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Greg M. Mitchell, the man responsible for almost all the cinematics in the Gears of War

BIG NEWS!! I'm leaving Epic, but heading to @blacktuskstudio to work on #Gearsofwar!! I'll quote Marcus Fenix, by saying "NICE!!" :)



— Greg M. Mitchell (@MediaSig) April 20, 2015

Announcing the move on Twitter , Mitchell didn't elaborate upon his new position at the studio handling the next entry in the Gears franchise, but it's pretty obvious it'll be related to the cinematics again.Mitchell started his career at Epic back in 2006 as Digital Cinematographer on the original Gears of War, before rising to the rank of Cinematics Director in 2007. Since then he's worked on all other Gears games and other Epic titles, including Shadow Complex and Infinity Blade. Microsoft bought the rights to the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games early last year, and handed development duties to the Vancouver-based Black Tusk Studios. The developer was already working on another franchise for Xbox One at the time; sadly, it seems that this may now have been put on ice Ex-Epic Games director Cliff Bleszinski also has shared his thoughts on Microsoft's acquisition of Gears of War . "I don’t think the franchise could be in better hands," he stated on his blog . "Gears is just as much Rod’s baby as it was mine. He’ll take good care of her." Bleszinski will not be involved in the future of the series

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