – Designing Director, Gears of War 3 / Himself / …
Gamers Heart Japan 2011 Video documentary Himself – Design Director, Epic Games
Coin-Op TV 2007 Video documentary Himself
Gears of War: The Race to Launch 2006 TV Movie Himself
Gears of War: The Race to E3 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
Pre-Phoria 2003 TV Movie documentary Panelist (Game & level developer, Epic Games)
G-Phoria 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself (as Cliffy B.)
6th Annual Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Awards 2003 TV Special documentary Himself
Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed 2016 TV Series documentary Himself
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy 2015 Documentary short Himself
Video Games: The Movie 2014 Documentary Himself
Game Talk Live 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2007 Game Developers Choice Award Game Developers Choice Awards Best Game Gears of War (2006)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2007 BAFTA Games Award BAFTA Awards Best Action and Adventure Game Gears of War (2006)
2007 BAFTA Games Award BAFTA Awards Best Gameplay Gears of War (2006)
2007 BAFTA Games Award BAFTA Awards Best Game Gears of War (2006)

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