# Black

> Black is Criterion Games' 2006 first-person shooter for the Xbox and PS2, known for its loud, detailed guns and destructible scenery.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox/games/black/
Page updated: 2026-10-19

- Console: Xbox
- Released: 2006
- Developer: Criterion Games

Black is a first-person shooter developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in 2006. The player is Sergeant Jack Kellar, a black ops soldier who tells the story of a mission in Eastern Europe to an interrogator between levels.

Criterion, the studio behind Burnout, built the game around the sound and feel of its weapons and around destruction: walls, cover and cars break apart under fire, and grenades and rocket launchers reshape the levels. Each mission has optional objectives, such as collecting documents, on the harder difficulty levels.

A native PC port of the Xbox version made by static recompilation is available.

## Black PC Ports

- [BLACK XBE Recomp](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox/games/black/ports/blackxberecomp/index.md): BLACK XBE Recomp is a native Windows port of the Xbox version of Black made by static recompilation, with any resolution, high frame rates, mouse and keyboard and HDR.