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Black: "We couldn't make Black 2"

News by Patrick Garratt Founder & Publisher (Former)

Published on March 25, 2010

Bodycount boss Stuart Black has told OPM the prospect of revisiting his Criterion shooter, Black, is now an impossibility.

"To me it's kind of like a band," said the developer, speaking in the now-with-subs issue 43. "When we made Black there were certain people, key members of the team, who formed the core band. There are a lot of those people that are working with us now, but there are others who aren't.

"Even if we wanted to, we couldn't make Black 2 in exactly that way, because those people aren't there."

Black released for PS2 in 2006. EA told the mag it's "always flattered" by requests for a sequel, but that Criterion is now focused on Need for Speed.

Black is now heading up the newly-founded Codemasters Guildford, developing Bodycount, a new FPS IP.

OPM's got a stonking feature on Bodycount in its latest issue, so be sure to pick it up.