"Black" creator developing new FPS

[Guild McCommunist]

Stuart Black, former co-creator and designer of Black (2006) from Criterion Games and Electronic Arts, has signed on with UK-based studio Codemasters to develop a new first-person shooter title for "leading console platforms." The project has been in development for the past year and will utilize EGO, Codemasters' multi-platform engine.

This news highlights Codemasters' aggressive recruitment plans currently undergoing at its Guildford studio where several key development jobs have become available.

"Codemasters' multi-site studio network has seen a significant rise in headcount to over 450 people and growth at the Guildford Studio is key to our overall development strategy," said Gavin Cheshire, Vice President, Codemasters development.

"With Stuart Black's new shooter in production, deployment of EGO and key development figures heading up a highly skilled team, our Guildford facility offers great potential for development talent based in the South East who want to join a growing studio and work on original titles for our future portfolio. This current hiring phase is just the beginning as we look to build a further full team and create additional original IP on site."

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Never cared to fool around with Black, so good news or bad news?

 

[bunnybreaker]

Black was absolutely awesome, so very good news.

 

[myuusmeow]

Great news. Black was incredible, definitely one of the best PS2 games.

 

[Maikel Steneker]

Black wasn't really a game I liked, but it did show how the developer could take advantage of the hardware. It looked like an early 360 game, even though it ran on Xbox and PS2.

 

[triassic911]

It's cool how a developer who makes great racing games can make good fps games as well.

 

[shakirmoledina]

i guess consoles may deserve FPS games but keep them away cuz we have too many FPS game... i dont think they can incorporate RPG elements in FPS?