Bodycount // Black 2 [360/PS3?]

[Flabio]

Let the putting in of the boot commence:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-02-bodycount-review

Ouch.

[teddymeow]

Let the putting in of the boot commence:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-02-bodycount-review

Ouch.

Ouch indeed! Played it briefly on my lumch break and thought it was decidedly okay.

Popped into Morrisons on the way home and they had it priced for ?24.99 - reduced before it's even sold a copy.

[englishbob]

It'll still get a 7 or 8 in EDGE...

[EvilBoris]

Edge seemed to of been fapping over it in the last preview they had. I'm not jsut sure if that's because it had some cool concept art and they could talk about the visuals being unique.

[Flabio]

Dig out the 'Wired' review, it's even harsher.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-05-uk-top-40-deus-ex-deflects-driver-sf

Our confirmed first casualty! Bodycount's multiformat placings put it entering the chart at #36... Ouch

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/318893/bodycount-developer-to-close-codemasters-confirms/

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Codemasters is shutting down the studio

[Flabio]

Not all that unexpected sadly, and a bit crap for the people I know that work there. Most of the people I've worked with before who were there had already long since left though.

[Guts]

That's what you get for trying to cram into the already saturated FPS market with a mediocre (if that) product, I guess.

[egparadigm]

Let's just hope Black gets the sequel it deserves one day.

[FelixofMars]

Not nice, but not a surprise on the studio shutting. My mate that was one of the concept artists bailed about a year or two ago. I am not sure how it took so long to devise what was a generic and bland shooter?

[EvilBoris]

The studio was specifically set up to make the game as the spiritual sucessor to black, I'm guessing the flop meant there was no point keeping it open.

[Flabio]

The studio was specifically set up to make the game as the spiritual sucessor to black.

Not true. Codies Guildford has been around for much longer than Bodycount.