How Cliff Bleszinski's recurring nightmare inspired 'Lawbreakers'

It's been nearly a decade since Gears of War launched. A lot has changed in 10 years: The Xbox 360 has given way to the Xbox One, Gears went on to be a blockbuster franchise for Microsoft, and developer Epic Games lost its Design Director, Cliff Bleszinski, who then went by the nickname "CliffyB." SEE ALSO: How'Assassin's Creed Syndicate' compares to the real dangers of London in 1868 Bleszinski, a man who seemed permanently tied to Epic and Gears of War, left the company in 2012, settling in for a retirement that turned out to be short-lived. Now his new company, Boss Key, is on the verge of launching its first game: a gravity-defying PC shooter called Lawbreakers. "It's one of the most gratifying things imaginable," Bleszinski told Mashable of the response to Lawbreakers at the recent PAX East show.