For the last five years the FPS genre has been dominated by the multiplayer deathmatch shooter. Single player epics have pretty much been relegated on the side lines whilst this deathmatch phenomenon takes hold. How long this phase in the FPS genre will continue no-one knows, but with the arrival of traditional single player orientated FPS’s such as the excellent Far Cry, and the approach of Half Life 2 and Doom 3, will this phase finally be facing some serious competition? Does Unreal Tournament 2004 however show that there’s still a lot of life left in the deathmatch shooter? Or is this 'phase' finally about to die off?