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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 ...
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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 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]

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