Black 2 Interest is Flattering to Electronic Arts
After four years with the Burnout series, developer Criterion Games surprised fans with their first-person shooter Black. Stuart Black, the game’s creator, debuted a title that changed things up for the genre, and introduced the term “Gun-Porn.” While Stuart’s latest title, Bodycount, had garnered much positive attention, fans of Black are disappointed he is not working on Black 2.
As Stuart Black is no longer with Criterion Games, and has since joined with Codemasters, it’s still possible for a Black 2 to emerge with development by the Burnout developer. However, Electronic Arts does not see this happening.
“The team is always flattered by the vast number of requests for a sequel to Black, ever since it launched. However, there are no plans for the foreseeable future for a sequel to Black. The team is very focused on Need For Speed”
Bodycount hits PS3 early 2011, and is in development at Codemasters Studios Guildford. Criterion Games is currently at work on an unannounced Need for Speed title, rumored to release this year.
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9 Responses to “Black 2 Interest is Flattering to Electronic Arts”
Stay focused on Need for Speed – because I love racing games and there are already about 3,000 shooters on the market.
@JackC8
And there aren’t any racing games on the market? Funny…
@perseus, JackC8 did not say there aren’t any racing games in the market so your question is a funny one. He did say that he loves racing games though. I caught that.
If Stuart Black is working on a “Shooter” at Codemasters then it should be as good as the original Black and I would consider it to be the sequel that gamers are looking for. Just because it is not called Black 2 should not stop the enthusiasm for this new game.
Really liked BLACK on my favorite shooters on the PS2. EA has so many shooters to worry about these days. Bodycount could be cool.
actually i didnt like black. i played it cuz everyone was talking about it but definitely wasnt for me, never even finished
I never played Black, I almost picked up a copy multiple times but always talked myself out of it and apparently I missed out.
And by the way Perseus, there are a TON more shooter games than racers and there are a lot of racers that are just put together quickly and are horrible shovelware, so really JackC8 would be justified in asking for more “quality” racing games like NFS, GT, etc.
I didn’t play Black until it was already somewhat old… and my friend that insisted I play it was floored at how I mopped up through the levels. For a dated game, it seemed pretty solid, but I must have missed what made it special. It just seemed like a good all around shooter, nothing less, but nothing more. Am I wrong? (Note: I didn’t beat the game, just played the first couple levels)
its not about the type of game its the game, the suspense in the story line never knowing where it will go next the movie style of the game and it was left open ended leaving me litraly on my knees begging for a sequil if not in game form then atleast a movie? i love the story line. and i need to see it ended.