The best FPS devs of our time (no 56k)

First things first, this list is not meant to classify the greatest FPS devs of all time, this is merely a list pointing out the proven FPS devs that are shaping the genre today, and will likely continue to be, and or become, the genre's leaders over the next few years.

2K Boston (Formerly known as Irrational Games):

2K Boston, AKA Irrational, is a great dev responsible for several awesome FPS's over the years like the legendary System Shock 2, SWAT 4, and the surreal Bioshock.

Upcoming games to look out for: Bioshock 2 (TBA)

Monolith Productions:

Monolith is a kickass studio, responsible for amazing games like No One Lives Forvever , No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.S. Way and F.E.A.R.

Upcoming games to look out for: Project Origin: This FPS is a sequel to the awesome F.E.A.R., and alreadly looks super. (2008)

Valve:

Half-life 1 and 2, CS, and TFC. Need I say more?

Upcoming games to look out for: The Orange Box: Best. Value. Ever. (October 10th 2007

Infinity Ward:

Call of Duty 1 and Call of Duty 2; these guys are experts at creating intense nail biting FPS action.

Upcoming games to look at for: Call of Duty 4: ... which is looking incredible, BTW. (November 5th, 2007 )

Bungie:

The Marathon Series, and the Halo series. This is a proven dev with tons of commercial and critical success and a big handful of hits under their belt.

Upcoming games to look out for: Probably nothing for a while. Go try Halo 3, it's out right now.

Epic:

Unreal Tournament, Unreal Championship, and Gears of War. These guys are insane.

Upcoming games to look out for: Unreal Tournament 3 (late 07 for PS3 and PC, early 08 for 360)

Crytek:

Far Cry. Though Crytek may only have one game under their belts, it was certainly awesome, and Crysis looks to be just as good, with open gameplay and the best graphics in a video game to date.

Upcoming games to look out for: Crysis ( November 16th 2007)

id:

These guys started the FPS genre (insert mad props here) and they are still going incredibly strong.

Games to look out for: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (That's out now, right?) and Rage (TBA)

These are the guys that will be deciding the fate of the genre in the years to come, and regardless of where the System Wars lead us you will pretty much always be able to count on quality FPS action as long as at least one of them is around.

Three cheers for the shakers and movers of the best genre in gaming!

May we enjoy much more FPS awesomeness in the years to come. :D

I would have to say Nintendo.XenoNinja

Nintendo develop FPS?

I would have to say Nintendo.XenoNinja

:lol: sheep :roll:

good list but why is it necessary?

[QUOTE="XenoNinja"]I would have to say Nintendo.crazyjames1080

Nintendo develop FPS?

yup! duck hunt.

[QUOTE="crazyjames1080"]

[QUOTE="XenoNinja"]I would have to say Nintendo.XenoNinja

Nintendo develop FPS?

yup! duck hunt.

I'd say thats more of an on rails shooter but fair enough.

bungie besause halo is the bestist fps everzzz!!!11111!!twenty!!!11!!niall077

Is someone jealous? You may be against the game, but you can't discredit that it is among one of the best, but surely not the best.

[QUOTE="niall077"]bungie besause halo is the bestist fps everzzz!!!11111!!twenty!!!11!!BioShockOwnz

Is someone jealous? You may be against the game, but you can't discredit that it is among one of the best, but surely not the best.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="niall077"]bungie besause halo is the bestist fps everzzz!!!11111!!twenty!!!11!!Vandalvideo

Is someone jealous? You may be against the game, but you can't discredit that it is among one of the best, but surely not the best.

Not I. I do prefer Marathon over Doom, but I also think Halo is just a better shooter than Marathon ever could've been. I prefer shooters that don't have the level design of a maze.

Valve? They only made Half-Life and Bungie only did Halo. They don't count since they haven't ventured outside the box yet. I would go with id software. They got Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Nobody can top that list. You know what, to be honest, the only company who should be there is id software and perhaps Crytek.Ilived

Valve? They only made Half-Life and Bungie only did Halo. They don't count since they haven't ventured outside the box yet. I would go with id software. They got Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Nobody can top that list. You know what, to be honest, the only company who should be there is id software and perhaps Crytek.Ilived

Doom 3 and Quake IV were terrible. I'll take HL, HL2, TF, Portal any day of the week over a Doom or Quake. Also, Bungie did Marathon, Pathway Into Darkness and Myth. You're forgetting some history.

