Submit a Story!
Shoot to thrill
Shoot to thrill
The first person shooter is one of the world s most popular video game genres, with the likes of Halo and Call of Duty dominating the charts. Christopher Dring investigates the sector and talks to the experts on the past, present and future of the FPS... Believe it or not, the first person ...
Comments
Blog Reactions

Rare Hopes To Evolve The FPS Genre With Project Natal [Rare]
Kotaku — ... of the Natal launch in 2010. Hopefully, that will help give them the identity that Peter Molyneux thinks they so desperately need. "[Project Natal is] also an opportunity to exercise some genre evolution," Betteridge says, "so hopefully we'll be able to develop something on that front." Are you thinking what I'm thinking? If the answer is a first person shooter/boxing game based on the adventures of Killer Instinct's T.J. Combo, than it sounds like we are. Shoot to thrill [MCV] ...

Rare Looking Toward A Natal Shooter
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... to break new ground with content and gameplay, It’s also an opportunity to exercise some genre evolution, so hopefully we’ll be able to develop something on that front.” It shouldn't exactly shock anyone that Rare would like to work on a Natal game (after all, it's owned by Microsoft) but hopefully, if Rare does develop a Natal-based shooter, it will rise to the standards set by games like GoldenEye and the Perfect Dark games. In Source ...

Rare looking to Natal to give the FPS genre a shot in the arm
That VideoGame Blog — ... -supported games. While nothing about specific Rare projects has been announced, head of studio Mark Betteridge took some time to talk about Natal and the effects it has on gameplay, specifically the first-person shooter genre. ...

Rare Wants to Revolutionize FPS Genre With Project Natal
Planet Xbox 360 — ... to be "intimately involved with Project Natal in a number of different dimensions," according to soon to be ex-Microsoft VP Shane Kim. The developer was reported to be staffing up in anticipation of the Natal launch in 2010. Hopefully, that will help give them the identity that Peter Molyneux thinks they so desperately need. "[Project Natal is] also an opportunity to exercise some genre evolution," Betteridge says, "so hopefully we'll be able to develop something on that front." [SOURCE]

Rare Sets Sights on Project Natal Shooter
Kombo.com — [image] MCV has run an interesting feature which provides an in-depth look at the state of the first-person shooter genre, and mining the depths of the article, one can find what Twycross-based developer Rare has in store for the future. "It's still a booming business," Rare studio head Mark Betteridge said, adding "you only have to look at the success of the Halo series to see that. And we're obviously very happy about the excitement over Perfect Dark coming back to Xbox Live Arcade." "Right now our sights are trained on Natal, which is a great opportunity to break new ...

Related Content
Rumor / Goldeneye 2010 coming to Wii
thatvideogameblog.com 10/26/2009 — A rumor is currently doing the rounds that an updated Goldeneye title could be on its way to the Wii. First spotted by Superannuation , the title is listed in animator Craig Peck’s online CV (since taken down) as a project he worked on this summer. According to the CV, Peck assisted ...
Goldeneye Port Not Feasible
realmofgaming.com 9/21/2009 — Although Rare's famous N64 title Perfect Dark will see the light of day on XBLA, the chances of the most famous multiplayer title two generations ago will more than likely never make an appearance on this generation of consoles. A new edition of "Scribes" over on the official Rare website ...
[Multi] GoldenEye on Live or Virtual Console? Don't Hold Your Breath
totalgamingnetwork.com 9/22/2009 — Every old school gamer has hoped, preyed, or dreamt that the N64 classic, GoldenEye, would appear in some form on a modern console. Unfortunately, Rare is here to squash those dreams like you wouldn't believe. Initially, it seemed as though the classic would one day appear on the Xbox Live ...
Goldeneye "Long Past" Chances of 360/Wii Release
1up.com 9/24/2009 — One of the most oft-requested classic games for porting to modern systems is certainly the N64's Goldeneye . We've heard of the game stalling in talks before, but now ...
Rare: "We're Long Past the Stage" where Goldeneye Deal is Feasible [Goldeneye]
kotaku.com 9/21/2009 — The long, sad tale of bringing the groundbreaking shooter Goldeneye to Nintendo's Virtual Console , or Xbox Live Arcade , appears to have ended long ago, with a whimper. Addressing a reader question about Goldeneye ever getting an agreement between ...
Why Did GoldenEye XBLA Stall?: News from 1UP.com
1up.com 9/20/2009 — If you've read the latest issue of EGM, you've probably cried over the apparently silent death of an Xbox Live Arcade version of Rare and Nintendo 's classic James Bond shooter for the Nintendo 64, GoldenEye 007 . Quartermann's rumor mongering didn't ...
News: GoldenEye Designer Talks Virtual Console
officialnintendomagazine.co.uk 5/13/2009 — Wednesday 13-May-2009 9:53 AM Martin Hollis tells ONM that he would love to see his old shooter on VC The designer of N64 classic GoldenEye has told ONM that he'd love to see his old shooter on Virtual Console. In an interview with Official Nintendo ...
GoldenEye Designer "Would Like" To See It On Virtual Console [Wii]
kotaku.com 5/14/2009 — Nintendo 64 title GoldenEye is a classic title and seems like a perfect fit for the Wii's Virtual Console . Seems , that is. Alas, the Rare development game doesn't look like it will because of sticky legal issue: Rare is owned by Microsoft so that ...
Call of Duty Movie Further Along In Development
g4tv.com 10/6/2009 — It's no secret that Activision is trying to leverage its brand name video games into feature films -- it would crazy not to. There have been rumors that the company is actively working to bring Call of Duty to the big screen, but as yet, Activision hasn't said anything about it. Last week, ...
Call of Duty on PSN a Classic Mistake
playstationlifestyle.net 22 days ago — Only days ago it was announced that Call of Duty: Classic was hitting the PlayStation Store this week. Call of Duty: Classic was originally an exclusive to those who purchased either the Prestige or Hardened Edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 . However, according to a recent post on ...