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Codemasters announce 'Bodycount'

'Bodycount' is the new IP in production at Codemasters Studios Guildford – and, according to the company, it's "set to rip apart the First Person Shooter and deliver genre-defining gun play that comes alive in bullets and destruction".

Designed by Creative Director Stuart Black, 'Bodycount' is being created by an all-star development team using the EGO Game Technology Platform, an evolution of Codemasters’ award-winning engine, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and scheduled for release in Q1 of 2011.

“Our core focus for 'Bodycount' is to deliver best-in-class gun play that places the gamer at the heart of the experience,” said Executive Producer Tom Gillo. “From the jaw-dropping devastation caused by firing into enemies or shredding the world around you in a hail of bullets, 'Bodycount' will crystallise that moment of pulling the trigger into an exhilarating sensory overload of action.”

In 'Bodycount' players become ensnared in a clandestine global power struggle as a powerful combat asset with a green-light to eliminate enemies known only as ‘Targets’ on behalf of the ‘Network’. Equipped with a mouth-watering selection of contemporary weapons, players and opponents tear through destructible cover to execute explosive kills in a shreddable world where operatives are encouraged to leave no witnesses. Complemented by online multiplayer and co-operative game modes, 'Bodycount' will blast outrageous action and spectacular fire-fights from both barrels.

“We’re all massive FPS fans,” said Stuart Black, Creative Director on Bodycount “and believe that there’s room for a refresh of the shooter experience. If 'Race Driver: GRID' was all about the purity of racing, then everything in 'Bodycount' is absolutely centred on the bullet and its impact on the world. Our shredding tech enables us to create a different kind of gameplay, where players and AI can’t hide behind indestructible cover and rely on whack-a-mole mechanics. Here the environment is constantly changing as the game world is shot to hell; it’s going to be a huge amount of fun.”

'Bodycount' is to be distributed by Nu Metro Interactive in South Africa.