Valve? They only made Half-Life and Bungie only did Halo. They don't count since they haven't ventured outside the box yet. I would go with id software. They got Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Nobody can top that list. You know what, to be honest, the only company who should be there is id software and perhaps Crytek.Ilived

except Half Life is considered a revolutionary FPS....

Valve may have only made the Half Life games....but Half Life is a big franchise....with I think a total of 8 or 9 full games or expansions....they also publish a lot of mods.

[QUOTE="Ilived"]Valve? They only made Half-Life and Bungie only did Halo. They don't count since they haven't ventured outside the box yet. I would go with id software. They got Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Nobody can top that list. You know what, to be honest, the only company who should be there is id software and perhaps Crytek.BioShockOwnz

Doom 3 and Quake IV were terrible. I'll take HL, HL2, TF, Portal any day of the week over a Doom or Quake. Also, Bungie did Marathon, Pathway Into Darkness and Myth. You're forgetting some history.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="Ilived"]Valve? They only made Half-Life and Bungie only did Halo. They don't count since they haven't ventured outside the box yet. I would go with id software. They got Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Nobody can top that list. You know what, to be honest, the only company who should be there is id software and perhaps Crytek.Teufelhuhn

Doom 3 and Quake IV were terrible. I'll take HL, HL2, TF, Portal any day of the week over a Doom or Quake. Also, Bungie did Marathon, Pathway Into Darkness and Myth. You're forgetting some history.

[QUOTE="XenoNinja"]I would have to say Nintendo.Thebettertwin

:lol: sheep :roll:

good list but why is it necessary?

[QUOTE="Ilived"]Valve? They only made Half-Life and Bungie only did Halo. They don't count since they haven't ventured outside the box yet. I would go with id software. They got Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Nobody can top that list. You know what, to be honest, the only company who should be there is id software and perhaps Crytek.BioShockOwnz

Doom 3 and Quake IV were terrible. I'll take HL, HL2, TF, Portal any day of the week over a Doom or Quake. Also, Bungie did Marathon, Pathway Into Darkness and Myth. You're forgetting some history.

Well you went from excluding history from one company to praising history for another. You talk about history in fps, id software is way better than Valve and Bungie. Valve's actual game has only been Half-Life and that's just not enough to secure them to be gods of fps.

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="Ilived"]Valve? They only made Half-Life and Bungie only did Halo. They don't count since they haven't ventured outside the box yet. I would go with id software. They got Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Nobody can top that list. You know what, to be honest, the only company who should be there is id software and perhaps Crytek.Vandalvideo

Doom 3 and Quake IV were terrible. I'll take HL, HL2, TF, Portal any day of the week over a Doom or Quake. Also, Bungie did Marathon, Pathway Into Darkness and Myth. You're forgetting some history.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="Ilived"]Valve? They only made Half-Life and Bungie only did Halo. They don't count since they haven't ventured outside the box yet. I would go with id software. They got Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Nobody can top that list. You know what, to be honest, the only company who should be there is id software and perhaps Crytek.Ilived

Doom 3 and Quake IV were terrible. I'll take HL, HL2, TF, Portal any day of the week over a Doom or Quake. Also, Bungie did Marathon, Pathway Into Darkness and Myth. You're forgetting some history.

Well you went from excluding history from one company to praising history for another. You talk about history in fps, id software is way better than Valve and Bungie. Valve's actual game has only been Half-Life and that's just not enough to secure them to be gods of fps.

id Software has done very little to impress me over the years, so I'm not going to putting them over Valve, Bungie or any other companies on this list any time soon.

[QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="Ilived"]Valve? They only made Half-Life and Bungie only did Halo. They don't count since they haven't ventured outside the box yet. I would go with id software. They got Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Nobody can top that list. You know what, to be honest, the only company who should be there is id software and perhaps Crytek.BioShockOwnz

Doom 3 and Quake IV were terrible. I'll take HL, HL2, TF, Portal any day of the week over a Doom or Quake. Also, Bungie did Marathon, Pathway Into Darkness and Myth. You're forgetting some history.

Well you went from excluding history from one company to praising history for another. You talk about history in fps, id software is way better than Valve and Bungie. Valve's actual game has only been Half-Life and that's just not enough to secure them to be gods of fps.

id Software has done very little to impress me over the years, so I'm not going to putting them over Valve, Bungie or any other companies on this list any time soon.

