Cliff Bleszinskis nästa spel går under namnet Blustreak och är en arena shooter för PC enligt free-to-play-modell. Vid en frågestund på Reddit fick Cliffy den obligatoriska frågan om mikrotransaktioner i spelet. Tyvärr kunde han inte ge ett tydligt svar ännu då studion fortfarande inte bestämt hur betalningsmodellen ska utformas.
"Free to Play is one of those genres that means something entirely different depending on the game. For every model that feels like Las Vegas methods (Zynga, Candy Crush) there's folks who do it right, like League of Legends, or WarFrame."
"I've never shipped a Free to Play game before. That's one of the MANY reasons why we're going with Nexon, they can provide server structures and a global peek into gamers of all types and guide us into a game that's more ‘Shut up and take my money' as opposed to ‘shaking you down for your hard earned cash.'"
"So we'll experiment, tweak, tune, and most importantly, build a positive community around the game as we develop it."
Cliffy berättar att han gillar free-to-play-modellen då det ger alla chansen att "hoppa in och spela det förbaskade spelet". Samtidigt tänker han inte skapa ett scenario där den som investerar mest pengar också är den som vinner.
"Since this game is a shooter I want that one player who likes the game and doesn't feel like spending any money to be able to take down the trust fund kid that's spent a ton of money to have All The Stuff."
"I want to make a skill based game whereas someone who is really, really good is seen as a player with nearly godlike abilities. Sure, once in a while the person who sucks might get lucky with a stray shot and take that person down, but I want to craft a game that has weapons and moves that are easy to learn but to really make them sing takes thousands of hours of play just like a professional athlete would. Anyone can toss a football, but Drew Brees can get it through the tire at X yards every time."
Skicklighet och talang väger tyngre än kreditkortet med andra ord, om vi får tro gamle Cliff.