The arena shooter genre hasn't been gaining the most amount of attention in recent times, though it looks like that may change with game designer Cliff Bleszinski looking to create a new first-person arena shooter for Windows PC.

Speaking on popular podcast Pointless (via Polygon), hosted by former Attack of the Show host Kevin Pereira, Bleszinski told Pereira that "I have a slide deck, I have a pitch, I have concept art, I know pretty much what I want to do." He also promised that it will be a "PC experience that will hearken back to a certain type of game that we cut our teeth on, if you know what I'm saying."

When questioned about the genre, Bleszinski said that the game won't be like any tpe of current first-person shooter that is popular these days - "a lot of these kids playing Call of Duty, I don't think they know what a proper arena shooter is," he explained.

Currently it is unclear whether this arena shooter is the same game that Bleszinski was previously teasing on social media sites, though he did reveal that there is currently no development team in place, and that he won't want or need a massive studio. The podcast interview also revealed that Bleszinski won't be going with a traditional publisher-developer arrangement, possibly suggesting a form of crowdfunding like Kickstarter.

"It would require a studio. But as much as I'm impressed with No Man's Sky, you know, that's four people," he pointed out.

"I don't want to work with the old guard, per se," Bleszinski continued. "I'll talk to them, have meetings. But the last thing I need is some mid-level marketing guy telling me that 'well, traditionally, this doesn't sell well, so we're concerned,' and all that. Because they're all rearward-looking, and it just drives me fucking batshit."