Codemasters confirms Bodycount for PS3 and Xbox 360, first screenshots

Codemasters has today confirmed the development of Bodycount, an upcoming FPS that promises to deliver "genre-defining gun play" that comes "alive in an orgy of bullets and destruction". This new IP is in production at Codemasters Guildford studio.

Designed by Creative Director Stuart Black (co-creator and designer of Black, 2006), Bodycount is being created by an all-star development team using the EGO Game Technology Platform, and is scheduled for release in Q1 of 2011.

[harborne2010]

Codemasters are the masters when it comes to racing titles, but after operation flashpoint not to sure how this would be! Pics look great though, GRID 2 anybody please please.

[mjolliffe]

It looks like it's going to be set more around the action side, with a paper thin story.

If so, they need to take a look at Guerrilla Games with Killzone 2, which had a story and some of the best gameplay around.

Anyway's the screenshot's look pretty awesome. With a lot of destruction thankfully :)

[Marcello]

I know wat you mean m8, things can be very hit or miss with Codemasters also there aftersales support ie patches can be really bad. We had to wait 9 months for the Grid 1.3 patch after it was annouced. I live in hope thou Stuart Black will see us good :)

[menoyou]

its gona be tough to top the bar set by killzone 2 but i hope they can do it. those screen shots look terrible though.

[Syronicus]

It was massive. Massive sounds, massive explosions, massive fun. The story was an after thought but who cares when they made blowing up buildings so much fun. The battles were outrageous and if they make another FPS as fun as BLACK, then they get my vote for greatness.

[evrfighter]

codemasters...fps?...OFP2...

that's unfortunate

[StanLee]

Looks like Black. Looks very last gen.

[deafwing]

... if it's the UN-official Black sequel; I'll take it as long as it's done right.

[Marcello]

It really is Black 2 :P & on the EGO engine OMFG !! i think i just wet myself. :)

No PC Version :/ ??

[Corrwin]

Does any other company know how to mess up a non-racing game so badly? Scratch that, does any other company know how to mess up a game so badly?

Even their racing games are a bit stale - I was looking forward to FUEL, until I saw how empty and half finished it was! Pacific Rift fills the gap nicely. And for everything else: Burnout Paradise is still excellent.

[siyrobbo]

FUEL wasnt an in-house codemasters game, it was only published by them

[Corrwin]

Well which is it, it's either in-house, or only published by them.

But the save you from answering FUEL was developed by the 3rd party ASOBO. That still doesn't negate the fact that even Codemasters staple racing games have stagnated.

[FuckinUsername]

"Designed by Creative Director Stuart Black (co-creator and designer of Black, 2006), "

Thats all i needed to hear..

Black was amazing tbh

[Corrwin]

I never thought that much of Black. It was great for a console FPS (especially for the era), but it was passable for a FPS in general.

Still, I enjoyed it at the time :)

[Inside_out]

AGREE...when I saw co-creator and director of the original game was behind this title I felt a lil better, plus much of the original team is there...still...that game was way ahead of its time, still holds up today. Not Codemasters biggest fan for reasons others have stated. Black influenced all FPS that came AFTER it especially Killzone2 and MW2. Some of the best level design ever for a FPS. The gulag on MW2 is a direct ripoff from that game...2011 seems so far away tho...

[Taz Yamauchi]

Codemasters and "genre-defining gun play" should never be in the same sentence

[BYE]

Normally I hate FPS on consoles, Black is one of the few exeptions.

If it's anywhere near the quality of that game, it's gonna be awesome.

[DelbertGrady]

Gonna play it with this as custom soundtrack.

[heylo]

why don't they use Criterions RenderWare engine from the original BLACK?

[KeiserSosay4788]

Hey now people flashpoint 1 for pc was actually pretty good, too realistic for most but still good. I like being scared to get shot....lol

[MK_Red]

So, Black was "Gun porn" and this game is "Orgy of bullets". What's their next game? "Weapon bang"?

BTW, Black was awesome and if this game can bring that kind of fun to the next gen with both full single and multi player modes, then, I'M IN!

[xaviertooth]

bam! there goes xbots' delusion.

[xaviertooth]

hope for an exclusive vanished just like that i feel sorry for the bots they don't have any exclusive. xbots still wait. while we play exclusive games month after month.

MAG, Heavy Rain, MLB 10 The Show, WKC, Yakuza 3, GOW3

we are just in March.

sorry bots, you support the wrong console.

[alphakennybody]

bottom left on the screens looks like three health bar, oh plz no regenerating health. I'd rather have health pack it add more difficulty and stratigies

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Another FPS =(.