The fact is, you mentioned history which Valve and Bungie has very little for the fps genre. Until both Valve and Bungie make different series for fps that are highly successful and revolutionary each to its own, they can't be compared to id software. While Valve just has HL for the fps genre, id software has Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. All amazing franchises for fps. You are comparing Linkin Park(Bungie) to the Beatles(id software) my friend.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

The fact is, you mentioned history which Valve and Bungie has very little for the fps genre. Until both Valve and Bungie make different series for fps that are highly successful and revolutionary each to its own, they can't be compared to id software. While Valve just has HL for the fps genre, id software has Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. All amazing franchises for fps. You are comparing Linkin Park(Bungie) to the Beatles(id software) my friend.

Ilived

Huh? Bungie has little history? Pathway Into Darkness and Marathon. Marathon was the game that rivaled Doom.

Also, I'll take Half-Life and Half-Life 2 over any id game.

You are comparing Hilary Duff (id) to Iron Maiden (Bungie).

[QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

The fact is, you mentioned history which Valve and Bungie has very little for the fps genre. Until both Valve and Bungie make different series for fps that are highly successful and revolutionary each to its own, they can't be compared to id software. While Valve just has HL for the fps genre, id software has Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. All amazing franchises for fps. You are comparing Linkin Park(Bungie) to the Beatles(id software) my friend.

BioShockOwnz

Huh? Bungie has little history? Pathway Into Darkness and Marathon. Mararthon was the game that rivaled Doom.

Also, I'll take Half-Life and Half-Life 2 over any id game.

You are comparing Hilary Duff (id) to Iron Maiden (Bungie).

Hilary Duff? Iron Maiden? Maiden, that's a pretty dumb statement that no pc gamer would ever say. I assume you aren't. Ilived

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

The fact is, you mentioned history which Valve and Bungie has very little for the fps genre. Until both Valve and Bungie make different series for fps that are highly successful and revolutionary each to its own, they can't be compared to id software. While Valve just has HL for the fps genre, id software has Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. All amazing franchises for fps. You are comparing Linkin Park(Bungie) to the Beatles(id software) my friend.

smokeydabear076

Huh? Bungie has little history? Pathway Into Darkness and Marathon. Mararthon was the game that rivaled Doom.

Also, I'll take Half-Life and Half-Life 2 over any id game.

You are comparing Hilary Duff (id) to Iron Maiden (Bungie).

I love Wolfenstein, but that's as far as my love for id Software goes. Rage is looking interesting though.

You ain't got no love fo Quake II, Doom II, and Wolfenstein? smokeydabear076

[QUOTE="smokeydabear076"]You ain't got no love fo Quake II, Doom II, and Wolfenstein? Teufelhuhn

Hilary Duff? Iron Maiden? Maiden, that's a pretty dumb statement that no pc gamer would ever say. I assume you aren't. Ilived

You didn't even know Bungie had history. :| Btw, thanks for the compliment. :)

lol there all great because just about ever dev this gen is making one. lol good thing they don't seperate each gene in the store because latly this is what it would look like

fps section

sports/raceers

rpg

action adventure

well if gamespot let me make the spaces in the post the wahy i writing it then you would see i have like 80 lines just for fps section

FreeRadical

Creators of the TimeSplitter series.They are currently developing Haze for PS3.

How could you forget Free Radical? :|

Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Timesplitters, Timesplitters 2, Timesplitters: Future Perfect and Second Sight.

C'mon, they're easily up there with Bungie and Epic and all them.

How could you forget Free Radical? :|

Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Timesplitters, Timesplitters 2, Timesplitters: Future Perfect and Second Sight.

C'mon, they're easily up there with Bungie and Epic and all them.

Not-A-Stalker

FreeRadicalmadeGoldenEye?IthoughRaredid.

Edit: This glitch is seriously pissing me off. That's two posts in a row.

Not 2K Boston/Irrational, they are somewhat responsible for the Death of my second favorite multiplayer franchise.

Id, put the genre on the map. They actively encouraged user made content too (one of, if not THE first to do so). They introduced us to the deathmatch concept, popularised LAN gaming and popularised online gaming.

Id are the best FPS dev in our time.

How could you forget Free Radical? :|

Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Timesplitters, Timesplitters 2, Timesplitters: Future Perfect and Second Sight.

C'mon, they're easily up there with Bungie and Epic and all them.

Not-A-Stalker