Bodycount delayed as studio GM departs - Report

talking about using EGO engine 2 to create game! looks promising! EGO engine 2 really is a light weight graphic candy engine. i actually visualize future of racing with that engine combine with FPS shootouts! something to look at !

The ONLY thing i hate about codemaster is their co-op lack of their games. I know Operation Flashpoint had one, but it was only online, is it that hard do an split screen? And for everyone who actually played online know that suckes because if you die, you restart the whole d*mn stage, that is, online doesn't have checkpoints. And to finish, GRID, as soon as i knew you get a teammate i started wondering if there would be an coop, well, it didn't had one and i'm really hoping they put it onto GRID 2.

Why'd they leave? Codemasters has been a beacon for excellence of late. Completely independent as well. Bulletstorm looks similar though, and I'm sure that will most likely do better.

Yeah, I sorta agree with heretrix. The graphics looked good when I saw it in my Game Informer magazine, but after watching a video of it on Xbox live I have to say it looked rather choppy. It does have some neat little combos and rewards for different type of killings.

Just as well. The game looks terrible.Hopefully they will take the extra time to tighten it up.

@FruitCakesRUS Other than Dirt, Codemasters has not done much the past few years. FUEL bombed, Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising was terrible and the F1 game was merely average, and it doesn't have a strong following in the U.S. when the head on a project leaves, that means things are pretty screwed up at the company.

@FruitCakesRUS ... this isn't a racing game?

Apparently a lot of people forget that Codemasters makes racing games that quite a few people buy. They're not going to "go under" as so many of you have put just from two people leaving the one of their studios that's making one of their games.

from that vid above the game looks like crackdown (ORBS left behind by dead enemy`s) but in first person view

Uh-oh, I hope this doesn't adversely affect the game. I love BLACK.

So this has nothing to do with the mid-90's Wolfenstein-engine game of the same name?

@gamingnerd121, strangely enough, hate those two as well. ;) I'm not a hater of shooters though. Bodycount just looks very cheap, I mean production values. I doesn't deliver what it promises, judging by the vids.

I didn't think Black was all that great, and this game has had nothing but problems. Codemasters is all but dead.

Bodycount should just be cancelled. I saw the footage of it at e3 and it was absolute worst looking first person shooter I've seen this generation. The graphics look worse than BLACK for the PS and Xbox, the frae rate was abysmal, and it had no redeeming qualities to it whatsoever. Codemasters is washed up. They will be one of the next more well known developers to go under in 2011.

well this looks o.k but i really dont like the way you aim in this game

Bulletstorm is better......I know a british guy........he says nothing good comes from guildford

Doesn't sound good, but I will hope for the best anyway.

I didn't see anything special about this game, and if the dude who mainly was a part of it left, the dude who made Black, then I don't see this game being successful

I'm getting thumbs downed because Code Masters is not a good studio at all. And I loved Black, by the way, but Code Masters didn't make Black, Criterion did.

I haven't heard much about bodycount but this kind of news is very discouraging through. I hope whatever the problems have been get cleared up it would be nice to play a shooter that is innovative for a change.

@Ripper_TV Maybe you should get back to MW2 or BFBC2. This game is more on the fun side, and i hope it doesn't get cancelled.

I wish it'd never come out. It looks BAD.

Ummm... if the creative lead developer walks off the project, it's for a good/bad reason. People don't walk away from their creations mid-project unless they've lost interest, period.

It may be a team effort, but when one person leaves it can hinder progress by lack of a member, such as losing an artist one less artist means more work for the ones that are still there.

Games looks good. Hope it has a good multi-player experience.

I want a ported version of BLACK on PS3 and 360.... tbh I was excited for Bodycount until I saw the gameplay :( Still in my mind Black was better....

I personally like the art style of this game, though I will admit sometimes there appear to be a bit too many orbs on screen at once. Still, they are keeping it fairly under wraps. That, and the fact that key team members keep dropping out does not bode well for this title. Unfortuante. I hope Code Masters take their time to make a good game, and don't let Bodycount get lost in development hell.

Oh yeah.. I wish Code Masters would've not canceled "Hei$t".. I was lookin forward to that game for years! Such a cool concept.. Hopefully another company picks up sometime down the road.

Was sorta lookin forward to this game.. Still am.. But mainly was lookin forward to it because the guy behind Black had something to do with it.. Now that its jus Code Masters.. Meh.. I did like Operation Flashpoint tho.. Was a interesting take on the tactical shooter genre.. Defiantly worth the rental i gave it.

Oh man, I guess we will have to keep ourselves busy with the other 248 FPS shooters coming out in the near future

When there are so many at least decent studios shutting down, it makes me wonder how a studio like Code Masters is able to keep its doors open.

didnt look too bad, will still be keeping my eye on it - atleast for a rent. they need to clean up the orbs.. they're too ugly as is.

LOL

Bodycount didn't look that great to begin with. More like a generic FPS. The idea of an iconic developer leaving a company doesn't necessarily mean the game would be worse or better. Will it kill the hype? Surely. This doesn't mean the game would have been great even if Stuart Black stayed on, or even Guildford.

this looks good, but I'm not liking those icon thingy's that drop on the ground every time you kill some it looks a little arcady to me but we'll see.

I actually liked Black. it was a pretty good game that lacked multiplayer. Anyhow...i hope this game doesn't get canceled cause i wanna play it.

This better not get lost in development hell. It seems like one of the few Original IPs (although spiritual successor) to look really good coming up.

This game is high on my radar. I sincerely hope it doesn't go down the tubes, but at this rate it's looking glum. Here's hoping regardless.