Criterion: No plans for Black sequel
- Posted February 13th, 2008 at 06:31 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Criterion Games has said that the firm currently has no plans to develop a sequel to its 2006 First Person Shooter (FPS) Black, despite rumours to the contrary.
Speaking to D-pad magazine, Burnout Paradise Lead Designer, Craig Sullivan, commented, "Sorry to disappoint you, but as we've mentioned many times on our podcast we're not looking at making another Black game any time soon.”
Released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, Black marked the Criterion’s first attempt at the FPS genre, having previously been involved in working on the highly successful Burnout franchise.
The game featured an extensive marketing campaign and was generally well received by critics.
"Although the rumours never seem to go away and we still get a lot of letters from fans, we're honestly not working on that game at the moment. I doubt the rumours will go away though," added Sullivan.
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hawkster3269
- 6:43am GMT - February 13th, 2008
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that game was sick when it came out...i think with a new game engine and some next gen graphics it would be a sweet fps
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IRONMAIDEN
- 7:08am GMT - February 13th, 2008
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i loved black it was very good. stop making burnout games. theres a million of them
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DangerousMali
- 7:59am GMT - February 13th, 2008
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black is definetly one of the best playstation shooters of past gen, it would probably be multi-play when they finally decide to make one
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Gen.Penguin
- 8:19am GMT - February 13th, 2008
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"not right now"
well good. make one at another time because we have enough FPS's at the moment. lol.
loved the first one as well.
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AK40rtySe7en
- 10:05am GMT - February 13th, 2008
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Heartbreaking news. I have been waiting for the announcement of a next gen black with some sick multiplayer. Can't believe they're going to give up on this franchise so soon.
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SilentHillSam
- 10:13am GMT - February 13th, 2008
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bad news. i like black and i was looking forward to a sequel. but i think it'll come... someday... eventually.
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EFFORTLESS7
- 10:58am GMT - February 13th, 2008
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"its no gonna be better than cod4 or killzone so no.."
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eaglespower20
- 12:13pm GMT - February 13th, 2008
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i dont think black 2 would have done that well since Resistance 2 is comin out
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RagingStorm
- 6:00pm GMT - February 13th, 2008
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Black was the sh!ts.....and from the ending there must be a sequal. If Black had multiplayer (not to mention blood) it would have had the same success on last gen console like what COD4 has on current gen consoles. I don't see why they would hesitate to make a sequal.....THAT, my friends is WEAK SAUSE (come on Criterion...don't be a sock cooker, and if ya'll are scared....just give the rights to Infinity Ward and let them make the damn sequal)
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MatthewGolden17
- 7:25pm GMT - February 13th, 2008
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MAKE BLACK 2 FOR GOSH SAKES!!! The multiplayer alone could be the best ever in the FPS era...COME ON we are ready Criterion for IT!!!
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MatthewGolden17
- 7:25pm GMT - February 13th, 2008
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MAKE BLACK 2 FOR GOSH SAKES!!! The multiplayer alone could be the best ever in the FPS era...COME ON we are ready Criterion for IT!!!
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