In an interview in UK videogame trade paper MCV, a Midway representative has made the interesting claim that BlackSite (its forthcoming sci-fi FPS) will actually benefit from going up against Halo 3.

"BlackSite will absolutely benefit from the popularity of Halo, and stands a fair chance of hitting number one," Aidan Minter, European brand manag�🐼�er for the company told MCV.

And while we're not going to say he's wrong per se, it does seem like a fairly bold claim, don't you think? With a TV ad campaign that cost $10 million alone, and one million pre-orders already for Halo 3 we can't imagine any other 360 FPS released this year will get much of a look in - let alo𝐆ne one released just a month after it, regardless of how good it might turn out to be.

And then there's the small business of Haze, UT3 (also from Mi🌠dway), Call of Duty 4, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Orange Box, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars,𒉰 Turok, name but a few. Do all these other shooters coming outthe same three month periodbenefit BlackSite too?

Above: BlackSite has potential to be number onein spite of Halo 3 -according to it's makers.