Codemasters unveils Bodycount FPS

By Robert Purchese Published 9 March, 2010

Made by Black creator Black. Due 2011.

Stuart Black, co-creator of Criterion's superb game Black, is making a new first-person shooter for Codemasters called Bodycount.

He is creative director and his project is scheduled for release on PS3 and Xbox 360 in Q1 2011.

Set in the present day, Bodycount follows the story of a no-questions-asked task force ordered to kill "Targets" on behalf of a "Network". Destructible cover will feature, as will online multiplayer and co-op.

Underneath Bodycount lies Codemasters EGO engine, which has been used to good effect in DiRT 2 and the well-received Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.

“We're all massive FPS fans and believe that there’s room for a refresh of the shooter experience. If Race Driver: GRID was all about the purity of racing, then everything in Bodycount is absolutely centred on the bullet and its impact on the world," offered Black.

"Our shredding tech enables us to create a different kind of gameplay, where players and AI can't hide behind indestructible cover and rely on whack-a-mole mechanics. Here the environment is constantly changing as the game world is shot to hell; it's going to be a huge amount of fun."

Check out our Bodycount gallery for the first couple of shots.

Alternatively, head over to our Black review to find out what the fuss is about.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (22) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • davisorle #1 2 years ago

    Black was epic. If this is a Black in DX11 im all in for it.. :)

  • tobsen #2 2 years ago

    "the well-received Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising"

    Oh the irony. I loved Black but I hope Codemasters doesn't screw this one up, too.

  • SBfistfun #3 2 years ago

    "Our shredding tech enables us to create a different kind of gameplay, where players and AI can't hide behind indestructible cover and rely on whack-a-mole mechanics. Here the environment is constantly changing as the game world is shot to hell; it's going to be a huge amount of fun."

    So like battlefield bad Company then?

  • mfnick #4 2 years ago

    Awesome news. Black is a personal favourite of mine from last gen.

  • ODB_Mongoose #5 2 years ago

    They will probably stop supporting the game after its out for 6 months.
    Definately not going to buy anything from Codemasters anymore

  • el_pollo_diablo #6 2 years ago

    Does it star Ice-T?

  • Murton #7 2 years ago

    A bigger and badder Black, with co-op. Sold.

    I understand some of the reservations above about Codies but they're not developing this game, only publishing it and they do have a pretty good track record of not interfering with third party devs, for better and for worse.

  • jebus #8 2 years ago

    @Murton "A bigger and badder Black, with co-op. Sold.

    I understand some of the reservations above about Codies but they're not developing this game,"

    Errrr - yes they are. Codies own the Guildford studio where this is being developed, and it is being developed on Codies own internal tech.

  • Chazmeister #9 2 years ago

    After Op Flash Dragon Rising, if this is anything less than utterly amazing, then I won't be touching it. The Codies lied to us and screwed us with OFP:DR, so they're really going to have to pull out all the stops before I even consider buying another one of their games.
    Edited by 2 at 09/03/10 @ 10:57

  • Syrette #10 2 years ago

    Great, another FPS. Just what we needed.

  • Baranga #11 2 years ago

    Because all FPS games are exactly the same. Herp derp.

  • polaris70 #12 2 years ago

    Black was a great game, unfortunately Codemasters has got their fingers on this one. I think I'll give this one a miss. Codemasters will probably say all types of crap to sell this game, which after OF:DR we know will be all lies.

  • Murton #13 2 years ago

    "Errrr - yes they are. Codies own the Guildford studio where this is being developed"

    I'm sure the last article to mention this game actually named the studio. If that studio is just the name for the team Codemasters Guildford then I stand corrected, perhaps I should have said "it's not being developed by the same people who made Floppers"

  • metalangel #14 2 years ago

    Yeah, who exactly received OFP:DR "well"?! As opposed to receiving it as it was, a big pack of lies and broken promises wrapped in shit design and trading solely on a name it neither earned nor understood.

  • jebus #15 2 years ago

    @Murton

    Yeah - all the studios internally have different names but you're correct in assuming that it is a different team that made Flashpoint.

  • Murton #16 2 years ago

    Yeah - all the studios internally have different names but you're correct in assuming that it is a different team that made Flashpoint.

    It's not an assumption, I know the main work of the main studio quite well.

  • Matfink #17 2 years ago

    Well the EGO engine looked pretty average in OpFlash, so they got their work cut out...

  • NGCes26294BIV #18 2 years ago

    Wow... you OpFlash guys just can't get over DR, can you.

    Suck it up. This is a different team, a different game, a new IP (which is ALWAYS welcome), and another chance for Codies to get it right.

    OFP might've been a misstep, but their driving titles are solid and they've certainly got the talent to create something decent.

    Plus, Black was awesome. Except for the unskippable cutscenes - they were balls.

  • Quint2020 #19 2 years ago

    It's called Bodycount? It makes it sounds like a cheese-tastic 80's action movie...... sold!

  • Ducklord #20 2 years ago

    This sounds basically like a sequel to Black.... *air punch*

  • TurboBailey #21 2 years ago

    Sounds wicked!

    Black was ace :)

  • mkreku #22 2 years ago

    I'm just gonna add a comment here to feel the warm embrace of other Black fans.. I thought I was all alone!